Computer Built in Minecraft Has RAM, Performs Division

[fanklok]

Oh please, Dwarf Fortress has a dwarven computer in it that can Add Subtract Multiple and Divide out to 8 digits. It of course runs on lava.

 

[Magikarp]

Now make a computer in MC that can run Crysis 2!

I don't think that could be accomplished in a single lifetime.

 

[Formica Archonis]

this was done already, wasnt it?

just without RAM and etc. but it added and subtracted!

Which means it's an ALU [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_logic_unit], not a CPU.

 

[tehweave]

Now all that's left is to play Minecraft inside of Minecraft

Already happened:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/109144-Man-Uses-Kinect-to-Play-Minecraft-in-Minecraft

Anyway... How do people come up with this shit? I've never really understood how redstone worked in the game. I've always stuck with making simple structures, castles, statues, I've never thought to even try and make a working computer. This is... Insane. But impressive.

 

[70R4N]

this was done already, wasnt it?

just without RAM and etc. but it added and subtracted!

Yes, by the same guy.

 

[Tharwen]

This reminds me of a comic I read once, where there is only one man who lives as an immortal in an infinite existence. He searches through his existence and gathers up rocks, and he uses these rocks to create a massive computer, which runs a simulation that is the universe we live in.

This only gives more credence to the comic's claims!

'tis an XKCD.

Spoiler

How the hell does this work?

Can you make a computer out of rocks or something then?

You can! You just have to move all of the rocks yourself, or use gravity or something.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

I wonder how long it will take before he makes one that can run doom.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

My God... A computer within a computer? That's... I don't even know. Ingenious? Insane? Will we make the matrix INSIDE the matrix? XD

No, it'll be a matrix within a dream within a matrix inside a Taco Bell!

OT: I've seen some of these before and they're pretty awesome. There's not a lot you can do with them yet and there won't be until Mojang adds something that leads to someone making an implementable screen.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

How the hell does this work?

Can you make a computer out of rocks or something then?

I guess, as long as it's fucking massive and you're operating on Minecraft physics.


Anyway, this is pretty crazy. It's only a matter of time until someone creates Minecraft within M-Oh they did.

Well, in that case, this is like some kind of...Mine-cept-Oh, someone made that joke already.


Um......OK, I got nothing.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

This is... Mineception.

We need to go deeper! [small]...but not straight down![/small]

 

[Kojiro ftt]

Wow. I am a computer geek, yet I still feel confident in saying this guy is a bigger computer geek.

 

[Zeromaxx]

While this is amazingly impressive, I feel it's a step back in presentation from the earlier minecraft computers.

Spoiler: Specifically this

I mean really now...there was no talking to pigs in that video AT ALL.

 

[Varya]

this was done already, wasnt it?

just without RAM and etc. but it added and subtracted!

Yes, by the same guy.

No, different guy, it's the very first thing he writes in the article.

 

[Varya]

Wow. That is impressive. Couldn't help but notice that he had peaceful mode turned on. That is not something you want creepers getting near.

When "troubleshooting your computer" involves actual shooting with bow and arrows, truly the world is a better place

 

[Lord Kloo]

See if the USAF had created SKYNET inside minecraft instead of the real world then the only things to die would be a few pigs.. And Steve..

Anyway, this is pretty bloody amazing, would be good to have a dedicated program to creating CPUs in a contained environment ( ie a computer program)

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

Ahem.

Spoiler

Anyway, great work by that guy there, but I wonder how he found the time.

 

[Yopaz]

This seems hard... I really hope he made a private server and cheated to get the stuff he needed. I really think some have too much time on their hands...

Or just use InvEdit.

Yeah. that works too. If he really got all the things he needed the honest way he's really worked way too hard...

 

[jawakiller]

MINESWEEPER!!!...

Just an idea.

 

[argusthecat]

You know what I'm waiting for? Someone to tweak that massive computer that got built using Dwarf Fortress to emulate playing Minecraft, which is itself emulating a computer of its own, possibly running an early version of The Matrix.