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Ant Farm PC

Posted by michael on from the shake-to-reboot dept.

secolactico writes "This has got to be the coolest case mod I've come across. An ant farm in your PC case. Too bad there are no pics of the case actually on a working PC. It'd be interesting to observe the effect that the temperature and vibration of an operating PC would have on the ants."

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  1. simpons mental picture by adamruck · · Score: 4, Funny

    why does simpsons come to mind?

    Im picturing homer in space when the ants get loose in the space ship.

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    1. Re:simpons mental picture by shogun · · Score: 4, Funny

      I for one will welcome our new insect overlords.

  2. Too bad it's only a case-mod by eric434 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any other Terry Pratchett fans around here reminded of Hex, the ant-powered computer (of Unseen University)?

    Now, THAT would be cool. To overclock, just add caffeine to the water supply :-)

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  3. My computer has enough bugs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    *groan*

  4. Idea for an experiment! by qewl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's fill up the case with internal strobe lights and other various case mod lights and see if ants can have seizures!

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    1. Re:Idea for an experiment! by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why not get a hamster, on a wheel, powering the computer ? Oh wait, I use an AMD... and 400 hamsters dying of heat exposure would not be nice.

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  5. snake pc mod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://forum.kingsnake.com/whats/messages/6849.htm l

  6. Sim Ants by AmVidia+HQ · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... 2003

    Live action expansion pack (tm)

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  7. nah... by romco · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm waiting for the "sea monkey" case

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  8. And to think by Perdition · · Score: 5, Funny

    people said that Linux wasn't ready for your ants and uncles...

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  9. Re:If this was *BSD the ants would do all the work by scubacuda · · Score: 4, Funny
    And if they were SCO ants, they'd kill the Linux ants, only to be eventually eaten by the Windows ants.

  10. Re:idea by TrumpetPower! · · Score: 4, Funny

    s/ants/fish/

    then you have a cool case

    No...then you have chowder.

    Cheers,

    b&

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  11. Re:Finally! by FireballFreddy · · Score: 4, Funny

    C'mon now, no more making fun of Windows for being buggy. That's like making fun of a retarded kid wearing a crash helmet. Sure, it's worth a laugh, but the laugh isn't socially acceptable. Keep it on the inside.

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  12. Re:More details? by petecarlson · · Score: 5, Funny

    "your local bookshop" had around 3,000 hits but it didn't help.

  13. Incompatibility by Throatwarbler+Mangro · · Score: 5, Funny
    What Kevin failed to mention in his notes is a major flaw in this system...

    It's incompatible with RAID arrays.

    Yes, I'm ashamed of myself for that one :)