Until you run into one of the things that Java doesn't handle by itself, such as gamepad input, OpenGL graphics, webcam access, etc. Then you have to install native code. Or until you run into a platform that doesn't have a JVM. I know of plenty of platforms with a web browser but no JVM, and I can list them if you wish.

A lot of people prefer to "actually play a game" on their own game console at home, and game consoles other than OUYA are locked down environments. They don't run Java applets or Java applications.

True. And once graphical realism in a human-created game universe reaches its practical limit, game developers will have to once again experiment with stylized graphics. This parallels painting, which progressed to impressionism, cubism, and abstract expressionism.

What happened was you made an edit, a vandal reverted your edit, and an article maintainer reverted the vandal. Your name should still be in the revision history as the originator of that text.

Why were the fabs set up in east Asia in the first place, and what precludes additional fabs from being set up in east South America?

Yes, IE 6 was better than Netscape 4.7. But I remember having used Mozilla Application Suite as my primary browser since my junior year of college, which would put it sometime around the 0.9 series (and around the release of IE 6). I think I still have some of the minimal test cases that I wrote for bugzilla.mozilla.org. But I admit that my use pattern was atypical.

So as of 2013, how should a web application that needs WebGL, IndexedDB, and/or Stream API inform the user when Modernizr returns a bunch of falses? Showing "Best viewed with Firefox or Chrome" when a feature is detected as missing in IE (Windows), IE (Windows Phone), Safari (OS X), Safari (iOS), or Android Browser (Android 2.x) would bring us back to the "Best viewed with" days of 1999, wouldn't it?

Because the library's hours don't fit well with my job. And if not wanting to take a day off just to add citations to Wikipedia makes me lazy

I think Brazil wants the parts to be made in Brazil too.

Try blocking the hostnames that serve nothing but bloat, such as the hostnames associated with video ads and social recommendation ("like" buttons). You can do this with the hosts file or browser add-ons. Also try blocking Flash using the "click to play plug-ins" feature in modern versions of Firefox and Chrome.

Hot air balloon consistently uses "aluminium", and Hot air ballooning doesn't mention the element at all. I couldn't find a note about the spelling in either article's talk page. So which article was it?

Did you reply to the note in the talk page? The standard practice on Wikipedia is to plead your case on the article's talk page after getting reverted. And what's your username on Wikipedia so that I can help? If you don't feel comfortable answering here, please answer on my user talk page.

Wikipedia is not a how-to guide; it is an encyclopedia. Wikipedia does, however, have a project page listing other outlets for this sort of thing. One of them is Wikibooks, which is more accepting of how-to information. There's a page about hosts that needs your input. Or find a specialized wiki about system administration and submit your hosts file instructions there.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only policy I've seen giving a week's timeframe for deletion if a template is not added is image copyright status. Not paying attention to copyright could get Wikipedia or licensees of Wikipedia sued and shut down. Wikipedia requires all images to carry machine-readable assertions of copyright status so that licensees can automatically identify and omit images whose copyright status happens to be unsuitable for a particular reuse case.

I believe the same sort of slowdown happened at the end of the fourth generation. The big improvements of the Genesis over the Master System were the second background layer, somewhat larger sprites, and the 68000 CPU.

Good luck buying a good 4K monitor for substantially less than $4K.

More GPU power translates into more detailed geometry and shaders as well as more GPGPU power to calculate more detailed physics.

Guess what ends up happening on family road trips. Burger King even designed its paper cups for French fries and chicken fries to fit in a vehicle's cup holder.

When Internet Channel came out, it supported Flash, and there was a site called WiiCade showcasing Wii-friendly Flash games. In September 2009, Internet Channel was upgraded to Flash Lite (compatible with Flash 8 and some features of Flash 9).