[psycho]

Well, the kid doesn't have to worry what to answer on a question about the most impressive thing he did if he decides to apply to YC someday.

[arethuza]

I'm hoping his next step is to create a full computer and port Linux to it... :-)

[prophetjohn]

It would be neat, but honestly the complexity of a modern CPU is not something that any individual would be able to recreate in a life time if they were building it piece-by-piece. I imagine that's true for any CPU capable of running recent Ubuntu releases or even something light like, I dunno, Puppy.

[Zaak]

Actually, the complexity of a modern CPU is mainly in making things run fast. Building an in-order, no-cache, single-issue ARM capable of running uClinux doesn't seem all that difficult. The cycle time would be horrible though. You might not live long enough to watch it boot.

[prophetjohn]

That's kind of what I was getting at with "capable of running."

[jacquesm]

I'll settle for OS/9.

[Zaak]

My mind boggles at the sheer size of 8M RAM in minecraft...

[arethuza]

According to NASA the Minecraft world is pretty big:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html

[NB It's just to the left of Neptune]

[jebblue]

Amazing find there, thanks! Who would have thought one Minecraft world was so huge.