__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Thursday 21 December 2006 06:32 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:17:05 +0000
> <1306258.vOgZqDFDYa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Project Looking Glass Binary Builds
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>> | Mega Bundles
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>> | These bundles include all the software necessary to run lg3d.
>> | This includes the jdk, java3d and lg3d itself
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>> | * Linux x86 Mega Bundle 19 December 2006
>> |
>> | [...]
>> `----
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>> https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/binary-builds.html
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>> Video demo:
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMWd1FOgr18
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> "unfettered". It's already fettered -- Java.
> Granted, it has some intriguing notions.
>
> But until Java is open source (and the noises Sun is making
> are good ones but it's not quite there yet), color me skeptical.
Hold on, I'll grab a brush.
Now, more seriously, I can see your point. Mr. Schwarz posted an item in his
blog last night. They use Google Earth's/Map's API's to visualise Sun
servers that phone home, all shown upon the globe. A nice toy, no doubt, but
I don't know the implications for privacy. I sure know that Win32/OSX/*buntu
binaries could do all sorts of funky things. Sun is watching Earth. Hey, I
got a pun! *smile*
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