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Impressive Homemade Aluminum Cube Case
baschie writes "A Belgian guy, Dennis Vieren, probably designed and built the most beautiful aluminium case ever, called project "Frozen". He designed his case from the ground up using CAD software, and built it from plates of 3mm aluminium and 3 mm acrylic glass. It cost him about 300/400 euro, and took him about 250 hours to build."
Now all of you can suck it down, and enjoy it.
this guy needs a better hobby. Millions of people in this world are starving, and this guy is using up precious resources just to be 'cool'.
fp
I just got two stories rejected yet this gets through? C'mon...come on...
Does that include the cost of the CAD software?
You are the one to blame for LUNIX, you sorry sack of crap.
(I don't like you.)
Has the slashdot effect taken this page down? I can't seem to reach it. I do have to say though that 250 hours of working on a case is amazing. I'd love to see it.
"something witty"
i'm sure it's all very interesting, but i wouldn't know...
404 - File not found
Not even close. Now be quiet, AC fuck-toy.
Check out the guy's page stats here.
Look here for some cool cases. IMHO this case in the slashdot story isn't all that.
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It appears the /casemod subdirectory was removed from his webserver. Here's the Google cached version:
: www.vieren.be/casemod/+&hl=en
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:q2MWTRCyeksC
Whats the point in having a "cool" looking case, its not like he can carry it around to show everyone. It probably sits in his basement storing gigs of pr0n.
"you sonofabitch i didn't know!"
it looks like a very nice design. i wonder where the powersupply is, and how loud the fans are. i wish we had access to good looking cases such as these. especially for those who are innept at building stuff.
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This is one of the worst postings on /.
I've been using *BSD for years starting with the first releases
of Berkeley's operating system. I've even got the tape with Tahoe around somewhere. But all my coworkers at the ISP where I work claimed Linux to be the superior operating system of the next century which will crush microsoft sometime. Well, I was a little sceptical. But I've never used Linux before, so I though that I should give it a try. I ordered the newest Debian woody package, 'cos I wanted full IP6 support. No reason to keep with the old protocols. A few days later a 15 CD set sighed by some guy named ZtaHma (at least that was all I could make out of this strange signature) arrived.
I was very curious, so I started installing the stuff at my Pentium IV at once. There I ran into the first troubles. After selecting the package gcc-doc the package manager claimed that there was a conflict with gcc-2.96 and gcc-3.0 and many associated packages. This won't be of much trouble yet. But it opened of list of all the "conflicting" packages which were suddenly unselected by default. Still no problem there, I could have reselected them at once, but I accidentially hit the return key for selection which accepted the "default" and all the selections were gone. This resulted in fucking around later with constant package reinstalls, 'cos I never got all unselected packages back and the apps started complaining about missing "gcc-blurp" etc.
During install I wondered why there was no config options for ip6, but such stuff with rather common with OSS software and I prefer viing config files anyway. After full install I noticed that there was no options for installing [xkg]dm by default, but I won't call this a problem. The problems turned out at different places. I first tried to activate ip6 for my local links
bildo# ifconfig eth0 inet6 fec0::2/64 add ifconfig: bad option inet6
WTF ? After some manpaging I found out that the Linux netutils
are really fucked up any use non standard parameters for ip6. But however:
bildo# ifconfig eth0 add fec0::2/64 kernel doesn't support IP6
Bad news. I noticed that the standard kernel was optimized for 80386 with support for XT harddisks but without support for ip6. So I had to recompile the entire kernel first. At this point the "gcc-blurp" reinstall fun started as already mentioned above. I was already a little wary at this point, this IP6 (EXPERIMENTIAL) - 6 years after the first draft - didn't seemed very promising. After compiling and booting ifconfig worked without trouble. But tha bad surprise was arriving:
bildo# netstat -r 127.0.0.1 * 255.255.255.0 lo
Fuck ! Were was ip6 ??? Ifconfig said it was there ! Well I thoughtit was a fucked netstat, so I tried a simple:
bildo# telnet ::1 Trying ::1... Connection error: connection refused bildo# telnet bildo Trying bildo... Bildo Today is a good day the mew the goat ! Login:
Well at least ip6 was working. But all apps seemed to be fucked up. So I tried a last:
bildo# ping6 ::1 ping6 not found
At this point I slammed by keyboard into the TFT-Panel and turned the computer off.
What remains to say ?
Linux is obviously an operation system for amateurs and hobbiests not for professional users. I reinstalled FreeBSD at my computer at once. Had to do the installation via an serial cable to my old 386 though, because my TFT-Panel and the keyboard are broken.
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A Belgian guy, Dennis Vieren, probably designed and built the most beautiful aluminium (sic) case ever, called project "Frozen".
I think there's little doubt that Dennis built the case.
Perhaps you meant "A Belgian guy, Dennis Vieren, designed and built what is probably the most beautiful aluminum case ever..."?
