True. One of the big disappointments of Java is how few platforms this supposedly cross-platform software actually runs on. Sun really dropped the ball on that aspect. Meanwhile, scripting languages like Perl run on many more platforms, even though cross-platform compatibility was never really their main goal.

Neither are Tilera's processors. Being x86-compatible is often unnecessary in the non-PC, non-Windows world. If you're running a web server farm with Linux boxes and server software written in Java, Perl/Python/PHP, or even C/C++, the processor architecture matters very little. And that's the way it should be.

My concern is the quote "It is possible to register through other means, but most of the discussion takes place via Facebook". It sounds like non-FB-using citizens can still watch the weekly meetings and ask questions via email, or even snail-mail. But if most of the discussions are taking place on FB, how much attention will the non-FBer's get? That sounds to me very much like they'll be effectively second-class citizens as far as this discussion is concerned.

I thought it was a low-end DEC Alpha, at least at one stage.

What about the one third of citizens who aren't there (on Facebook)? Are they now essentially second-class citizens as far as this council is concerned? They're encouraging people to sign up to a foreign, third-party, commercial service in order to participate in their own government. That just isn't right to me.

What, no Wolfenstein or Doom? They weren't entirely 3D, but they were what started iD Software on the road to success. Oh, and IIRC, the first truely 3D game was Descent.