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7. anon 2010-10-02 13:20:05
The Last Tweet
By Gus Hobbleton
With apologies to Isaac Asimov
The last tweet was typed for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2011, at a
SMP and Hard Clumping were two of the faithful players of Minecraft. As well as
For months, Notch had designed the algorithms and plotted the processes that ena
But slowly Notch learned enough to answer deeper questions more fundamentally, a
The energy of the cloud was stored, converted, and utilized directly on a world-
They had brought a bottle with them, and their only concern at the moment was to
"It's amazing when you think of it," said SMP. His newest skin looked like a mix
Hard Clumping cocked his head sideways. he had a trick of doing that when he wan
"Oh, hell, just about forever. Till the spawns get mined out, Clump."
"That's not forever."
"All right, then. Years and years. Ten, maybe. Are you satisfied?"
Hard Clumping put his fingers through his massive afro as though to remind himse
"Well, it will last our time, won't it?"
"So would the coal and redstone."
"All right, but now we can hook up each players to the server, and they can go o
"I don't have to ask Notch. I know that."
"Then stop running down what Notch's done for us," said SMP, blazing up. "He did
"Who says he didn't? What I say is that the server won't last forever. That's al
There was silence for a while. SMP put his glass to his lips only occasionally,
Then Hard Clumping's eyes snapped open. "You're thinking we'll switch to another
"I'm not thinking."
"Sure you are. You're weak on logic, that's the trouble with you. You're like th
"I get it," said SMP. "Don't shout. When this spawn is done, the other spawns wi
"Darn right they will," muttered Hard Clumping. "It all had a beginning in the o
"I know all about crafting," said SMP, standing on his dignity.
"The hell you do."
"I know as much as you do."
"Then you know it's got to run out someday."
"All right, who says they won't?"
"You did, you poor sap. You said we had all the space we needed, forever. You sa
It was SMP's turn to be contrary. "Maybe we can build things back up again somed
"Never."
"Why not? Someday."
"Never."
"Tweet Notch."
"You tweet Notch. I dare you. Five dollars says it can't be done."
SMP was just drunk enough to try, just sober enough to be able to phrase the nec
Or maybe it could be put more simply like this: How can new chunks be generated
Notch fell dead and silent. The rythmic and rapid typing of his livestream of hi
Then, just as the frightened players felt they could hold their breath no longer
"No bet," whispered Hard Clumping. They left hurriedly.
By next morning, the two, plagued with throbbing head and cottony mouth, had for
8. anon 2011-06-27 16:43:19
it's working?
19. anon 2013-02-20 12:18:24
блджад ахахаха, я ракоид
26. anon 2013-05-09 03:56:03
>19 fuck you.
27. anon 2013-05-30 23:53:15
testing
157. anon 2016-01-23 14:44:24
2016
158. anon 2016-05-22 14:51:46
derp
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