Sailing over the event horizon
1 aluminium case : few hundred euros
cad software : $100
self-assembly : free
Posting 3 256kb pictures in a slashdot link : priceless
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Let's examine the origin of Trolls. Where did they come from? These cute, ugly Demons that have captivated American children epitomize today's delight in "new-paganism" when joined to popular ideals. While the "Trolls of Scandinavian Fairy Tales would uproot trees, enslave beautiful ladies and turn people into stone with cruel spells, the toy makers are quoting poems and sayings to try and seduce and deceive the REAL origin of these Demons. For Example: "There was a time...when waters were clean and forests untouched...When ancient legends spoke of "Guardians of the Earth."
In Scandinavian lands, these mysterious creatures were Trolls...and were known to guard what was left of the Earth's natural treasures. This theory of fantasy can only help to encourage "New Age" thinking...like "Mother Earth...save our environment"...as if God would create anything that would not last, until He was ready for it to disappear. But, if our little children are introduced to these myths at such a young age...as they grow...Satan can introduce this fantasy lie and encourage it to be accepted as truth.
It was said the "trolls" were rarely seen, people believed and pretended. Isn't it strange today these nearly forgotten Demon creatures are once again in our midst...working their Earth magic to help Humans? More of Satan's lies flowing out to capture the mind and control it."
It makes me feel like I'm living in the future.
Then again, so does bubble wrap.
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This is the radest case ever.
300/400 Eur = 259.5742/346.0989 source Exchangerate.com.
I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
Very well done.
So when you gonna start mass producing?
I would have no problem paying up to $200 for this. Seriously...
What's the noise situation like BTW?
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*drools* I think I'm in love. It is too sexy! I shouldn't look at it, but I must!
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How does that Styx song go? "Too much time on my hands..."
by Nintendo for ripping off their next-generation Game Cube. Seriously, that thing does remind me of a Nintendo Gamecube. maybe it's the cutsey logo thing on the side... I'm not sure
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That Case is pretty damn cool, but 250 hrs, that is insane, how can there possibly be time to do that, like does this guy have absolutely no life? or was this some type of a job project?
cool but way over the top
Who The Hell Cares.
Will they post a story for every dork under the sun who modifies their case.
Fuck Cheney.
I am into the copy and paste.
I will definatly give the guy a 10 for style, but its definatly not as accessible as a Mac.
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Looks like another case of Apple envy to me...
I'm telling you: there's a huge market out there for designer computers. If you could put out machines that weren't beige boxes but which instead were hip, you'd find a huge market with the 20-somethings.
Apple made a run at this, and look how successful they were without running the mainstream Wintel setup.
People already routinely pay 500% more than they need to for clothes (ck), home furnishings (Pottery Barn), even sporting goods just because of the brand name and for the chance to be fashionable. I can't see why computers should be any different. Pair this thing with a big flat-screen, a top-notch audio system and other similarly hip appointments, do some serious marketing, maybe brand it with known designer and I gaurantee you could sell these things for $5k each.
Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
Really nice looking. Appears kind of elaborate to get into though, as far as I can tell from the photos. I especially like the logos on the side. Too bad it'll be slashdotted soon with the amount of images on the page.
my hats off to this guy. too many case mods I've seen at lans are just more of the same thing.. little window here, neon tubes there..
:)
I've been trying to tower/mod my amiga 3000 for some time now, but don't have the patience this guy does. or probably the desk space either
what I would like to see is this guy get some venture capital and start his own business designing primo cases because, lets face it.. even a lot of the nice aluminium cases out there just look plain boring.
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nice case... this guy should keep it up. i hope to see more cases from/by him.. maybe even for sale. looks like some quality case and would love a couple sexy boxen like that around...
now i just gotta learn CAD... get setup for CAM...and find 250 hours and the money to build one.
Yeah this'll prolly get modded "redundant" but even still, that's one nice case, I'd buy one!
3000 dead over past 2 years, still no free Palestinians, still
The thing is truly a beautiful piece of work! I just hope for him that the light can be turned off ;) Also it appears immensely big! I mean, build a cube out of 6 full size ATX mainboards - it's bigger than that! :) hehe
I couldn't fit that where my computer is now. And I'm pretty sure my girlfriend wouldn't let me if I could
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The nerds have brought 'em down
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They let it out upon the world to see what it would do
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A couple bytes per packet lost and things start running slow
Then timeout hits and on your screen this message starts to show
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I do my best, click the link, see what few bits I glean
And what I mutter 'neath my breath quite frankly is obscene
It takes a while to find a file, I know Slashdots' to blame
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Thank TM!
a clear plexiglass case that's a foot or two high by a few feet wide and a few inches thick, that I can hang on my wall. It could go right under a flat screen and I could spend all day "staring at the wall."
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looks a bit like a G4Mac...mere coincidence? nananana (lame attempt at twightlight zone theme song)
No one will be able to see the /. effect in real time because in a matter of minutes, the stats website is going to be taken offline as well ;)
/. effect.
/. effect is (or has been)?
/. effect ripple down? Even if x1 is taken offline, people still view the cached copy on google (or some other similar service), which would provide links to websites xi.
/. effect"?
Ok, the below now starts to get off the news topic and onto the topic of the
As a side note, I wonder what the longest recursive
e.g....
