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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.
The site was Slashdotted in 4 minutes! See Google-cache here
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.
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 :)
I went peeking around for interesting casemods out of curiosity just recently, and found 99.99% of them are a hole in the side, some spraypaint, and lighting. That's kinda disappointing, considering the creativity that must be out there. There's a lack of machines modded with innovation or, more importantly, individuality.
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I'd like to see more extreme-hidden-wiring tricks, curves, chrome mesh, and really nice murals. Yes it's very 1970s van culture, but that didn't hurt anyone first time around
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.
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
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