Minecraft Enterprise and 16-Bit ALU

tekgoblin writes "Joshua Walker spent the last few months creating a masterpiece. He created the Starship Enterprise 1701-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation in Minecraft using just blocks. He recorded a short video of him explaining how he did it and even gave us a sneak peek at the partially completed ship." He also posted on the Penny-Arcade forums about how he did it. If you aren't impressed by that, perhaps you should check out a 16-Bit ALU also implemented in Minecraft which totally reminded me of one of my favorite XKCD comics.

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[Prune]

I am replying to your signature, because something this offensive cannot be left unaddressed. Libertarianism is ethically unsatisfactory exactly because it judges based on merit; but you cannot blame most people for lack of merit, as aptitude in most things is genetic, as evolutionary psychology has well established by now. In nature vs nurture, it's pretty much all nature. As Steven Pinker points out, the blank slate is a myth. Meritocracy makes sense as long as merit is ONLY used to evaluate suitability for positions in employment or government; but a libertarian utopia will inevitably result in social darwinism where those with less merit on dimensions such as the ability to make a living, lead a group, etc., will not be able to have a decent life, or even possibly survive. In the extreme, libertarianism will fall either into anarchy, or with power becoming concentrated in the hands of a cunning and ruthless few (not all that different from today, just more exacerbated). It holds no promise for bettering society as a whole as it inevitably leaves those less blessed with leadership/technical/skills talent to rot behind.