On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:00:21 -0500, Ivan Marsh wrote:

> On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:57:01 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:47:58 -0500, Ivan Marsh wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 14:06:43 -0700, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>>>
>>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Ivan Marsh <ivanmarsh@yahoo.com>
>>>> wrote
>>>> on Fri, 16 May 2008 13:53:47 -0500
>>>> <pan.2008.05.16.18.53.46.486748@yahoo.com>:
>>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 14:44:09 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 13:37:30 -0500, Ivan Marsh wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *This should in no way be misconstrued as an endorsement of
>>>>>>> windows. I would not knowingly trust my life to a Microsoft OS.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ever been in a hospital?
>>>>>> If so ,you already have.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ever go to the doctor?
>>>>>> If so, you already have.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ever go to the dentist?
>>>>>> If so you already have.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ever go to the pharmacy to get medications? If so you already have.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ....and so forth..
>>>>>
>>>>> I said I didn't WANT to know.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Well, FWIW my dentist also uses Windows to keep track of appointments.
>>>> AFAIK the drilling equipment and such is not computer-controlled. I
>>>> wouldn't worry unnecessarily.
>>>>
>>>> Bear also in mind that Java's EULA has the following clause:
>>>>
>>>> 3. RESTRICTIONS. [...] You acknowledge that Licensed Software is not
>>>> designed or intended for use in the design, construction, operation or
>>>> maintenance of any nuclear facility. Sun Microsystems, Inc. disclaims
>>>> any express or implied warranty of fitness for such uses. [...]
>>>>
>>>> (Personally, I'm not sure *any* language is explicitly intended for
>>>> use in the design of nuclear facilities -- or anything else, really.
>>>> It's a strange inclusion, though.)
>>>
>>> It's not that strange.
>>>
>>> Microsoft's license indemnifies them from any catastrophic failure of
>>> their software.
>>>
>>> It's sad that part of any software license pretty much says "Do not use
>>> this software to do anything important."
>>>
>>> At least Java went to Mars.
>>
>> Was Java running the innards of that 40 million dollar Tonka Toy that
>> went brain dead on Mars 10 minutes after it landed?
>
> Suggesting that hitting Mars much less landing safely on the surface is
> trivial?

Not at all.

The thing fscked up.

I'm just wondering if Java was what fscked it up.

> I don't know which systems Java was used in exactly... I just know it was
> along for the ride.


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