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Build Your Own Cityscape

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-built-this-city-from-rock-and-roll dept.

Hoagy writes "Many friends think I've moved when I show them this picture. I've constructed a lit model of midtown Manhattan to fill an otherwise unspectactular view out of our kitchen window. The website details the construction process and how to design and build your own. The city lights also automatically turn on/off via an X10 cronjob on my home Linux server." Nice hack job.

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  1. King Kong by r00tarded · · Score: 0, Redundant

    well the /. effect is going to pull a "King Kong" on your webserver.

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  2. Re:steps to avoid slashdotting by blixel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...or, Slashdot could simply mirror these stories onto their own server for the first 12 - 24 hours or so using wget (or is that GNU/wget).

  3. Load Testing: Slashdot Style! by DA_MAN_DA_MYTH · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well it's a sure fire way to test a server. I can see it now:

    Guy1: Hey can you help me. I need to load test the server.

    Guy2: Sorry I don't have the time. ( Jokingly ) Heh, why don't you submit your city line model to Slashdot, it's a pretty cool hack.

    Guy1: Hey thanks, (Thinking to himself) That's not a bad idea...

    The next morning...

    Guy2: (To Guy1) HEY IDIOT I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE ME SERIOUSLY!!!

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