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They don't have to repeat it. They just bought it.

> How long before they port it to C#?

I beat you there by a while :)
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Well, there goes a ton of support for the current Forge-related modding community.

"Take care everybody. rm -rf .minecraft
MS free for 20 years. Not starting now!"
https://twitter.com/minecraftcpw
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https://twitter.com/notch/status/281139739304800256

Literally.
Opinion like this is valuable commentary (IMO!) - people's attitude towards Microsoft mean that the Minecraft community just changed, split.

http://www.google.co.uk/trends/explore#q=skype

Skype seems to have gone from a rising trend to a falling one (now at 65% of the 2011 "interest") following the MS acquisition. Yes, that's partially with WebRTC, Hangouts and other outside influences but MS's actions (further centralising control) put many people off who wouldn't be simply put off by the name.
["It seems funny," Silver says, "but for thousands of years this was the thing that people cooked with.]

Not true. Olive oil use go as far as 5000BC. Lots of other animal fat were used too.

Germanic countries used Lard a lot, they needed enormous amount of fat to survive the winter. By the way, in my opinion Germanic food is one of the worst in the world, and I had traveled a lot.

They also used a lot of butter.

Going to the north people used seals, whales and even bears.

In North America they ate Buffalos, in Ecuador they ate llamas. In China they used lots of different fats.

Only a small amount of people in the ancient world ate big amounts of lard in their food.
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Very true. I'll often ask when I'm dining out whether something was cooked with lard, especially at Mexican restaurants. Nearly everything in Mexican restaurants is cooked with lard.
I'd package it for free on Microsoft platforms - the solitaire of the twenty-first century - and keep selling it on other platforms at the current rate.
What we see so far is that large amounts of repeat attack do stem from the same ip:s, so shutting them down should lessen the overall amount of abusive traffic on the net as well as repeat abuse against your server(s).

For now, the service is completely free so we hope that server admins all over the world are willing to do large scale reporting of network abuse against their servers and that it will mean a decrease in abusive traffic. In the long run that would make it less viable to carry out these forms of attacks and lessening spam would certainly be something that benefitted everyone.

As a thanks for helping out with the reporting we also try to provide these server admins with some security tips which relate directly to their servers.
MS is a big organisation.

Imagine one part of MS submitting stuff to YouTube for ContentID, and including the Minecraft music.

Suddenly you have a bunch of people struggling to put content online.
He should donate some of that money to some good causes if he's really a simple man like he says he is. Of course he doesn't have to do anything, and fully deserves to take the money and run, and build some giant evil castle or something.
Wow, Notch is a pretty amazing guy. It's clear he just loves to make games. The post reminds me of Dong Nguyen/Flappy Bird situation. Let the man be.
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True. But odder still that frameworks would need even more complexity.
Basically "I was successful once, it was awful".

Sometimes I wish he would have just stuck with Minecraft as the only developer and stayed away from the spotlight. Plenty of very popular game creators have done so (Icefrog, Toady One).

I really enjoyed the times back when Minecraft was just getting popular and you could tell Notch was adding features that he genuinely enjoyed (Redstone update, for instance). Then he started up a giant company and started assuming responsibility for things like server admins charging money, when he should have sat back and let people do what they want.
I am a Community Manager (for MySQL at Oracle).

I don't find anything particularly offensive with what Aaron has to say. The scenarios are certainly all possible... but I don't think I've ever seen a CM pull rank and say "I'm the manager!". I agree that CM is a terrible title because it opens up mistrust by being so nebulous.

I would be happy to be called a Community Liaison (something suggested in the comments).
Wow, that's a really big axe you've got against the grindstone there.
Oh go soak your head. Commenter points out what they likes about OP's tool, describes their own, and asks for a sales pitch from OP about why someone should use their (OP's) tool. There's nothing wrong with any of this-- why do you think OP posted their framework here if not to receive feedback & have an opportunity to sell their tool?

People complaining that bringing up an alternate CSS framework for compare/contrast in a thread on a new CSS framework need to chill.
It would be a great way to get rid of some Euros that MS has but doesn't want to pay US tax on...

Stock wouldn't be bad though.
You never know with Microsoft these days. They've recently started releasing source code so anything's possible. I do think they'll port it though.
These days lMR(IMR) batteries (so called safe chemistry) are probably most commonly used by "vape" community.

The benefit is that they do not explode and proven to be safe choice when you need high drain batteries. Granted, you need a good charger for them, to make sure you're not overcharging them, but this should be on your safety list anyway.
I really like Notch and I really like how having all that money didn't seem to change him. The sale is interesting news, but seeing him go through it with integrity is even more interesting.
What it sounds like is that they're going to start properly endorsing the modding community, something Mojang failed to realize is absolutely critical to minecraft.
Good for you, Notch. You made something awesome, got rich doing it, and stayed a mensch throughout.
| Minecraft fans are loyal, with nearly 90 percent of paid customers on the PC having signed in within the past 12 months.

