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Mac G3 + Shop Vac = Shop Mac
Jay Langhurst writes "Take a peek here for photos and explaination on how an 8 gallon shop vac can be converted to a home for an Apple G3. I guess air circulation isn't an issue after this switch."
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Introducing the iMac 2.
Why would someone want to do this?
(I accept the fact that you are most likely an old style troll, but I shall bite.)
1) Mobile. It makes your system really easy to move around (ever been to a LAN party?)
2) Can't complain about air circulation/cooling.
3) You get dust bunnies in your system? Me too. Now, the dust bunnies are in the right place from the start!
4) "Uh, Sure dear, I would love to vacuum the house, but I am using it to play Quake right now..."
5) Its wholesome geeky fun.
(Sure, people say that this Mac sucks, well, I will have to build a PC with Windows into a large fan, then you could say my system blows.)
Try to hack my 31337 firewall!
I would be neat to do something with the crazy iMac, like turn one of those things into a cube. You can pickup a second hand imac for a few hundred dollars. After that you have a very low heat/cost risc architecture system that would make a fantastic home network server, etc.
the only problem is that stupid monitor that is attached. (I would love to have something as small as a cube and cheep as a iMac in my closet for MP3 storage, internet sharing, web server and of course distributed.net block crunching.
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...damn, is the fan noisy!
He'd put the guts of the shop vac into the G3 case.
I wonder if this is how they came up with the idea for R2D2...
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/. has posted a lot stupid things people do to computers, but this has got to be the DUMBEST one yet. It completely boggles the mind. I can't begin to imagine WHY someone would want to do this.
It's so stupid you actually have to admire the guy, for being twisted enough to think it up in the first place, having the balls to do it, and even more balls to admit it, take pictures, and allow someone to post it on the web.
You must be living in a vacuum to think something like that. Macs like these clean house.
I/O Error G-17: Aborting Installation
The PowerMac built into a Smith Corona typewriter case.
The toaster modem (quite an antique).
A PowerMac 7600 built into a 1940s Zenith radio case (check out the CD-ROM drive!).
Not to mention this industrial monster...
ASA
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Maybe I will dust off my mom's old Mac LC and turn it into a /. phenom.
You will find they already have a perfect use: doorstops.
I always said that macs sucked :)
____ Huh? I missed that.
And here we have a supposed "slashdot veteran" or perhaps just an "internet veteran" calling someone ... "newbie luser scum". I dont know anyone who used the spelling "luser" past their first year on the internet... which means either: 1. Your are a newbie too. or 2. You are a loser who still uses the spelling "luser" and probably "kewl" as well. You quite possibly even consider yourself 313373, and think I should ph34r you for it.
Not buying it, and not caring either. Go spank your monkey or something.
[CK]: The real CyberKnet has slashdot UID 184349. You'll just have to settle for the imposter.
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Personally, I think this mod is way cooler. Check it out.
This just truly boggles the mind.
It's like... wondering 'What would happen if I replaced my coffee with ground walnuts?'
Yes; it makes absolutely no sense!
Well, I guess this guy is creative to a fault =)
Me, I would have thought it more interesting to take a G4 Cube and placed it inside, say, a juicer!
Geek dating!
GPL Deconstructed
Has anyone dropped the contents of a Mac (or an overclocked PC) into a refrigerator yet? That would be a great hack if the cooling function was left intact. You could cool the components and have a place to keep drinks in the work area cool. Also, just by opening the door, you'd get easy access to do upgrades.
"My mother works for Microsoft now. A whole other cult."
I've said the Mac was hosed for a long time...
Anyone want to fess up and explain what's going on? I think they're either going to be sued by Apple for releasing information prematurely, or they completely made this up.
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RubberMaid + Windows = Trash
Windows - Rubbermaid = Trash
Electro Magnetic Pulse
360 degrees of Karma
Proof, once again, that computers and drugs do mix.
The computer will probably not suffer from it.
The monitors may suffer from some magnetic fiels if they are not shielded.
The speakers will probably have some humming.
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