which is always cited to be in the future, and has been since fiction writers started to prevalently feature dystopian futures; either because of politics (eg. 1984) or because of a perceived thought that declining non-renewable resources will cause major problems; however, That future never seems to come around.
October was the milestone last year that marked the fact that the world did not produce enough food to feed everyone. Period.
Most of the third world population is malnourished. I highly doubt it was the first milestone. That said, it's largely irrelevant. When food is plentiful for rabbits, they breed like mad, often surpassing the food sources in demand. Nobody calls this a milestone, they call it "normal". Animal populations are dictated by their access to necessities, and this is no different with people, really.
Things like oil among other things will most likely be a luxury in 50 years
Just like, 50 years ago, when the same predictions were made. Fact is that such predictions are based on oil sources that are both known as well as tapped; there are a lot of oil sources that are either known but otherwise not tapped into yet, as well as those that lie entirely undiscovered. The former is usually when the field has political or socio-economic problems that make the field no longer financially viable to tap for most companies; another might be environmental factors and the laws surrounding them, such as if the oil source was in the middle of a dense jungle, which also raises the cost of transporting that oil. That doesn't necessarily rule out petroleum-based products as becoming luxuries, but change is always scary, but once it's finished it's hard to imagine how you lived before the change. Oil increasing in price will drive companies to look for alternatives, not to "be environmentally friendly" as they do now but simply to stay in the black. Profit drives a lot of innovation and this will be no different. Oil itself used to be relatively mundane until the industrial revolution, too. From our interpretation pre-industrial civilization was sitting on a post-industrial gold-mine. For all we know there is some other resource we are aware of that has untapped potential.
assuming we don't start using renewable resources more and things like electric cars. This world is going on a vertical decline right now and isn't showing any sign of improving.
There are three kinds of predictions of the future: those that predict a relative utopian future (a la Star Trek) those that predict a dystopian future (1984)... there is also the third one, which has historically been the most accurate, which basically predicts a future where very little has changed; or, at the very least, very little has changed from the average persons perspective.
which is always cited to be in the future, and has been since fiction writers started to prevalently feature dystopian futures; either because of politics (eg. 1984) or because of a perceived thought that declining non-renewable resources will cause major problems; however, That future never seems to come around.
Most of the third world population is malnourished. I highly doubt it was the first milestone. That said, it's largely irrelevant. When food is plentiful for rabbits, they breed like mad, often surpassing the food sources in demand. Nobody calls this a milestone, they call it "normal". Animal populations are dictated by their access to necessities, and this is no different with people, really.
Just like, 50 years ago, when the same predictions were made. Fact is that such predictions are based on oil sources that are both known as well as tapped; there are a lot of oil sources that are either known but otherwise not tapped into yet, as well as those that lie entirely undiscovered. The former is usually when the field has political or socio-economic problems that make the field no longer financially viable to tap for most companies; another might be environmental factors and the laws surrounding them, such as if the oil source was in the middle of a dense jungle, which also raises the cost of transporting that oil. That doesn't necessarily rule out petroleum-based products as becoming luxuries, but change is always scary, but once it's finished it's hard to imagine how you lived before the change. Oil increasing in price will drive companies to look for alternatives, not to "be environmentally friendly" as they do now but simply to stay in the black. Profit drives a lot of innovation and this will be no different. Oil itself used to be relatively mundane until the industrial revolution, too. From our interpretation pre-industrial civilization was sitting on a post-industrial gold-mine. For all we know there is some other resource we are aware of that has untapped potential.
There are three kinds of predictions of the future: those that predict a relative utopian future (a la Star Trek) those that predict a dystopian future (1984)... there is also the third one, which has historically been the most accurate, which basically predicts a future where very little has changed; or, at the very least, very little has changed from the average persons perspective.
Well They could slowly bring in electric cars, among other things.
BUt nope. OIL OIL OIL!
They had some electric cars out, they were aparently very good. But the people who wanted to keep them got them taken away. They were just crushed and thrown in a pile of cars in some desert somewhere.
Now it's hybrid cars. Can't ever try full electric.
Any idea they tell us is very far in the future. Even though they were already out at one time. The oil companies will force oil down socities mouth untill they run out, thats about it really.
I forgot what the video I watched was named. I think the cars were ford. Not sure tho.
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Well that's stupid.
Now the only thing that slabs are useful for is decoration.
Just to say, The world of Minecraft is not infinite, the world actually stops generating real terrain at -/+30,000,000 so really, the world is only a 60,000,000 block limit.
This was an interesting experiment and a rather good read. However, I don't think the fact that Steve''s respawn received enough attention. Respawning allows people to act with minimal consequences. ****-ass griefer gets iced doing his thing, and he is out what? A pick and shovel? Faction member gets killed in a fight, respawns by his bed, then rejoins the battle with little lost? Most people get killed in the real world, and they no longer get to impact it in any meaningful way. Populations are finite, and human work is a resource.