This is unbelievable to me. Anyone have stats for other games to compare with? Or does the constantly-developing nature of the game set it apart?
The more I learn about what happens to people who are in debt and fall into hard times, the less I want to buy anything with credit.
While I do see his point in saying Minecraft has become too big for him, he might also be backing out a bit from a responsibility that could bring a fascinating challenge. But then again, he doesn't see himself as a true developer. Hope he finds a way to fulfill himself apart from spending billions of dollars.
Wait - lard can come from all of those animals. Render any fat - its lard.
I'd feel much better if they would clarify the term PC. As a long time Linux user and Minecraft fan; I'd hope the Linux client continues to thrive similar to the way the Skype client has after the Microsoft acquisition. The fact that the list uses the term PC instead of spelling out "Windows,Linux,etc." worries me some.
It seems silly to me, but there has been speculation that Microsoft wants the users. Minecraft is the number 1 paid app on iOS and Android, and Microsoft wants to push its mobile offering and take some of those users.

I can't see it actually working -- do users really switch phones for a single game? Even if a new version were to become exclusive or measurably better on their platform?
Most of my kids' friends see Minecraft as a game for kids. Except for a few minecraft loyalists, they're moving on to "grown up" games like Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto.

It's a small sample size, but I think Minecraft is destined to be a kids' game with a minority of adult enthusiasts. (That's not necessarily bad--Lego and Pokemon fit that description, too.)
@exodust I'm interested in digging into _with the grain_ web authoring as you say. Checked your profile but didn't find any links. Can you pass some along to share the approach?
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Totally agree. Or in some cases: Product Manager or Technology Evangelist.
> How long before they port it to C#?

They won't. They'll just take the C++ ports that already exist (Xbox, mobile) and port that to desktops. Or rewrite the whole thing in C++. While C# is MS' baby, it makes no sense to write a 3D game in it (and for everyone who thinks Unity is C# - it isn't - Mono is just used for scripting).
Wow, thanks for this, I didn't even know it exists!!!
...and maybe that's why it all tastes so fantastic! Of my favorite 5 restaurants, 3 are Mexican.
It's a great answer but, a minor quibble, we have thousands of hours studying physics and the laws of motion before we ever drive a car.

See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%AFve_physics
Nobody mentioned astrology or dilution of responsibility?

Dashboards are an astrological tool. Here is an elaborate and complicated process you don't understand to generate numbers that are devoid of meaning, to dilute responsibility when you make a decision that turns out to be wrong.

The article misses this point entirely. A good dashboard from the end user perspective can be used as numerical backup for any arbitrary decision at any time. The author just doesn't get it. Thats why the author is confused by the "just keep adding stuff until I can always use it to justify whatever I want to do".

This is how dashboards are used in practice, this is their actual reason for existing. This is why money is spent on them.

The article is like a debunking of astrology, "well see here, based on the gravitational constant and the distance to this orange vs venus, the square results in ..." and the boss replys with "shut up I don't care about reasons I decided to go to war with eastasia and we've always been at war with eastasia and my astrologer always had my back, and apparently you don't, so lets discuss the effect of all this gravitational formula stuff on your career prospects vs backing me up which you're paid as a yes man to do..."
> How long before they port it to C#?

You mean Minecraft.NET Pro?
Been using this for a couple of weeks. It works well!
To me it seems like a mixture. It's definitely an important process, but it's pretty easy to abuse as well.
it's a mix, some stuff is high level (closure), some is low level (for loop before ECMA6). This is very uncomfortable when you're learning it, you never know on which side you are.
They're buying an IP for the future. Attached to that they also get a company with some staff (some of which are excellent at what they do).

If they have a solid idea of how they want to use the IP, it makes sense. It also comes with a massive risk though - it will be very easy for them to "be the guys who ruined Minecraft".

I imagine it will need to be something like "stay very hands-off for a significant amount of time to prove that they didnt in fact ruin it" followed by some way of turning it into a link in and value add for their existing products rather than something that they sell expansions/new stand-alones for.

Something like Minecraft being the Tetris/Solitaire of the 2010s or so? It comes pre-loaded with their OS's, create a great experience on surface tablets etc, trying to turn it into "the new Microsoft gives you cool stuff and makes it open for everyone" to position Microsoft as the open alternative to the more closed environments of Google and Apple?

I dont see how the purchase makes sense from a money-making point of view today - the Mojang crew hasn't proven they can do repeated success with new IPs, but I could totally see it making sense from a holistic point of view - successful integration of Minecraft in the Microsoft universe could add significant value to Microsoft as a whole.
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> I don’t see myself as a real game developer. I make games because it’s fun, and because I love games and I love to program, but I don’t make games with the intention of them becoming huge hits, and I don’t try to change the world.

