Guy builds working computer inside computer game

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Offline Flame

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on: September 29, 2010, 06:40:34 AM
No seriously, this just HAS to be posted.
In Minecraft... this guy...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug[/youtube]


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Minecraft is a game about building things that runs on your computer. One man is building a working computer inside the game that runs on his computer. At this point it's okay if your head explodes.

YouTube user TheInternetFTW is well on his way to creating a gigantic working 16-bit computer inside the confines of the popular sandbox game Minecraft. In this video he demonstrates a city-sized, fully-functional arithmetic logic unit, or ALU. The ALU is one of the fundamental building blocks of a central processing unit (CPU), responsible for performing arithmetic and logical operations.

Now that the ALU is complete, the creator plans to continue building the rest of the computer, starting with the memory. Once it's done he hopes to make the computer will run code based on the "Hack" machine described in the book The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles.
http://kotaku.com/5650027/man-builds-computer-inside-computer-game


yep. its official. Minecraft is the best sandbox game ever.

...When Larry the reploid accountant goes maverick of his own accord, he's certainly formidable during tax season, but he isn't going to provide X the challenge needed to make him grow as a warrior and reach his potential.


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Reply #1 on: September 29, 2010, 12:32:49 PM
Old news. People did better than this in Dwarf Fortress like 3 years ago.



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Reply #2 on: September 30, 2010, 07:48:25 AM
Best $13 I ever spent.



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Reply #3 on: September 30, 2010, 07:55:58 AM
Damn, I'd rather step away from the computer and kick the first person I see.
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Reply #4 on: October 01, 2010, 08:36:35 AM
Wow. No life this guy.



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Reply #5 on: October 05, 2010, 07:33:34 AM
Quite impressive.
But in Garry's Mod + Wire Mod, we already did that.
There's even the CD that you can write and read.

It's not as impressive, but it looks good :
WireOSes :
WireOS (the first OS !) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wghkhmVLCrQ
LoopUX : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XbPVXy20sw
ConOS : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ET8jqOfIYM (This one is interesting as it has Internet)

CD :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5078b6FWBQ&feature=related