Slashdot links website x1
website x1 links website x2
...
website xn-1 links website xn
Obviously, website x1 would be taken offline. But in the process, how much would the
Anyone know the record number of websites taken offline by the "recursed
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I count at least 5 case fans... seems like overkill. Yes, if he could get the costs down, this is a marketable design. Looks like some redesign is necessary to make it more economically manufacturable, though. 250 hours of labor per case won't cut it in the market, I'm afraid.
I wonder if the Al shields EMF's enought that they don't interfere with anything like phones, tvs, etc.
I find the cube to be more attractive then a bulking beige box. Thinking back to when the Apple G4 Cube was introduced, and how many of my friends said they liked the design, why is it that the consumer market is still dominated by tower-type system housings? What makes Aluminium easier to machine than say, Magnesium or Steel? How marketable are hobbyist case designs to larger consumer-market case retailers/manufacturers?
SIGERR: laziness exceeds quota
This guy should work for Apple!
I mean sure that thing is beautiful and all, but its also fucking gigantic.
So why not utilise the extra space? Install some sort of refrigeration system -- very useful should you ever choose to overclock -- and turn it into the worlds first PC-case/Bar fridge.
You think it's a thing of beauty now, imagine reaching into it and pulling out a brewski, without getting up from your Quake session!
Awesome!
:)
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http://216.74.64.37/casemod/index.htm
Gettin a hard on over a fucken case.
BIG FUCKEN DEAL!!!!ITS A GOD DAMN CASE>>>>>>
Take a look at the modifications that extreme custom car builders do to their transport, not out of any practical reason, but for the love of building something with the most extreme quality. With imagination and hard work you can inject a LOT of style into your PC. I'd like to see systems with some insane 'tidying'... the auto customisers hidden wiring tricks, colour coded everything, even components laid out in an aesthetic manner. Not for practicality, but just -because-
If that's not your thing however - good for you. Everyone has a little excess (read: pointless but pretty) style in their life. Like the friend of mine who derides Mac cases for their 'prettiness' and claims function means all the most to her, but drives a more expensive bespoilered sporty looking car with no more performance than an average one.
first off, the thing is huge.
second, how do i open the damn door?
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And those cracks. They're art. Luddites!
The simplicity of the design is very appealing. The guy obviously has talent.
Until Slashdot shows up on Pud's site.
That looks awsome. I wonder how much these cases would cost if they were mass manufactured? I'd buy one for sure!
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While case mods are cool, they're just modifications of boring old PC cases. What's super-cool about this cube is that it was built from scratch and doesn't look like a traditional computer.
Besides, how many case modders use CAD and laser-cut aluminum? That's just nifty.
This
If they have no money, they should use the ATM. If they are hungry, JUST GO TO THE FRIDGE AND MAKE A FUCKING HAM SANDWICH!!!!
How long it would take to build a Beowulf cluster of these !
Why not make refridgerators (home fridges) with a slot for motherboard and cards? If you are in kitchen, you can use your fridge as a computer. Cold made by fridge can have an outlet to motherboard, making this a efficient cooling system for computer.
hell of a design...not much more to say..
just some phats congrats to designer...
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Ok, it was probably a lot of fun for him to design and assemble the case... But as a finished product I don't see it as anything great. Even the looks of it -- I don't care for looks but I know that other people do and I would definitely give credit for it, but it really doesn't look good, in my opinion.
I just know there's a kiwi out there itching to make a hybrid of this case and this jet-powered beer cooler. There should be plenty of room for that monster in the shed or garage.
Move on. There's nothing to see here.
This case is indeed looks good except that
beige face plates on cd-rom and the like
look out of place. What kind of air does this
case move?
You're probably a troll, but I'll bite.
How could you possibly compare the modded cases on that forum to this guy's completey custom case? What are you smokin' and where can I get some?! The case this guy did is GREAT! Hell, I'd pay him good money for one (and mebe I will, if he ever starts selling them)!
...Dennis Veiren probably designed and built the most beautiful aluminium case ever...
Is he claiming the credit, or is there a general consensus that he is the mostly builder? And who's calling this the most beautiful case ever?
Someone needs to learn to optomise .jpeg files badly. 256K+ for a SMALL picture like that is absurd. I hope the bastard has to pay for his bandwidth during this slashdotting.
As for the case it LOOKS nice but I really don't see how it is remotely functional. It apperently has to sit on the floor, near trhe bottem is a panel with no handle you have to open to get to the floppy and CD. How lame, you either have to streach really far down to insert edia or GET ON YOUR KNEES!. If you want to work on the internals you have to UNDO 4 freaking SCREWS and then disassemble the case, Lame!
This crunk would never fly for an apple design.
But I think we're all wondering: does it run Linux? If so, why? ..
And.. imagine a Beowulf cluster of these! Imagine a Beowulf cluster of erect penises!
visit the hwky website for a lyrical genius infusion.
My power supply just died in the middle of a game of UT strikeforce. Man this sucks it seem the fan for the power supply died before I got home and had built up so much heat it killed itself.