While running an experiment on how a bunch of immortals would react in a tiny world is cool, I think this experiment would have worked better with a death ban in place. I am guessing that the player base would have culled itself down to what was sustainable within the confines of the map during an initial period of chaos, and then a fraction of the original player base would lead a mostly peaceful existence for a while until a player got bored and tried to shake things up.
It's the dirt that had grass on it. Grass needs dirt to grow, but it also needs more dirt ot spread. If you have no grass, then non will ever grow.
when this thread was made, animals spawned on grass. Not sure if they still do.
That was food and materials.
This experiment took place in 1.2.5 judging from the light colored wood in one of the buildings. Animals stopped spawning on grass in the beta 1.8 update which was a very long time ago. Either the players were stupid and still thought animals spawned on grass or this whole experiment was fake.
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Just to say, The world of Minecraft is not infinite, the world actually stops generating real terrain at -/+30,000,000 so really, the world is only a 60,000,000 block limit.
its actually 30,000,000 x 30,000,000 x 128 (height) blocks large if you are correct
Wow. What an excellent read. This is absolutely fascinating. I only wish I could have participated. And that you could've made a timelapse video of the gradual destruction of the world. Do tell me if you have any plans for similar experiments in the future.
Man... I really want to try this on my own server now.
I would also love to participate in any other experiments you have, possibly just like this but with several 350*350 at once that then open into a larger arena?
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Curse Premiumwhich is always cited to be in the future, and has been since fiction writers started to prevalently feature dystopian futures; either because of politics (eg. 1984) or because of a perceived thought that declining non-renewable resources will cause major problems; however, That future never seems to come around.
Most of the third world population is malnourished. I highly doubt it was the first milestone. That said, it's largely irrelevant. When food is plentiful for rabbits, they breed like mad, often surpassing the food sources in demand. Nobody calls this a milestone, they call it "normal". Animal populations are dictated by their access to necessities, and this is no different with people, really.
Just like, 50 years ago, when the same predictions were made. Fact is that such predictions are based on oil sources that are both known as well as tapped; there are a lot of oil sources that are either known but otherwise not tapped into yet, as well as those that lie entirely undiscovered. The former is usually when the field has political or socio-economic problems that make the field no longer financially viable to tap for most companies; another might be environmental factors and the laws surrounding them, such as if the oil source was in the middle of a dense jungle, which also raises the cost of transporting that oil. That doesn't necessarily rule out petroleum-based products as becoming luxuries, but change is always scary, but once it's finished it's hard to imagine how you lived before the change. Oil increasing in price will drive companies to look for alternatives, not to "be environmentally friendly" as they do now but simply to stay in the black. Profit drives a lot of innovation and this will be no different. Oil itself used to be relatively mundane until the industrial revolution, too. From our interpretation pre-industrial civilization was sitting on a post-industrial gold-mine. For all we know there is some other resource we are aware of that has untapped potential.
There are three kinds of predictions of the future: those that predict a relative utopian future (a la Star Trek) those that predict a dystopian future (1984)... there is also the third one, which has historically been the most accurate, which basically predicts a future where very little has changed; or, at the very least, very little has changed from the average persons perspective.
Well They could slowly bring in electric cars, among other things.
BUt nope. OIL OIL OIL!
They had some electric cars out, they were aparently very good. But the people who wanted to keep them got them taken away. They were just crushed and thrown in a pile of cars in some desert somewhere.
Now it's hybrid cars. Can't ever try full electric.
Any idea they tell us is very far in the future. Even though they were already out at one time. The oil companies will force oil down socities mouth untill they run out, thats about it really.
I forgot what the video I watched was named. I think the cars were ford. Not sure tho.
Now the only thing that slabs are useful for is decoration.
It's the dirt that had grass on it. Grass needs dirt to grow, but it also needs more dirt ot spread. If you have no grass, then non will ever grow.
when this thread was made, animals spawned on grass. Not sure if they still do.
That was food and materials.
Now the only thing that slabs are useful for is decoration.
While running an experiment on how a bunch of immortals would react in a tiny world is cool, I think this experiment would have worked better with a death ban in place. I am guessing that the player base would have culled itself down to what was sustainable within the confines of the map during an initial period of chaos, and then a fraction of the original player base would lead a mostly peaceful existence for a while until a player got bored and tried to shake things up.
This experiment took place in 1.2.5 judging from the light colored wood in one of the buildings. Animals stopped spawning on grass in the beta 1.8 update which was a very long time ago. Either the players were stupid and still thought animals spawned on grass or this whole experiment was fake.
You sick ******* (Just kidding.)
I absolutely loved this experiment from start to finish.
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When Battle Tech Mod Comes out ill be rolling myst craft with it!
Man... I really want to try this on my own server now.