Yeah, anyway for those who haven't heard Notch's user verification server exploded.
So what did he do? Remove the user verification and declared the game free until he fixes the server. Just hit enter at the login screen once you get the .exe no login necessary.
www.minecraft.netMake sure you
TURN ON THE FRAMELIMITER otherwise your gpu will
MELT your computer.
(this is mostly for high end cards with low end coolers like the NVIDIA 8000 series and high end notebook gpus, but turn it on just to be safe.)
Minecraft is now Turing complete make switches, tracks, mechanisms etc.
Singleplayer maps are generated and therefore unique. Maps can be generated to be 8 times the surface area of the planet via settings.
survive the night.
Its dangerous to go alone take this crafting guide:
http://minepedia.net/index.php?title=CraftingIt will be un-free once he fixes his server.