I hate how computer are built I guess I will have to redesign them myself. : )
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Offtopic? I don't think so. Aggressive, of course, and a crime towards your language, but not offtopic.
/. moderation and how the "fascists" work... I really don't. Just expressing my opinion.
Ok, so hundreds of people will say I don't know anything about
(humor)
Oh, get over it!!
It's the 21st century, and there are *many* *many* liberated women who use a vibrator. Don't be ashamed!
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"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
Open the CAD data files to the public! I want one! I want one! ( : In all seriousness, unless the creator plans to make more (250 hours?), we can all benefit by learning from his design, if it only educates us a little more about good (or bad) techniques.
To VIEW moded cases, anyway.
http://pcdb.overclockers.com.au/ (over 3000 cases).
Best place I've found to buy parts to mod
your case would be www.pcmods.com
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Looks like a G4 cube with more space and a really cool lighting effect. Maybe appl ecould take some notes, or at least hire him
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An Apple cube, cubed... With bright blue lights... How... ummm, cool.
Nice floppy drive.
I like big butts and I cannot lie.
Beige bezels on the drives? What a cheap-ass slacker! ;-)
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very impressive for a home job... but if i were gonna spend the money, I'd want this case:m mac/pho tos.html
http://www.helio.co.jp/products/xtrem/xtre
too bad the company went under before they could ship... had active cooling system built into case design too.
I got to see it , just like all special cases I see it is nothing new. Cool he made a case.
but in the end is he any cooler then me.
NO!
When weill people get over this IMAC thing!!!
If we applied half the brain power and time into something that would make system better to use we would have to set to make the box look cool.
but we all suck nobody wants to do anything that might set some new standards.
WWWWWWHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA
Dr. Suess: 'Gandalf, Gandalf! Take the ring! I am too small to carry this thing!' 'I can not, will not hold the One.
All one needs one is a plugin for Xmms that will cause the blue neons to flash in time :)
Now you slashdotted netstat!! (J/k, obviously).
Wow. That is pretty cool. Speaking of cube computers thoguh, i found some other interesting designs.. check out www.soldam.com for these really nice small looking cubes... Note the price is in yen though, use this to convert.
..pcable
Many people are complaining at the size of thise case, but I don't think it's quite as large as many of you think.
Looking at http://216.74.64.37/casemod/images/pict22.jpg I would say that it's probably similar dimensions to a standard Midtower, except twice as wide.
You can use the CD/DVD drive as a reference. Also note that the whole setup is sitting on a pool table.
Oftentimes height is more of an issue (with a desk) than width.
-kwishot
I use this case at my job on Wall Street where I'm a derivatives trader. The case is both aesthetically pleasing and functional for my work.
For all of you who are getting a 404 error, it's because he is blocking any requests from people browsing with IE (and possibly Netscape..) I used Opera and it worked just fine... This guy is made a damn nice case but he sure takes that whole Microsoft sucks thing a little too far.
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People already routinely pay 500% more than they need to for clothes (ck), home furnishings (Pottery Barn), even sporting goods just because of the brand name and for the chance to be fashionable. I can't see why computers should be any different. Pair this thing with a big flat-screen, a top-notch audio system and other similarly hip appointments, do some serious marketing, maybe brand it with known designer and I gaurantee you could sell these things for $5k each.
From the stats page..."Laatste 10 bezoekers" sounds like an insult to me.
Life is like pants... fit in or you don't fit in.
Although I would have used a red neon, MSI K7T266 Pro2, red rounded ATA100 IDE cables, and a Gainward GeForce3 Ti200. I'm a sucker for red...
OH NOES! TEH INTARWEB IS BORKEN!
In my browsing the page I notice you never see ANY cables coming out of the case. They really ARE that ugly, and I bet the case wouldn't be as cool if you could see them.
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That is the meanest looking case I've ever seen. Although it sure wouldn't be a mass-produced model. It's a work of art.
400 Euros? How much is that in Monopoly money?
Beautiful case though.
Where can you buy this stuff in the US for a reasonable price?
but still got the old 404.. any mirror's?
I can't see those pics of his case, but I have made
(and still making) an custom case of my own.
Not totally made from scratch, The backplane was
scavenged from another case, because I wasn't
sure if I could make it to the proper measurements
but some pics are up, mind you, I have done a bit
more work on it since I put up those images. New
ones will go up when I get around to it.
Tekgno's Case
Anyone brave enough to post the pics of this from their cache...or does anyone know of a site which does cache images? Sadly, google does not cache pics (or if it does I have no idea how to access them)
was 127.0.0.1 too overused?
im just curious
when everything is working perfectly.. BREAK SOMETHING before something else FUCKS up!
Get that man on Sony's computer design staff, or have him make these things on the side.
I say Sony because:
1) Apple already has a great designer, Jonathon Ive
2) Michael Dell wouldn't know a good case design if it appeared as a cow with a black turtleneck shirt and spoke to him--"Dude, your cases SUCK...!!!"
3) Gateway couldn't afford to do this change
4) HP and Compaq are too wrapped up in their mutual admiration society
5) Sony understands design is important, even for PC boxes
As a preferred Macintosh user, this PC case is the most ingenious design I've seen. Nice work. Where I can get one to replace the POS with the Athlon I just assembled?
