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PumpkinPC v1.0 Makes Its Hallowe'en Debut
vivIsel writes "I just recently created the PumpkinPC v1.0 for the Hack-O-Lantern contest at Bjorn3D. I thought the Slashdot community would get a kick out of this--it being Halloween, and all. I just hope it doesn't rot too soon." Hopefully, the pumpkin has survived the trick-or-treaters.
It's running Windows, that's kinda scary!
Make a PDA from a gourd.
OC this mother, stuff the seeds back in, and you'll have a tasty treat in the morning!!
I saw this thing ago last year, except it ran linux, Jack-O-Linux
It'd be a Hack-O-Lantern =)
Imagine a pumpkin patch^H^H^H^H^H^H^H beowulf cluster of these =)
You know you've spent too much time reading slashdot when your first reaction isnt "They put a PC in A pumpkin?!?!"
But is: "Hmm I could think of three ways to build a bigger, faster, Dual Jackelandern POWER PUMPKIN!!!"
I think I need to go lay down now...
-- If at first you don't succeed, lie!
Yes, I know. Only 3 PCI slots.
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Coming soon... Rotting deer carcass PC. The first dual booting roadkill. It needs a little debugging first. I'm using the antlers for the Wi-Fi antenna.
Slashdot...because it's nice to know you're not the weirdest person in the world after all...
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Now a Pumpkin in a PC.... that would be something... actually generalise it. The first ever PC Oven, don't both with fans or heat sinks turn a rack of PCs into....
The first computer powered Aga Oh yes, think of it now. No longer will you not have time to cook and eat, because your cooker is right in front of you.
To get the required heat will need some additional engineering but a 64 way beowulf cluster should be enough. Soon cooking books will have references to "Gas Mark 5, or 10 processors at 100%".
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The Bjorn3D site has more pics of this guy's pumpkin pc. It also has pics of the first place winner, Pimpkin Mark 4.
Dude its a pc. Its in a pumpkin, its halloween and most importantly its just COOL and wacky.
that Slashdot editors didn't "squash" this story.
This is one of the first PC mods out there that will change color and shape over time. From Orange to a styleish black. And it round sphere shape into the more easably stackable pancake shape. The smell it gives off will last a lot longer then any scented oil.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
What about:
You know you've spent too much time reading slashdot when your first reaction isn't "They put a PC in a pumpkin?!?!"
But is: "Hmmm, I'm pretty sure they did this last year too!"
...instead of Win98, would it then be the Great Pumpkin?
Er, wrong Linus. Nevermind...
Sort of like Zen: if you have to ask, you will not understand. There are things that cannot be appreciated with just a superficial view, it requires deep understanding.
Apologies for saying that, but it's the truth...
Well I run win2k as a gaming OS but I'm pretty smart. The average gamer needs to run win98 or XP if they want to have a chance of playing the latest games. Linux is just not a feasable solution. Even things like WINE do not work with most games.
XP is, in all essence, Windows 2000 version 2, and is largely parallel with 2000 for gaming. 2000 wasn't a good choice for gaming in the early days because the drivers just weren't there for multimedia hardware: Soundblaster, Geforce, etc-- all of them had hackneyed, poor performance and poor compatibility drivers. As Microsoft made it clear that it was the future direction they got their ass in gear and made drivers that often exceed the speed of the 95/98/ME machines. As it stands if I were given a choice between 2000 and 98, I'd take 2000 hands down.