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Maybe before we rush to adopt XKCD, we should stop to consider the consequences of blithely giving this technology such a central position in our lives.
Gentlemen, we have a decision to make. Are we going to use this to name an awesome B-movie, or an edgy indie band? We only have one shot at this; don't screw it up.
What happens when it's time to start actually making money off the thing, and you have to hike the price back up to $400-500? If you're eating a couple hundred bucks loss per unit, you can't exactly make that up on volume.
That's what I mean. Why isn't it just getting that info from the OS? Is Java still actively supported on any operating systems that don't have some kind of time zone database? Sounds like not-invented-here syndrome to me.
I have a hard time believing that Java has no problem abstracting an operating system's graphics, sound, console I/O, network I/O, etc. into a portable API, but somehow can't manage the same for timezone info.
The problem there is that it allows the end user to resell a game without allowing MS to skim their God-given tithe off the top (or prevent it outright).