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Vos teneo officium eram periculosus ut vos recipero is.
If I had one of those, I could always tell my friends, "You see, my home is powered by a miniature nuclear reactor, notice the impressive glow."
Protective eyeware is, of course, optional.
"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it" -- Winston Churchill
.. or does it just look like a rather oddly designed overhead projector?
:)
OHP's, I'm sad to say, are not my idea of the pinnacle of design, no matter how many neon lights you fit in it
Oh, and it has one of those awful doors who's only purpose in life is to slow you down when you're trying to juggle CD's.
Paint the drives aluminum, move the access panel to the top section of the side wall, waterproof this obvious aluminum coffee table, run liquid nitrogen through it and carve a huge Pd in it (for Perdition, natch). Have it here by Friday week, and name your price.
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I know why I joined the trolls, slashdot *IS* fucking losing their minds. I thought maybe I was alone on slash in thinking that M$ makes a very nice o/s, linux sucks for the desktop and cmdr taco is gay. When I changed my threshold to -1 low and behold thats where all the smart people went!
Fucky, Turd, and any other highly active troll reading this, you are my hero's! I look forward to being your hapless croonie until I have earned your respects.
Oh yeah, I fucked my first post up like a jackass, the hyperlink below works correctly.
goatman
sings!
Here's a copy of my virgin post today, maybe I will get FP tomorrow.
ST
This is my third time typing this, it was gonna be a nice intro to myself, but fucking slash kept breaking.
Anyways, trolls, I'm Senior Troll (like Senior Taco) Thank you for making slash a place I can laugh again, and leading the fight against what has become mainstream slash. Slashdot is just like my lame ex employer HP, except I would rather fuck Carly Fioroni over taco any day of the week.
You see, once apon a time, slashdot made this troll laugh on its own. It was a cool distraction from the duldrum of the office. Sometime around march of 2001 the articles started sucking, the +5 comments became more biased, and anyone that had anything remotely nice to say about M$ was modded into oblivion.
What was happening was the same thing that happened at HP when Carly took over, the slashdot way which was once based on open source fundamentals became the neo uber linux youth recruitment camp of the web. I found myself actually changing the way I posted just to earn those mod points. Just like pavlov's dog ejaculating when it heard a bell I would intentionally modify my belief system just to gain karma on slashdot. My payoff was virtual karma on a weblog, seems like pavlov's dogs had it better.
How does this parralel with HP? Before packard died it was stressed to put in your 8 and go home to your family. Post packard it was think like Carly and her croonies or face an unpleasant review, which could lead to your termination.
Sometime last year I said fuck you to HP, and 2002 im sayin fuck you to slashdot. Just because someone doesn't agree with the editors opinions is no reason to censor them. I found out the real truth about 2 months ago when I changed my threshhold to -1. I started to read comments by guys like the turd report and fucky the troll and started to laugh on slash again. After about a month of laughing I decided to join the trolls in their neverending battle.
Someone, please pull the images out of your cache and post them somewhere.
it would look a lot like my trashcan. :)
I think I'm gonna put my trashcan on ebay. All i need is to turn it upside down, stick in a motherboard, drill a couple of holes for the wiring, and voila... designer computer!
If you think I'm kidding.. i bought it either at Bed Bath and Beyond or Ikea.
Is it included in the cost???
That is really impressive. I hope he sells the design because he deserves to make some money out of it and I want one.
I love stacking my barbecues in the shed at the end of summer - you can't beat a bit of grill on grill action.
While the page is alive and kicking, I presume the /. effect will cost this guy much more than his computer case.
I'm impressed. I just spent the week modding my system to be silent. I replaced my fans with Panaflows, and run the three case fans at 5 volts, put an 80mm on the processor and replaced the PS fan with a panaflow. Everything stays cool and now all I hear is the drives spinning.
By the way you can get good fans cheap.. here BGmicro
What a beautiful case! I've seen people paint, modify, etc. their existing cases and I applaud their efforts but this is the one I can really say, "this is very beautiful." Well done Belgian guy!
(btw I HATE the beige cases, not only because they are ugly but because the $20 ones really are worth only that, $20. If you can, get the better ones with plenty of room, upgrade slots, and a good power supply. They don't have to be so loud either)
I just wish he'd posted a model of his design for us all to use :)
*Starts dreaming up a nice little logo for the side of his case*
Actually has the pics, why hasn't he been modded up yet?
I want it. I want it to have my children. (Bad Hackers reference.)
That is an awfully sweet setup he's got there. I wish he'd share the master DXFs, or make some sort of plans for it. It looks mighty yummy, and I'd certainly love to have one.
Sam: "That was needlessly cryptic."
Max: "I'd be peeing my pants if I wore any!"
