They didn't create a backup? Seriously?
The backup is Denmark. They only have one copy, but the medium is extremely resilient.
You say "resilient", but all it'll take is for the sea levels to raise a couple of meters to wipe it out
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#32> Moving forward, the map will have to be rebuilt. Said Hammeken, "We don't have a complete overview yet, but we'll probably choose to reconstruct Copenhagen and the other cities." By this wording, it seems they will rebuild it by hand instead of restoring a backup. They have backups, right?
I picture Denmark hiring a bunch of minecrafters to go in and manually rebuild Copenhagen block by block.
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#33There are children who make sandcastles and children who knock them down. It happens so early, you'd swear they were born that way. I just imagine the latter are getting started early on their political careers.
I see a child as a blank page. You can turn that into poetry or into Mein Kampf depending on the amount of love/nurturing/open-mindedness.
Now if you'll excuse me, those trees ain't gonna hug themselves.
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#34In short, "this is why we can't have nice things."
In short, "No fun allowed."
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Small countries like Denmark tend to have a much more well-behaved population than large countries. I.e. they queue nicer, they are more likely to return something they found, etc. (game-theoretic research suggests that such a culture is a symptom of having a high likelyhood of meeting again - thus offering more opportunities to punish bad behaviour). That background might explain their optimistic expectations.
Excuse me, but what is this based on? Do you perhaps mean small communities? Because I can tell you from my experience being Swedish in Sweden (~9M inhabitants), that your assumption seems to be false.
I'm Swedish too, and I disagree. I have often heard that Americans (and others) are surprised at the willingness of most Scandinavians to follow the official and unofficial rules of society. We are likely blind to it as we experience it every day.
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#36This story was submitted[0] four days ago, but got no traction and sank without trace. The only comment[1] was mine, and I repeat it here: I know this is something of an internet meme, and hence somewhat out-of-place here on HN, but, in short: This is why we can't have nice things. It would be really cool if we didn't need passwords. It would be really cool if we could have globally editable documents that stored and…
Why does it matter that some specific server has been vandalized? Can't other people just spin up a different server with an earlier copy of the dataset?
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Small countries like Denmark tend to have a much more well-behaved population than large countries. I.e. they queue nicer, they are more likely to return something they found, etc. (game-theoretic research suggests that such a culture is a symptom of having a high likelyhood of meeting again - thus offering more opportunities to punish bad behaviour). That background might explain their optimistic expectations.
Possibly right but unfortunately anonymity turns people into total dicks regardless of nationality.
Nonsense. This would have happened even if photocopies of their passports were attached with every edit.
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#38Re: Minecraft Griefers Demolish 1:1 scale model of Denmark
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Small countries like Denmark tend to have a much more well-behaved population than large countries. I.e. they queue nicer, they are more likely to return something they found, etc. (game-theoretic research suggests that such a culture is a symptom of having a high likelyhood of meeting again - thus offering more opportunities to punish bad behaviour). That background might explain their optimistic expectations.
Excuse me, but what is this based on? Do you perhaps mean small communities? Because I can tell you from my experience being Swedish in Sweden (~9M inhabitants), that your assumption seems to be false.
Studying in Sweden right now. Compared to the states your countrymen are much more conscientious of each other and public spaces. I joke with my friends that they could get away with soooo much more, but the fact is that everyone takes some more personal responsibility than we see in the states.
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#40Slightly OT, but the UK national mapping agency has created a minecraft model of the UK [1] (minus Northern Ireland). [1] http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/innovate/developers/minecraf...
Oherwise known as "Great Britain".
/pedant