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Case Mod Collection
Let's clear out a few of the case mod submissions which tend to pile up in dusty corners of our submission bin: MarkCC writes "An incredibly bizarre sort-of case mod: someone recreated the computer terminals from Terry Gilliam's Brazil, using an old Mac and a 1923 underwood typewriter." We mentioned some Mac case mods the other day. And remember, if it looks fast, it might as well be fast.
i mean seriously, every case mod is more extreme than the previous one. I, for one, have not cared about case mods for a while now. I like cool looking computers, but... is it that big of a deal?
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The site was Slashdotted in 4 minutes! See Google-cache here
less than 10 minutes, and the poor thing is already slashdotted...
dont mod this guy up!
the page is useless without pictures.
I'm like the fourth poster on this story and it's already slashdotted.
I guess those mechanical keys can't keep up.
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I prefer to think that my new-fangled computer keyboard keys "were sticking" as opposed to my inability to spell :-)
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Looks like they're using that 1923 underwood typewriter as their server.
... the Mac mods are always 10 times cooler. With the exception of the "Alien" PC mod (ok... and the pumpkins hehe), all the PC mods are a few holes, some vinyl dye, some lights and maybe some dremel work.
The obvious explanation regarding the boring rectangular PC case doesn't even merit going into...
Maybe I should mod my Cube... }:)
- I am made of meat.
So the site got slashdotted in 4 minutes flat. So we can't read the article or see the pictures. So what? That shouldn't stop us from making wildly speculative claims about these case mods, or relaunching the Mac-v-PC holy wars.
Looks like they got a Rice Server to host their Rice mods :-)
Maybe that NOS sticker I tacked on my AMDXP1600+ doesnt improve performance? Oro?
I've said it before and I'll say it again: there is a huge opportunity for Slashdot to create said topic. For chrissake there are more and more Apple-related topic, and even one legacy Internet Explorer topic (hand-picked among a dozen other esoteric ones), yet no Case Mods......?
Ideally, in case we refer to a low-bandwidth site loaded with graphics, the topic could benefit from a temporary Slashdot mirror of the page (say, 1 week, to help the sites whistand the Slashdot effect).
Editors, please hear my plea :)
It's a sad commentary that at 02:22 PST when I first saw the story, that that site was already slashdotted. Don't we have anything better to do in the middle of the night than harrass some poor guy that is probably hosting this off of his frame-relay connection...
/. at work...
At least I wish I had something better to do than browse
from the outside looks like a doll, from the inside looks like a disease.
How about a "functional" case design? Something that isn't a pain in the ass to open and get into, something where I can easily open it up and move a hard drive into without having to shut off the computer and unplug all the cables first? All these casemods are boxes, the same clunky boxes we have now, with the addition of pretty lights and windows, but no function.
Case mods can be a good thing, and can look really cool if done right; however, many of these new "extreme" case mods are just a waste of parts that flaunts the money that these spoiled kids burn on trying to look cool to their friends, just like non-geeks do spending their money at Hot Topic or on Tommy Hilfiger.
You could never expect fragile computer parts to survive for more than a week inside a typewriter, a pumpkin, a cardboard box, etc -- it's only for show and has no practical purpose, and obviously the hundreds of dollars worth of computer parts is of no value to the spoiled kids who build these things. It's ironic that many of them are leftists -- one cheap $500 computer today that they throw into a pumpkin or a typewriter is more than what a third-worlder makes in an entire year.
"Casemodding" has gone too far, and all it shows is just putting easily-assembled PC parts in strange objects for fashion's sake.
All these casemods do not deserve front page news here.
These people are idiots. Can we please can it with the case mods, the "type R" stickers and paint can exhausts on computers?
Please?
- Zav - Imagine a Beowulf cluster of insensitive clods...
What do you do with your computer case? You stick it underneath your table. How often do you ever look at it? Like never.
So why mod it? What's the point? Your friends won't see it, chicks won't see it. It's like trying to design the inside of your closet. How pointless.
eTrade SUCKS
With all these casemod stories, Slashdot is just trying to get a foothold in the nu-geek community -- the kind who was raised by Windows, is addicted helplessly to online gaming, always wears Slipknot t-shirts, always believes all the hardware and game hype that every crap site out there says, and doesn't even know jack shit about coding or computer science as they only care about spurious issues like ATI vs. Nvidia -- but they try to pass themselves off as a Linux hackers and anti-Microsoft rebels, and somehow gravitate towards slashdot after they run Linux for a week and give up on it.