Like companies really care what a few geeks think compared to the rest of the world LOL. This is about making money :)
:)
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I guess nobody here noticed but MOST companies are coming out with nicer looking cases every year. Even dell has designer looking cases now. I bet there are even cases with snap on color peices like they have for most cell phones now
BTW what is the point of going out of your way to be a geek? That reminds me of those people who go out of their way to be goth or skater just so they can claim they are different, just like everybody else
300-400 Euros is like $350 USD, I find that a little hard to believe. His totals must be off, or computer parts must be cheaper in Belgum. Hmmm.
This guy might want to contact Antec-Europe about their Casemod Contest. His box might actually fit in the "Others" category...
Minimalist: Minor mod, extra fan or handle
Artist: Typically not cutting the case, instead the case becomes a canvas
Exhibitionist: Windows, showing the guts of the system
Decorator: Matches case to coordinate with a room/desk
Sponsor: Case with stickers, logos, etc
Others: If your case doesn't match the above
Withdrawal before climax is very ineffective and those who try this are usually called "parents."
The big plexiglass window in the top probably does not. It's better than an all plexiglass case, but people really shouldn't leave unshielded holes in their computers.
I bet you are since you have the word "troll" in ur name!Is what you wrote a troll?If it is then maybe I'm a little dense cuz I dont get it.
I like petting kittens.
nah, magnesium is great to machine. Cuts like butter, great finish, you just gotta keep the feeds up to make large, hard to ignite, chips. You may have to put it in an inert atmosphere to lase it. Large pieces (greater than 1/16 inch) are hard to ignite with conventional machining techniques (assuming normal cutting conditions). Can be welded with usual TIG torch (Tungsten Inert Gas). It's easier than aluminum to machine. Course, you could say I'm a professional...
I bet if OddTodd showed him how to establish a donation system, he could afford to replace the acrylic sheeting with some of that newfangled transparent aluminum. With enough support, he could build a Beowulf...
Well, our good friend has moved his website to a new server.
But the idiot forgot to fix the size of the bloody photos, so please, commence slashdotting the new site: http://case.1be.be/
The whole site seems to redirect to this page:
:)
http://case.1be.be
I'm not quite clear what he is doing. I think it might be trying to send back a permanent page redirect, and IE does not like it.
Although at one point I turned off friendly http error display on IE and then the site came right up. Next time I tried that, it said it was redirecting to 216.74.64.37/casemod which doesn't seem to respond.
To use Occam's Razor, "Never attribute to malice what can be adequatedly explained by stupidity." I don't think this was intentional, the whole configuration of that web server is just whacked.
That being said, that case is cool! I wouldn't mind something like that at home.
Well, hell, I posted this as an AC, but wtf, a score of 0? Craptacular.
/., as the moron hasn't fixed the size issues.
Dennis Vieren has moved the pictures of the case to: http://case.1be.be/.
Go forth and
What about me makes you think I'm a communist?
I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
The guy could of used a water cooling system instead of the fans. It would of made the case really complete.
That has to be the best case design I have every seen.
Nice Job...!
I looks like he forgot to cut in a nice little indentation for the AMD case badge.
Good. I wondered who else would notice.
That's a beautiful case!
But since its cube shaped, I expect Apple to sue him any minute for copying their look and feel...
I want a new quote. One that won't spill. One that don't cost too much. Or come in a pill.
The correct spelling was originally aluminium (following the convention of other elements' spelling (barium, cadmium, uranium...).
The adoption of the incorrect spelling dates back to a period when most of the world's aluminium was being sent to the U.S.for use in aircraft parts. The trouble was the Americans couldn't spell and consequently they kept leaving out the second "i"... Eventually the incorrect spelling stuck.
You're using her as bait, Master!
How about the Sleekline 1260?
It's slim, powerful, and you can get it with many different options. May not be the size that YOU want (it's actually slimmer), but I'm sure that with some modding, you could probably due something creative with the case.
--OptipleX02
I'd like to see systems with some insane 'tidying'...
Woohoo! Extreme case cleaning!
Rather than put up a box that become more and more fridge-lookalike, wouldn't it be easier just get a 89.95 bucks bridge at local Walmart and put everything in?
I'm serious.
Personally, what I want is a computer case I can get from Ikea, preferably with a cool name like Frofi or Lipu or something leet like that. Glass, brushed steel and pine :P
That person is going to have to sell that case on ebay to help pay for his web host bill now.
Here is a shoebox sized one for about $300 etc. With mb and powersupply. Here for the table case. etc. (*warning* Japanese)
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One of the best places for all things mechanical - sheet metal, aluminum, brackets, fasteners - is McMaster-Carr. At mcmaster.com their entire catalog is online (don't even _try_ to get a paper copy) and the 'Raw Materials' section will let you sort in a myriad of different ways. Add to that incredible 1-DAY shipping, at STANDARD UPS COST, and you see why these guys are on every engineering firm's Christmas card list.
-- "They say that time changes things. The truth is, you have to change them yourself." (Andy Warhol, adapted)
Using 'communist' or 'commie' as a derogatory
term is back! People are calling each other 'commies' in such fashionable ways:
You FUCKING COMMIE!
Go suck some red dick!
or my favourite
GODLESS COMMIE SCUM!
