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The Incredible Invisible Case
Brett Profitt writes "No, it's not entirely like the clear pc case, and it's much, much cooler than a simple windowed case, but it would still look great with a hard drive window. This, my friends, is The Invisible Case ! " Truly a labor of love. This may be the
nicest case I've ever seen. To bad you can't buy them like this! Check out
the details (Transparent rubber feet, fans, and hard drive window). It absorbs
envy beams from miles around.
and promptly converts them to EMF emissions. :)
Wrap that rascal! Where's the shielding?
has been addressed in the past, there may be lagal issues with mirroring the content without prior written consent, not everone would care but someone would kill it for the rest. and some web sites make money from adds/banners and that also complicates the mirroring process.
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
Gee - my first post, and I risk damaging my karma. Alas... Am I the only geek who finds electronics inherently ugly? I don't even like my PC showing as-is because of the lack of style displayed by the designers. Why would anybody want to show the guts of their PC? I did not get a chance to see the pics, as the site was already pulled, but having seen the insides of hundreds of PC's, none of them make much of a positive fashion statement.
If i build a case just like that, and it causes no interference in my house, would somebody still suffer from the interference?
Very possibly. The antenna, downlead, shielding of the receiver (TV, Radio, phone, etc.) all play into it. You might have a 49mhz phone while your neighbor has a 2.4ghz that your 1.2ghz DDR system stomps all over, for example.
I dont' think so, but then again, I'm no expert.
Then leave case design to experts. You having a clear PC with neon lights does not justify one of your neighbors having to replace their cordless phone or suffer through herringbone interference on their TV.
Isn't the shielding from a case due to the gaussian surface the case ( a conductor) provides?
E*flux = Qenc;
Farraday first expressed some fundamental concepts in words, such as electromagnetic field lines, and later capacitance (hence farads), but I believe Gauss discovered this one.
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-- the computer doesn't want any beer, no matter how much you think it does. NEVER, EVER feed your computer beer.
Well said!
I feel similar concerns while reading every story of this nature. A few foolish people could ruin the homebrew market for everyone. Given some the legal changes being condsidered in USA now, the outlawing of self assembled computers seems very possible...
But how many Senators are living in apartment complexes watching TV on sets with rabbit ears?
A better question is "how many Senators are living in ritzy condos using cordless phones?" How many are using cell phones? How many have 2.4ghz video distribution? How many might be have 802.11b? How many listen to FM radio? RF interference does not restrict itself to televisions.
How many would be able to figure out what's causing interference on their TV when there must be dozens of possible causes?
All of them. One call to the FCC from a Senator and there would be more more field strength meters and RF triangulation equipment than you've ever seen. The FCC might just send you or me a pamphlet, but they'll send a team of experts out to a Senator's home.
A case mod that does away with shielding is rude, inconsiderate, and stupid. And, sooner or later, it may result in legislation that hurts all of us.
This may come as a shock to you, but there is a reason that the FCC limits RF emissions.
Well - I for one can hear my video card on my sound card - so it can't be that good.
:(.
Last time I saw a spectrum analyzer on a standard at style computer it had a lot of noise in it. Not to mention the switching power supplies often used have a tiny bit of noise in them too
I can actually hear my computer with most of my amatuer radio equipment (including hf) - its annoying too as I live in an apartment and I can't have external antennas.