They're the kind of people that glittery casemods attract, and they're the exact people slashdot should NOT cater to, as they're alienating their core audience, and old timers with low uid numbers are leaving the site in droves.
And now your (burp) slashdot front-page summary.
Knoppix for Rapid Desktop Deployment: How about crapflood for rapid slashdot destroyment?
Ghost for Unix: goatse.cx for slashdot.
The Politics of Technology: Ooh, troll me. Please? I'm not a slut I swear.
LaGrande, TCPA, and Palladium: Looking for a good troll, honey? Hey where you going? I love you longtime!
Trailer of Pixar Movie 'Finding Nemo': Disney is...okay, I give up.
International Space Station Turns Two: This is offtopic, but...I've got nothing
Why Do Games and Game Studios Fail?: Because Malda wasn't put in charge??
Beware the Haunted Cordless keyboard: I wash myself with a rag on a stick!
Pipeline Mass Transit?: What the FUCK.
and finally,
Case Mod Collection: KILL ME.
KIIIIILLLLLL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
This idea was invented by Shampoo.
back in the day, b4 coming here to the US, and living in a 3rd world country, I thought the only chance I'd ever get for having a 17-inch monitor would be to get a 14-incher and a screen magnifier like in the movie.
;-)
Dude, after making the computer, why not put it on the Standard Government Issue Sliding Desk
Now I'm looking at the third monitor in my 3-headed setup and thinking of stripping it out of its case. Would that constitute a fire hazard in a carpeted apartment?
WARNING: Smartphones have side effects--most of them undocumented.
Right on! A spoiler on the back! That's what I'm gettin' baby! Nothin' says class like a hot rod with a spoiler. Ooh! I wonder if he's gonna paint on some flames...Hey MA! Get ouch'ere, you's gotta take a gander at THIS...and fetch me a beer whilst yer at it (haaawwwwk-ptooie)
And the Mac mod looks kinda cool too
If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much. --Nikola Tesla
LOL -that was funny, not too many things make me laugh out loud
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A copy of the page - minus the pdf and ads - can be found atc tr iClerk.html
http://s218a.studby.ntnu.no/www.ahleman.com/Ele
Nice, but what would be cooler than "Brazil" terminals would be working versions of the speakwrite terminals from the John Hurt/Richard Burton version of "1984". You could even set up the interface to do voice recognition of Newspeak: "times 3.12.83 reporting bb dayorder doubleplusungood refs unpersons rewrite fullwise upsub antefiling"
Why are none of the featured ones actually useful?
My old Amiga 3k desktop was case-modded to:
Accomodate a Video Toaster
Accomodate a 5.25" drive (Syquest)
Accomodate 2x 3.5" full-height hard drives
Accomodate 2x 3.5" half-height hard drives
Oh, and HD floppy
Accomodate a second power supply to run all
those drives
Accomodate all of the above at once.
The case as designed held three 3.5" drives. Nothing more. And Commodore wasn't selling anything else (except the 3k tower, which also had to be modded (we called it hacking, then) for a VT). This was a major power improvement over the stock machine, not a cosmetic one (my boss, another Amiganaut, said my machine was the silliest thing he'd ever seen). Where are the power case mods?
The best they do now is a few more fans. Whoopee.
Slashdot's posting of an old nemepool post came early this month! This was posted to memepool.com over a week ago.
Building Better Software
With all that bizarre off-topic ranting, and the coup de grace about starving children, I think you meant to submit that to Kuro5hin. This kind of politibabble is common there.
Case mods can be a good thing, and can look really cool if done right; however, many of these new "extreme" case mods are just a waste of parts that flaunts the money that these spoiled kids burn on trying to look cool to their friends, just like non-geeks do spending their money at Hot Topic or on Tommy Hilfiger.
You could never expect fragile computer parts to survive for more than a week inside a typewriter, a pumpkin, a cardboard box, etc -- it's only for show and has no practical purpose, and obviously the hundreds of dollars worth of computer parts is of no value to the spoiled kids who build these things. It's ironic that many of them are leftists -- one cheap $500 computer today that they throw into a pumpkin or a typewriter is more than what a third-worlder makes in an entire year.
"Casemodding" has gone too far, and all it shows is just putting easily-assembled PC parts in strange objects for fashion's sake.
People have hobbies. People like to talk about their hobbies and show off the resulting concoctions. People spend a portion of their income, or their parents' income, on unproductive tasks that please them. So what? Tell me one good reason this actually hurts humanity.