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We can to spell! Why, just the other day, I was adjusting my proxy to hide the Referer HTTP header and... damn. Nevermind.
does anyone else think this guy is a complete, well, retard for spending 250 hours on this thing? that is utterly crazy. considering the simplicity of such a project I'm not sure how one could even drag that sort of thing out. I would image you could spend, at the absolute maximum, 1 day designing the thing in a cad program. then, with all of the measurements and such, you could spend another extremely long drawn-out day trying to achieve all of the random parts, and getting the specs to your friend to cut out the pieces. Then, you could spend another 2 or 3 days at max (again, if you drag your feet the whole way, and take 20x as much time as necessary to do anything) to assemble everything, and you are done, having spent at the absolute maxium, 5 days, maybe 6 if you drag everything out even more (just add another buffer day in there). and, I'm thinking of all of these days as weekend days where you can give a large portion of the time to these tasks.
All in all, you end up with a max of 6 days, working perhaps 10 to 15 hours each day on the specific tasks, for a total of 90 hours, mind you these are non-consecutive weekend days, etc. I could imagine that if you tried for the fastest time possible that you could minimize the work time, and maximize trips, etc for efficiency and end up only working on the project for 10 or hours and you would achieve the same product.
This guy really had to waste some time in there, it would be interesting to see an itemized list of how he spent time on this project.... (Day 15 - Went to work for 9 hours, thought about project during the day, +9 Hours to Project time)
It was actually named aluminum before it was aluminium. Aluminium however, makes more sense, and most of the world spells it that way.
Witness:
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Sir Humphry made a bit of a mess of naming this new element, at first spelling it alumium (this was in 1807) then changing it to aluminum, and finally settling on aluminium in 1812.
Okay I guess the 'red' part of my username is why.
Not a starwars fan I take it.
Damn commies
I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
Try this.
Tinted computer case RFI rated.
Mainboard submurged in a clear cooling fluid.
Tube or solid state lighting of the interior.
With the Mac's asthetics.
And people thought the cray was cool.
WRONG. The original spelling was alumium. (no "in")
t ml
This was then changed to aluminum, then aluminium. Then it changed back to aluminum in the US.
See http://www.world-aluminium.org/history/language.h
But none of this really matters unless you wanna go back to wulfram, plubnum, etc. (and originally, English had no "correct" spellings for anything.)
Try making it out of the same material "black boxes" are made of.
BTW are any cases made from composites?
Two how much impact does device "formfactors" have on case design?
That's great, because the web is a US invention, right? Right? Those blokes at CERN had nothing to do with it. :)
When do people start modding laptop cases.
;)
The most I have seen is upolstry, fake fur on this one person's notebook that I know. Man and I thought STICKERS were wild and crazy!
But none of this really matters unless you wanna go back to wulfram, plubnum, etc.
That would be plumbum (the latin name for lead) and wolfram (the not-so-old original name of tungsten).
Close, but for a nit-picker you were quite off.
Sigged!
I wonder if the system meets FCC class B specs.
About to get my goldfish and ask her if she would like a suntan....
who said only macintosh did design computers?
This leaves all the mac's way behind crawling in the dust. This guy can make a lot of money with designs like this.
-still drowling, and wannahave one myself
Well it's not easy for everyone me use those kind of materials. Not everybody can bent and saw 3mm thick aluminium. I created my own casemod (see Amstelbier.info) the materials I used are more easier to use.
Never heard of 'em. Do they use Unix?
IE did that for me too. Used opera, loads like a champ.
Do you even know anything about perl? -- AC Replying to Tom Christiansen post.
Hi
This case is cool! The problem is, it needs a place all by itself in a room (you don't put this under your table!).
And you probably need a forklift to move it (it looks to be near to critical mass to me).
Q.
i'm not afraid to admin, i'm a little turned on.
[news for me, stuff that doesn't matter]
While we're on the subject.
Standard m/board sizes only though FlexATX etc. Most of the ones I've seen so far aren't really all that different from standard ATX form factor. The SV24 would be nice but for the non standard motherboard.
Government of the people, by corporate executives, for corporate profits.
Shame the nice lines are spoilt by the four nuts at the top. I think they detract from the appearance of the box. Perhaps he could have countersunk some screws in there and covered them with something....
Baz
Its not any faster (read the latest Maximum PC), and it makes your PC significantly more complex, particularly if you crash something.
And of everything, RAID 0 is the stupidest.
Its great to be geeky, but in general, you try not to do STUPID things.
The case is COOL. The stuff in the box is STUPID.
Next time we'll go for a hat trick. Heute Slashdot, Morgen das Sonnensystem...
-- Any sufficiently advanced level of incompetence is indistinguishable from malice
I hope he filed a design patent. This is probably one of those rare cases that deserves one.
http://case.1be.be/
Matt
And this comment way down.
Hasn't Scotty come back to invent transparent aluminum yet?
The thing that would make this case look so much cooler would be to have it anodised! Imagine it anodised blue with those lights! You could anodise that at home with some time, battery acid, battery charger and fabric dye.
I think i'd rather have had those logos laser etched and burnt than cut out though.
