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How to Burn a Magnesium NeXT Cube

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-much-spare-time dept.

Saint Aardvark the Carpeted writes "How do you set a magnesium NeXT cube case on fire? It took this guy two years, *two* cases and the cooperation of Lawrence Livermore Lab's burn cell." A seriously bizarre tale, but worth a read if you're curious. And I have one of those cubes in my office... all sorts of fiendish ideas start.

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  1. Re:Anodized by Omnifarious · · Score: 2, Funny
    I read the whole thing. No mention of anodized anything.

    Then you're blind.

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  2. Hm... by steveo777 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Looks a lot like what we used to do with old Apple II's back in Electronics class, only there was more of a BOOM, and less flame.

    Ahh, those were happier times.

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  3. Can you imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ...burning a Beowulf cluster of these?

  4. Re:Uh huh huh. Fire. Cool. Henh. Yeah, yeah! by radja · · Score: 3, Funny

    as the guy stated.. he's a chemist. and about 80% of all chemists are pyromaniacs. hell.. I should know, I used to be one (a chemist that is.. I'll always be a pyromaniac.. :)

    //rdj

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  5. Some one had to say it... by OakLEE · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I've got karma to burn baby so here goes!

    How about a Beowulf Cluster of those. You could light up a city block!

    -1 Troll, I await you!

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  6. Here's how it's done by the_other_one · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 - Set NeXT Cube up as a server

    2 - Post Story link on /.

    3 - Pictures tomorrow...

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  7. They destroy a cube... by kypper · · Score: 3, Funny
    so you slashdot their homepage.

    How considerate!

  8. Re:Regarding Heating ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Forget overclocking ... can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these? :-)

  9. Re:Kind of Cool, But Kind of Stupid by sracer9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You wouldn't burn down Abe Lincoln's cabin would you?


    Dunno. Is that made of magnesium too?

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  10. An alternate way... by V50 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shouldn't it be possible to use and AMD Athlon to do the same thing to PC? Now that would be entertainment!! :-)

    OT: The r and n in 'Burn' merge together on my Mac/iCab and I get the subject 'How to Bum a Magnesium NeXT Cube'...

  11. Re:Burning magnesium by Faux_Pseudo · · Score: 4, Funny

    VW engin blocks are fun. We got one once and put it on a fire pit at the beach. We were about 2 blocks away once it got burning and could still feel the heat and it was bright as day out there at 02:00.
    "No officer that was here when we got here." "We thought about putting it out but couldn't get close enough."

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  12. I think Don MacLean was there... by sconeu · · Score: 4, Funny

    And as the flames climbed high into the night
    To light the sacrificial rite
    I saw Satan laughing with delight
    The Day The NeXT Cube Died...

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