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Big Berlin Blinkenlichten

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-pretty dept.

karm13 writes "The Chaos Computer Club has made a huge display using the 8 top floors of a house in Berlin with 18 windows each as a present to themselves and Berlin for their 20th birthday. You can submit animations on the Blinkenlights project page, and even play pong with a mobile phone!"

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  1. Way cool... by NightWhistler · · Score: 1, Funny

    And the article says you can display custom messages on the building... Cool way to propose to your girlfriend / boyfriend... ;-)

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  2. That�s a damn large CRT! by uncl_bob · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone closer than 2 kilometers from the display will get cancer right away. Cheezes.

  3. Hmm... by svara · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's great for displaying ASCII-porn! I wonder how long it would take until the german government passes a law that forbids "Blinkenlights before 10PM or after 6 AM"...

    But anyway, that's not news at all, it's been around for at least three weeks...

  4. Hack of the year winner? by Thnurg · · Score: 2, Funny

    So IP over Avian Carriers now has competition for hack of the year. Nice one guys.

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  5. Blinkenlights by DeadSea · · Score: 2, Funny
    This is a sign I have had in my computer room for some time now. It's a laminated xerox and I'm not sure where it came from, but I think it's pretty funny. Some people actually ask what language it is in. Have fun :-)

    Achtung!

    ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS

    Das computenmachine is nicht fur gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Is easy schnappen der springwerk, blownfusen, und poppenoorken mit spittzensparken. Ist nicht fur gewerken by das dummkopfen.

    Das rubbernecken signtseeren keepen hands in das pockets--relaxen und watch das blinkenlights.

  6. yeah, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    yeah, but can they play tetris on it????

  7. Mmm. Low res activism. by citricacid · · Score: 5, Funny
    This is a pretty awesome project. I noticed their group is concerned about censorship. Now they should combine their uber-display with the German porn restrictions and fight the man with a few extremely low-res women!

    Oh turn me on Helga. Turn me on.

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  8. It should have won the Turner Prize. by ayjay29 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Madonna presented the £20,000 ($30,000) Turner prize to Martin Creed for a work of 'art' entitled "The Lights Going On and Off" which basically consists of an empty gallery, and two lights that do indeed go on and off. Other winners have included dirty underwear and an unmade bed.

    Read about it here...

    Shame us Nerds never enter these competitions, my exhibit "Servers in Various States of Disrepair" is surly a strong contender.

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  9. CCC is a hacker organization by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    and as such they should be arrested, tried in a military court, and executed by the US as terrorists. These people are clearly not normal after doing something like this. If you are normal you are a good Christian who listens to Britney Spears, NSync, etc, eats and McDonalds, and has no "technical" hobbies. If you don't fit this profile then you are a terrorist.

  10. Re:Similar projects by CoreDump · · Score: 4, Funny
    The La Batille project was definitely cool, but this implementation definitely blows the Tech House away in terms of sheer coolness, because it's open to anyone to submit to and play with.

    Another cool thing is that they also distributed some programs to help you visualize the movies here.

    And to think that I thought putting my xmas lights up and controllng them with X10 modules was pretty nifty. Oh well, time to start thinking bigger for next year!

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  11. blinking lights! by Marcus+Brody · · Score: 3, Funny

    I posted my loveletter to the CCC, took my sweetheart to the restaurant across the road, and sat down at the prime wndow table. Staring romantically towards the glowing lights, framed by the shimmering stars and a huge moon, my message appeared....

    "Linda, Will you mar"

    Unfortunately, I had forgotten it was only 18 x 8 pixels. Darn. Then there was a powercut.