I think that's the essence of being a real game developer.

It's sad that Notch feels this way, I think the majority of old school games guys and girls were just like that.

Since it's become a big business with huge studios and ridiculous budgets the market has been spoiled. But Notch/Mojang and team have shown that there is still a place for great indie games and bootstrappers.

And I actually believe him that this deal is not about the money. Projects like these can become albatrosses.
I'm not sure there are anything but shamans there - once I heard of the doctor that hid his infection and exposed 200+ other people, I have lost all faith in local doctors to accomplish anything.

Exotic cures are sure exciting to talk about. But for a disease that can be stopped cold in its tracks by washing hands and effective quarantine, they're having a bucket of trouble accomplishing anything. Maybe its a little blue-sky to be adding complex drug protocols to the plan.
Source for your claim that it's not worth it for "them" to do?

I'd counter by arguing that the computer brand that still to this day laymen consider "better for graphics" would find value in supporting a spec that's very unveiling discussed the possibility of external GPUs.
There are quite a few Minecraft hosting providers that are even cheaper than that, actually. But it would make sense for Microsoft to handle that themselves.
Currently it's Java. WP doesn't support java.

And it's not a big jump from having to make C# version anycase to moving the main development to that port.
> Many people forget that the guys running the show at the NSA are, in all probability, at least as savvy as any one of us.

Indeed, but I would add that these people are more than just savvy. Many of these people have been picked out because they are smarter than the average bear. They've also be brain-washed into the mold to believe that if you aren't inside, then you are the enemy, or the friend of my enemy, or a potential "task".

Many of these guys (and girls) are converts - young hackers who have been caught hacking and have been given the option to serve jail time or join the cause. Its an easy sell to young impressionable minds who want to be a hacking James Bond.

More importantly, these guys are hacking targets across the world with a remit; a licence to hack if you will. If you or I go out hacking random companies for fun and profit, we'll get a 5am dawnraid knock-knock visit and spend a couple of years 'rooming with Bubba'.

These guys can do what they want without the fear or stress of that 'Sword of Damocles' hanging over their heads. They have a free reign, and they are smart. They also have the feeling that what they are doing is right. That makes them way more dangerous than you or me.

Thanks the hat tip nevertheless. I grew up in a government security type environment. These things rub off on the kids. Somehow you learn to evaluate risk, locations and people very quickly in this kind of environment. I guess it is useful in some ways. It also makes you a constant analyst, which tires the brain somewhat, but you see things that others don't.
I heard some theory that MS had earnings from outside the USA and if they brought it back into the USA they would have to pay USA taxes on it. So they wanted to spend it on something outside the USA.

If that is true, I'm sure that is just a small part of it.
The most unspecific OBD code, IMO, is any EVAP code. Seriously could be 100 things, from as simple as a gas cap not being screwed on, to a tiny leak in a gas line, to a bad 02 sensor, to a dead spark plug, leak or rot in the fuel line, bad fuel pump, dirty fuel filter.... ect ect ect....
Honestly, with how little printing most people do these days, and especially quality printing that would require an inkjet, I think I'd rather go to Kinkos than bother owning and maintaining a printer myself.
No, the key to bribery is that once someone accepts money, you have two hooks in them:

1., They are willing to sell you intel for money.

2., You can now blackmail them as they accepted a bribe.

Point 2 is the reason you should never accept bribes when doing business, especially abroad and everyone tells you "it's normal". they're just waiting for a foreigner to get exposed, take your passport and have fun with you. see Russia, etc.

No need to be Macchiavelli.
"I’m not an entrepreneur. I’m not a CEO. I’m a nerdy computer programmer who likes to have opinions on Twitter...If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I’ll probably abandon it immediately."

I have the utmost respect for notch after reading that.
Just a take-over by Microsoft risks splitting the community.

Even if they do nothing else.
Well, I wouldn't trust private trackers too much, because if I can get access to such a tracker, then the piracy hunters can as well (with private I assume you don't mean really private between friends, but rather trackers you have to register for, or get invited to). I can't comment on I2P because I haven't tried it, I didn't know that it works with decent speed.

My point was basically, the old approach of Joe Average Pirate of 1) installing µTorrent and 2) googling for "Big Bang Theory S05E01 torrent" is as good as dead.

You're right I was a bit sloppy, but that's moot now since I can't edit my post anymore and will probably continue to be downvoted until the text is completely invisible :-(
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Since most people seem to don't know who Seigo is; Aaron was president of KDE eV for a couple years. He is one of the top KDE developers for more than a decade and one of the main architects of KDE4, Plasma and semantic-desktop, upon the principles of which many companies now build their OSes. AFAIK he is also one of the few people that actually tried to create open source hardware and not just a cheap embedded system that runs Linux with binary drivers.

