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He's more concerned about how there's more than one of the apparently same server.

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Diamond is one of the hardest metals (If not THE hardest metal) known the man.

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Quote from Danneh »

Perhaps there could be several methods.

A flint and tinder, which creates a fire instantly, but has very few uses.

A stick and bow, which creates a fire instantly, but the stick is used up each time.

A lens, which creates a fire that very slowly expands (and doesn't spread) until it fills the entire block, at which point it acts like a normal fire. Crafted from glass.

Flint and steel should be reusable many times, but also difficult to get the materials for crafting.
A stick and bow makes fire really slowly in real life. So not only should the stick be used up, but it'll take around the same time as using the lens, since it's not difficult to get the materials (compared to the other methods).
Lens sounds great.

Quote from Cueball »

It's unfortunate that it's all down to OMEN-created (or python-replaced) devices now instead of just sticking with good old flowers and water :tongue.gif:

I was going to do that (flower gates) for a larger project, and I actually designed several modules, but it was just going to end up being too slow.

Instead of making obsidian magical floating rocks, why not give them a realistic and practical purpose?

Obsidian has been used to make a variety of sharp tools, such as arrow heads and surgical scalpels. It would make sense to be able to use obsidian for tools and weapons.
Obsidian is a brittle rock, capable of having a very sharp edge. This can be used as a substitute for flint in real life, so we should be able to craft "flint and steel" out of obsidian and iron.

I think obsidian is a pretty bad ass name. The blackness only adds to obsidian's awesomeness. There's also how it takes a long time to mine obsidian, so obsidian should be right below the level of diamond, if not above. Maybe, instead of veins like with other ores, obsidian can only be formed by the combination of water and lava, making it rare and difficult to produce. I can imagine the mass production of obsidian a frustrating and dangerous process.

tl;dr obsidian is hard and bad ass

Guys, you just need a sharp brittle rock and something containing iron (usually steel) to make those sparks to make fire. Flint is used because of how it can be shaped into a sharp blade. When it is struck against steel, the flint scraps off particles of steel, and the friction causes the particles to combust.

Obsidian should be able to work, as well.
Actually, why can't we make tools out of obsidian? Obsidian was used for arrow heads in the Stone Age, and is now used for surgical scalpels. Seems pretty useful.

I also use lava, except I search for it. Yea, it takes a while.

Also, how do the gates work such that everything seems to be in synch?

Okay, I give up.
Rather, may I join your quest for efficient calculators (collaborate)? I've already made plans for a binary to BCD converter and a compressed 7 segment display (which can be made faster by using glitched sand), and I aimed for a 4 function calculator.

Quote from NeatNit »

as for free = better, that's just your opinion.

It's also a supported opinion, because it's practical. Some don't have spare money, others have parents who won't let them buy stuff from the internet. Naturally, those in the aforementioned situations would get a free program.

Beat me to it =/
Good job nonetheless. I'm still using my flower gate design, with a binary input and decimal output. I guess I'll have to make mine 8 bit with more functions, since there already exists a 4 bit adder. Someone will probably beat me to it, again, though.

There's flying? YES
Time to build that damn tower

Quote from Menen »

TNT should knock you back alot when it explodes near you. :biggrin.gif:

Idea: Human cannons
'nuff said.

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I support not posting in ancient threads.

I support posting in epic threads.

I just want to see water+lava=obsidian