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Tool Box PC

Posted by michael on from the handyman's-special dept.

Mr. Red Baron writes "A resident geek at Ars Technica has turned his toolbox into a nice little computer. Looks more portable than most LAN party designs I've seen." His webpage has a few more pictures.

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  1. When I was a kid... by mikeage · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "Resident Geeks" didn't have web pages on AOL!

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  2. Apple needs to learn some skillz! by rampant+mac · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Woooo! Apple needs to employ this guy to make the Macintosh ever LESS desirable! Is he a carpenter??? Nice Stanley tools! I stepped in dog poo today! This rawkz! Someone shove a .45 in my brain stem and pull the trigger! What a great idea! Wooo! News! I'm glad I stayed up late! And people seriously wonder why Linux isn't competitive on the desktop? Try workin' on the *OS* instead of building half-assed PC boxes Bob Villa.

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  3. Who the hell CARES? by wfmcwalter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Jeez, another slashdot story about COMPUTER CASES, surely the dullest topic possible.

    If we're not being subjected to intriguing tales of small-footprint Intel boxes (yawn), it's yet another lateral-thinking genius who's fitted a beowulf cluster up a rhino's arse.

    Yes, we get it. Computers are indeed small. Move along. Move along.

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  4. What about radiation shielding? by beable · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But is it practical? He didn't put any radiation shielding in there, and the toolbox has a plastic lid. That means that the toolbox computer will be leaking radiation like buggery, interfering with other electrical and electronic equipment nearby.

    And why is this box better than say a small desktop machine? He must have spent hours building it, so it would have been cheaper to just spend a few hundred dollars to get a cheap machine.

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  5. Re:This guy's a true geek. by Saeger · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Is it any wonder he had time to make this thing?

    Right... because respectable 'hard working' 9-5'rs don't jerk off to DivX pr0n in front of their computers; only 'lazy fuckers' do. I get it.

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