I'd say most of the cost in this thing would have come from the fact that it's a one-off, but if you compare it to Lian-Li cases, it's about the same price as one of their full towers. Since it's all laser cut, they could be manufactured in automated batches for quite a saving on both materials and labour - with a simple instruction sheet you could ship them as assemble yourself kits - thus making freight costs cheaper because they'd pack flat with no wasted space. I'd bet that with 3-4mm ally it'd weigh a fair bit even though it is ally.
Finally, to all you lamers giving this great guy shit for spending 250 hours on it - do you understand what a hobby is?
I'm a professional...
Can I say that you are a mook?
because I glued plastic googley eyes to the cdrom....
It takes too long to take them off to change
things. I just remove the covers on my computers
(except laptops) and throw the covers away. They
run cooler too.
Virtual Hideout has the pics on the main page and here.Case Number 215
Today's subliminal thought is:
According to the guys ISP, the demographic distribution of visitors are as follow: .net] (1.5%)
/.? /. should start expanding it's view a bit wider than the US. The reason I write this is that there previously was a section in the FAQ _basically saying_ "/. is made by americans for americans and we pretty much give a damn about anyone else, so if you don't like it, go away" (personal interpretation).
1. United States (48.6%)
2. Canada (6.7%)
3. Netherlands (6.2)
4. UK (5.1%)
5. Australia (3.3%)
6. Sweden (2.2%)
7. Belgium (2.1%)
8. [visitors from
9. Germany (1.5%)
10. France (1.4%)
Does anyone know the actual figures for
If the figures above figures are representative, it would mean that the US visitors are loosing ground and that perhaps
In a society that believes in nothing, fear becomes the only agenda ~ Bill Durodié
Hello, McFly? You listening? :)
Seriously, Mod this link way up. It works.
Not that impressive for that ammount of money and work. sorry I could buy a great looking case for about 200 dollars.
My brain for some reason indicates that it was Netscape who hoisted that evil header upon us, though I cannot find any supporting evidence.
Bad brain! More caffine for you!
What's the meaning of life, anyway?
I really don't think this needs to be said, but...
42.
No. People won't pay 500% more than they need for it. It's because of the way computers are perceived.
A computer is a utilitarian thing that's kept in the house and usually tucked out of the way. Cars, clothes, home furnishings, and sporting goods all get seen by a lot of people. They're meant to be seen. When have you seen a designer wastebasket? Or a designer TV? In 99% of people's homes, the TV is still a big black box. If they want to show it off, it's because it does its function better than anyone else's; in the case of the TV, it's because it has a bigger screen or better sound, perhaps. There are some exceptions; speakers are often works of art.
I'm not shooting down your original idea. I'm sure people will love designer computer cases. But don't expect people to pay $5k just because it's "prettier"; they'd rather stick it out of the way and show its power off to the Joneses who come to visit. A rich nerd might pay that kind of money for a more powerful or more reliable machine, but I don't believe that he would just for the case.
That said, I would modify the idea by saying: Package a computer with a more beautiful case design (note to designers: Read "The Design of Everyday Things" by Donald Norman) at about the same price. People love different stuff as long as it doesn't cost them any more effort to use. Once everyone is used to showing off their PC (which they aren't now), you can go with the original idea, make more beautiful b0xes, and everyone who wants to be hip will buy your box.
There's no sig like this sig anywhere near this sig, so this must be the sig.
I misread it as, "aluminum can case". Well, why not? People live in bear can houses, and I've got can shelves. Crush space is one way to make something rugged. Stop me now! Someone stop me please....
DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.
I mirrored.
http://128.180.92.16/cube/
Yeah, I probly should've looked them up...
I'm interested in those wires that seem to be connected to the inside of the case underneath the motherboard and then also accross the way. I might very well just be missing something but they don't seem to be connected to anything.
As he didn't make any profit out of it.
.sigs are useless; it doesn't protect you from imposters.
We use command line because we can. We use ugly beige because we must. But, we use amber because green is for plebians.
Virg
Thanks for playing.
Alumin[i]um has a fairly low magnetic permiability. You want a mu-metal case. Just be careful not to thump it too often. I figger you could put one together for maybe less than $5000USD. Plus no more pesky EMP threats!
(don't even _try_ to get a paper copy)
Why not? I was looking at one on an engineer's bookshelf not more than 4 hours ago while I fixed his pc.
There are 4 boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order. Starting now.
What I mean is, more like a wooden exterior, like an old radio set. Perhaps in Art Deco style.
http://www.way2muchsense.com
Republicans are idiots.
Rounded cables and cable wraps - almost all case-mods have those. Helps airflow for one. Also give you a chance to use color.
That fan in front for the power supply makes me wonder about airflow problems. Eg do both blow out/opposite/in? I also think the top fan should be bigger to compensate for the two fans on the bottom pushing air in.
Interesting case design thou. I wonder if you can build one that can be made out of only flat pieces.
make Linux, not Microsoft. sin(beast) = -0.809016994374947424102293417182819
it's about pleasant design... useful things do not need to be ugly... or unpleasant to touch...
but the fucker stole my initials