So he is heavily involved with one of the largest free software communities for more than a decade now and thus his opinions have a certain weight.
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Preposterous. If it wasn't about the money, could have gone open-source at any time with the same effect/relief. Of course its about the $2B
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I'd rather it went to a school than the police. The militarisation of police is one of the scariest of the current "first" world country trends.
"If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I’ll probably abandon it immediately."

He seems to have an awful attitude for a guy who just made a billion dollars and gets to spend the rest of his life doing exactly what he wants.
He'll probably just hire someone smarter than him to invest his billion dollars. Heck, even an index fund or super conservative portfolio of dividend stocks would earn him enough to never work again, and maintain a pretty awesome lifestyle...
I think it's a matter of scale: The cubes are set to be quite large in size, and so the camera is quite far from them and things seem to be moving slowly. Think about a pile of large crates VS a pile of wooden toy blocks.
$2.5 billion and the founders get to walk. That is impressive. No golden handcuffs.
So, MineCraft 2 will be an X-Box/Win8 tablet exclusive made by a AAA development studio, I suppose.
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At least he's consistent. And he managed to negotiate up from a former offer, that's quite an accomplishment by itself.
I think there are some interesting parallels with J K Rowling. If he releases anything now, it's big news (even Cliffhorse). He might have to start "writing" under a pseudonym just to get any sense of doing something fresh without intense public scrutiny.
I feel very great sadness for Notch.

I really hope he finds fun and joy. I am immensely grateful to him (and the rest of Mojang) for Minecraft.
As an indie developer with a normal lifestyle, it probably doesn't matter if you have 10 million in the bank or much, much more. So, it's unlikely to be about the money.
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The Microsoft press release says, "Microsoft expects the acquisition to be break-even in FY15 on a GAAP basis", which means that on a P/E basis, they are valuing $1 of Mojang profit at $1 of Microsoft profit. It's a game studio with 1 hit, so I'd probably only pay half that, but it's within an order of magnitude of what I'd pay.
Note that he's speaking for himself and that he's not the only founder.
One thing that needs some explanation is the fact that because Minecraft predates Mojang, at one point Mojang was only licensing the Minecraft trademark from Notch (even though Notch was the majority owner of Mojang). (If you look at the bottom of minecraft.net you will see: "Mojang © 2009-2014. "Minecraft" is a trademark of Notch Development AB")

I hope that MS's lawyers were smart enough to make sure they were actually buying Minecraft and not just a license...
> It’s not about the money. It’s about my sanity.

This does make the most sense, in looking at everything hes said in the past. Sounds like MS had the right offer at the right time.
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You should always go for cash, unless you are worried about an allay once tax hit.
It is a saturated fat - that is for sure. And the medical establishment has said that saturated fats are bad for you since the '60's or so. However, if you go over the literature, there isn't a lot of good science to back it up. I personally think the medical party line is wrong, and has harmed so many people.

I've stopped eating carbs over the summer. There is a "correct" moderate amount of protein to eat, hence I eat lots of fat (including saturated) to make up the rest of my calories. I've lost 33 pounds so far.
All I know is that every one of my kids' friends knows about and plays Minecraft regularly. Even girls pay, though not as many. Among elementary school age kids, it's as close to universally accepted/known as you can get. We went on vacation to the beach, and my sons made friends with a boy, and they immediately started talking about Minecraft. The next thing, they are playing on the same server with each other, etc. Same with new friends in other activities like soccer.

Now we're starting to talk about mods or being able to write mods for Minecraft some day. As this young, enthusiastic population of users grows up, they will have a lot of buying power and interest in things like the customizations and programming aspects of the game.
Steam was originally forced on users IIRC
he is not an earthworm with one brain cell. Of course, on some level it's about the money to a degree, but I think it's also true that it's not just about the money. It's both about the money and not about the money
No you understood it correctly. There are several kernel exploits that involve things like sending nasty ioctls, opening raw devices, reading/writing to /dev/mem, etc that SELinux will mitigate when it is enforcing mode. It is not a catch-all by any means, but defense in-depth involves multiple layers. SELinux has demonstrably prevented local privilege escalation 0days from working.

Edit:

More Info: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-August/msg0...
MS presumably now own the intellectual property (IP) surrounding Minecraft and could choose to demand payment from people using the Minecraft TM commercially - eg to run a YouTube channel.

If those channels are offering tips on circumventing MS's lockdown (yes I'm pessimistic about what MS will do) then MS will use IP initially to shut them down I imagine.

The Minecraft EULA has the standard "we can change this without notice" clauses. I will be fascinated to see what changes come to it.