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Crushing Experience

Posted by Hemos on from the odd-web-experiences dept.

sp00 writes "The Tsunamii.Net Crush Server is currently online live from the Millbank Gallery in London! Watch as the webserver counts itself down before it activates the industrial crusher attached to it, bearing 150-tonnes of brute force onto itself and terminating its existence. Check out the details on the Tsunamii.Net website or visit the webserver directly at http://195.195.81.5."

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  1. Re:art? Hardly. by Richard_at_work · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sod art, this is jsut cool :) ever dropped a tv out of a second story window for the hell of it? ever destroyed something cause its fun? thats what hes aiming for :)

  2. Re:If it were a Windows machine... by InadequateCamel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Who cares whether it is Windows or Linux. They are ruining equipment that some school or non-profit organization could really benfit from, and why? Just so a handful of \.ers could make crappy jokes and so this person could become "famous" for a couple of seconds.

  3. Just because art doesn't speak to you... by fm6 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    ...doesn't mean it's not art. Most people get more out of Disney than Michaelangelo. Does that mean that Fantasia is greater art than the Pieta?

    That being said, I have to admit that I don't "get" most "post-modern" art either, and suspect that most of it is pretensious crap. But I understand enough to know I'm too ignorant of the ideas involved to really have a useful opinion.

  4. Re:If it were a Windows machine... by dillon_rinker · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Right...and every time you buy a CD or go to a movie, you are spending money that school or non-profit could really benefit from. And every time you eat at a restaurant, you are spending money that some hungry person could really benefit from. And every time you take a vacation, you are spending time that could have donated to a local charity. And...

    Entertainment is nonproductive. Deal with it.

  5. How about just donating it by Master+Switch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    To someone that needs a computer, or a school perhaps. Seems like a waste

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    -Master Switch, one more element in the machine
    1. Re:How about just donating it by enki_se · · Score: 3, Insightful

      This can be said about a lot of things. Try to convince people not to waste money on fireworks on forth of July, but to give them to charity instead. People always spend money on things they find amusing even if it's something other people find meaningless. This will never change, and it's probably just a matter of taste what you think is a waste of money.

  6. Re:If it were a Windows machine... by Anderlan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually, every time you eat at a restaurant, you are paying people's salaries and wages. Ditto vacation, etc. So, wasting time and stuff: bad. Wasting money: ? Well, there are whole industries that benefit from people doing that. See also Velbein.

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    KLAATU, BORADA, NIh*ahem*
  7. What you like by fm6 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Hey, do write code? Do you enjoy doing it? Many people do, because it can be an esthetic experience -- good code is beautiful. Do you get pissed off when somebody who doesn't understand what you're doing criticizes your work? Bet you do.

    Actually, that goes for anything you might do for a living -- putting up buildings, selling cars, whatever. If you enjoy your work, you probably take pleasure in doing it well. You might accept criticism, but you'd think that ignorant criticism is stupid. And you'd be right.

    Or music. What kind do you like? Do you enjoy dancing to it? How do you feel when somebody with two left feet criticizes your favorite music as "noise"?

    If you think this self-smashing computer is stupid and pointless, you're entitled to think so. I might even agree with you. (In this case I probably would!) But unless you make a serious study of what's going on, you're not entitled to make authoritative statements about it, and insult the people doing it.

    Unless, of course, your name is Rush Limbaugh. But he's special!

  8. The honeypot factor? by bergeron76 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This sure sounds like a tempting box to hack. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it turns out to be a honeypot. I guess we'll have to see on Wednesday.

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    Don't think that a small group of dedicated individuals can't change the world. It's the only thing that ever has.
  9. You're Entitled! by fm6 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, yeah, you have a right to express any opinion on any subject whatsover. Even when you're opinions are totally ignorant. Doesn't make you less ignorant.