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I have seven fans in a 4-space rack mount case that can't seem to keep enough cool air circulating in to the case. Dust is always a major problem and there is no option for relocation of the case. At least once every week or two I am pulling every thing apart to dust. What do I do? Completely seal it with internal, refridgerated cooling and exhaust only fans?
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I always thought the video on the Brazil terminals was obviously generated by an Apple II. A Mac? There weren't any freaking icons on the screen!
I seriously cannot believe anyone here modded this nonsense up. It's a decent troll, I'll give ya that... but it's not a very convincing one and has several blatent contradictions.
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Your assertions that '"extreme" case mods are just a waste of parts that flaunts the money that these spoiled kids burn' is completely off base and not even worth touching on, anyone who knows a casemodder will tell you this picture you're trying to draw is false.
Your "vast left wing conspiracy" is quite confussed, and leads to some pretty concerning questions about your sanity and maturity. I am trying to think of any alternative explinations, but none come to mind... Let me see if I've got this straight.
Let's say I'm a socialist (as left as it gets) and pay 50% of my earnings in taxes so that government social programs can flurish and no man, woman, or child goes hungry or homeless (See Also: Sweden) it is selfish of me to spend $500 of my remaining income however I chose instead of feeding the hungry.... how?
Your whole premise is lacking a clue, and if you really want to find a reason to spread this politically motivated hate you're going to need to aspire towards some sort of education.
I am truly left to wonder how this got modded up, probably by yourself on multiple
So I can finally disable them.
Not that I find them entirely stupid, but it's a bit like if music news site reported new musicans' hairdos: funny for one time or two, but childish and boring if done on a regular basis.
Thats site was slow even before is was featured on Slashdot. I got the story from www.crackbaby.com, on oct 23 and it took ages to load even then.
But that prop guy is truly amazing... Check out his other work when to page come back. I mean i'd buy his racer helmet with race google if he made more of them (and even that computer)
After I saw the Electri-Clerk link on memepool.com last week, I went by the local State Auction Surplus warehouse and found a Mac SE w/keyboard that boots up fine for $1 and an Underwood Number Five manual typewriter (I'm guessing 1960s/1970s, but can't find any actual data on its age) that also works for another $1. So I've acquired two of the core parts for $2. The Fresnel lens will run more, and replacing my Dremel will be a lot more than $2. See how it goes.
Universities, at least in my area, also have surplus warehouses of gear they sell cheaply. If you're doing something a bit (or a lot) retro, check them out.
That typewriter isn't from 1923. More likely sometime in the 30s or 40s.
I think the G4 mod is very functional. The G4 is already a functional box. I would love to run a CPU meter on the face LCD he added then you could run it headless with useful feedback.
Lies about crimes
On Max Headroom. Some of the terminals the controllers used in the Network-23 building were manual typewriters that had been retrofitted with microswitches to serve as computer consoles.
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Doko ni datte; hito wa, tsunagette iru.
Are we really even pretending to take seriously the notion that changing your computer case is somehow indicative of left-wing politics? Hey, I put a Power Computing sticker on my Apple box ... I must be a commie....
I've wanted to do a Brazil terminal for years. That mod is awesome. The thing that held me back - and that doesn't seem to have been addressed, is the danger from exposing a CRT tube - there are high voltage components. I know that caps in even a small TV can hold enough charge to potentially kill someone weeks after it was last plugged in (and certainly enough to give you one hell of a jolt). Is the mac CRT monitor safer somehow? (I haven't been inside one recently - I was looking at tiny ancient PC greenscreens).
My feeling is that this mod may be dangerious - the exposed CRT means you can put your hand in the wrong place while it's turned on. Perhaps add a glass dome/enclosure to it? Does anyone know more about the innards of the mac CRT and safety?
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On the other hand, the TCP camp also has a phrase for OSI people.
There are lots of phrases. My favorite is `nitwit' -- and the rationale
is the Internet philosophy has always been you have extremely bright,
non-partisan researchers look at a topic, do world-class research, do
several competing implementations, have a bake-off, determine what works
best, write it down and make that the standard.
The OSI view is entirely opposite. You take written contributions
from a much larger community, you put the contributions in a room of
committee people with, quite honestly, vast political differences and all
with their own political axes to grind, and four years later you get
something out, usually without it ever having been implemented once.
So the Internet perspective is implement it, make it work well,
then write it down, whereas the OSI perspective is to agree on it, write
it down, circulate it a lot and now we'll see if anyone can implement it
after it's an international standard and every vendor in the world is
committed to it. One of those processes is backwards, and I don't think
it takes a Lucasian professor of physics at Oxford to figure out which.
-- Marshall Rose, "The Pied Piper of OSI"
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