His stats over time are tracked here


>> ^heathen:

His daily stats are posted on his website:
http://www.minecraft.net/stats.jsp
<div><div style="margin: 10px; overflow: auto; width: 80%; float: left; position: relative;" class="convoPiece"> RFlagg said:<img style="margin: 4px 10px 10px; float: left; width: 40px;" src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/r/RFlagg-s.jpg" onerror="ph(this)"><div style="position: absolute; margin-left: 52px; padding-top: 1px; font-size: 10px;" class="commentarrow">◄</div><div style="padding: 8px; margin-left: 60px; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 30px;" class="nestedComment box">I finally broke down. Did a torrent and will likely plop the $13 or so on it come payday. While I will enjoy it some, my 6 year old who is all about Create Mode on many games (he loves making Little Big Planet levels and wants a PSN id so he can share them), will absolutely love it.
I agree it is fantastic marketing. I am guessing the guy sells a ton of IDs each day. Let's say 10 a day (which may be conservative with the hype), that is more than $130 a day. If he nails 100 IDs a day...
EDIT: If this story is to be believed, he made $350,000 in one day once. With over 257,000 IDs sold....
Another site confirms this number quoting the developer himself...
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*And the quote system on videosift is still broken

I've listened to this track in many different states of mind (some drugged). It's great
*promote

Very entertaining, *promote

Dirac on religion:

I cannot understand why we idle discussing religion. If we are honest—and scientists have to be—we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality. The very idea of God is a product of the human imagination. It is quite understandable why primitive people, who were so much more exposed to the overpowering forces of nature than we are today, should have personified these forces in fear and trembling. But nowadays, when we understand so many natural processes, we have no need for such solutions.

I can't for the life of me see how the postulate of an Almighty God helps us in any way. What I do see is that this assumption leads to such unproductive questions as why God allows so much misery and injustice, the exploitation of the poor by the rich and all the other horrors He might have prevented. If religion is still being taught, it is by no means because its ideas still convince us, but simply because some of us want to keep the lower classes quiet. Quiet people are much easier to govern than clamorous and dissatisfied ones. They are also much easier to exploit.

Religion is a kind of opium that allows a nation to lull itself into wishful dreams and so forget the injustices that are being perpetrated against the people. Hence the close alliance between those two great political forces, the State and the Church. Both need the illusion that a kindly God rewards—in heaven if not on earth—all those who have not risen up against injustice, who have done their duty quietly and uncomplainingly. That is precisely why the honest assertion that God is a mere product of the human imagination is branded as the worst of all mortal sins.

External airbags have actually been designed.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/external-airbag-protects-pedestrians/

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Are the bubbles filled with heated air, helium or hydrogen? My bath bubbles are never that buoyant.

Someone had the munchies a few times too often.

>> ^yellowc:

This is a small part of an article about the CellScope:
"through to the maximum 50x magnification, which can show individual white and red blood cells"
I dunno about your digital cameras but none of mine do this. I know this magnification isn't that but a device made with that level of usage probably comes with some advantages.
>> ^cybrbeast:
Awesome animation, but why use the CellScope? The Macro function on any digital camera would function equally well or better for this purpose.



That's exactly it, this video doesn't use anything close to those magnifications, so I don't see the point of using the CellScope. If you've seen any good macro photos you can see that their quality is much better than the stop motion frames used in this video.

Awesome animation, but why use the CellScope? The Macro function on any digital camera would function equally well or better for this purpose.

I hate it when they screw up the aspect ratio. Correct one is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI8oHZDJYuA

>> ^Unsung_Hero:

>> ^cybrbeast:
I have the game, quite addictive. Here are a few my minecraft videos
http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=09B2FE0AD7D8F9ED
You can play creative mode for free. In that mode you can just build and be creative like LEGO. For singleplayer survival you have to pay, but it's great because you have to mine to create and there's monsters to fight.

I believe your link is impossible for others to follow because it sends us to our own playlist if we have a Youtube account.


Ah I should have clicked the share link:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=09B2FE0AD7D8F9ED

I have the game, quite addictive. Here are a few my minecraft videos
*fixed link
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=09B2FE0AD7D8F9ED

You can play creative mode for free. In that mode you can just build and be creative like LEGO. For singleplayer survival you have to pay, but it's great because you have to mine to create and there's monsters to fight.

Amazing!

The making of is also worth a watch
http://vimeo.com/12888604

I don't understand why the people in the big room don't run for the hallways or smaller rooms, there's a lot less stuff sliding around in the hallway. You even see people in the back room still sitting.