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Alien Case Mod
apatheticloser writes "The Ultimate Computer Case Mod Website has a casemod inspired by the movie Alien. The website gives specifics about the computer but doesn't give instructions on how to build it. I think its a great way to show appreciation for a classic film."
he didnt mention that alot of that is in Gigers Alien a artbook by the artist that desgined the Alien. That Case looks awsome.
you know, unlike a lot of other people on slashdot i don't usually mind flash, but when it's used just to display a bunch of images and they use lame sound effects with no option to turn them off it just pisses me off.
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Sucks when you've got music coming from your computer in a room full of people
anyone else think casemods are just a bit lame or am I just feeling particularly negative today?
But I guess some people like it that way, fine.
But that website is positively hideous.
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I don't think Fox will like this. I smell a cease and desist soon. :)
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I never understood what people like about case-modding anyway.
IMHO it's the IT equivalent of air-brushing your car with stripes and flashes - doesn't improve it in any way, but hey, it's expensive.
(That said I must admit that there certainly went a lot of work and love into this particular mod - however I still wouldn't want one.)
Ok, I have to admit, that case looks kinda cool, but is something i'd expect a 14 year old kid to own.
I have NOT done much in the way of aesthetical modifications with the exceptions of spraypaint, but I have done much in the way of internal case modifiction. I'm really no stranger to the hacksaw, hammer, and blowtorch upgrade.
Part of my belief is that a computer case is much like a piece of furnature. It is what you see after all. And in many cases i'm willing to put in a little elbow greese in order to achive a pleasing mellow effect. While I would give this alien case some serious points, it would be the first thing i'd toss out in case I saw it.
One of the things I'd enjoy seeing in the computer case world is the old black and silver look. It was a style that was most popular pre 1982 before we switched to that awful fleshtone. There was a time when the high tech look was brushed metal face, accented with black plastic.
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Because a casemod like this is a purely artistic mod.
In fact, all casemods are purely visual, and convey no meaning relative to the speed of the PC.
Whereas, people who do all that funny stuff to their cars are TRYING to make them look and sound all fast and powerful so people think they are. Unless of course they ARE but that's kinda rare.
"Is this the proove that PC cases ARE too big?"
Sure, you might think it is too big, but if you ever have had to open one up and change memory SIMMS/DIMMS etc, hard disks, or sometimes even a modem card, you will be thankful you have a roomy case that you can move around inside and all regrets go away.
I once had a "compact" Puckered-Smell tower, and you had to disassemble a lot of innards to access just about everything inside it.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Good point there; personally, I think the case is ugly as hell and that it'll be a cold day in hell I'll ever buy something like that. However, that doesn't mean others might like it, or the fact that even despite difference in taste between the person who created it and me, it's still quite a feat to make something like that. It's definitely art for sure, way better then most silly "standard plexiglass window, standard aluminium fanguard and a huge amount of standard light blue LEDs" casemods that flood the net lately. Even if you disagree with me on the fact it's art, you'll at least have to agree it's true case modding; case modding when instant window kits weren't around and all equipment can to be custom made. (As opposed to prefab cases with windows and all that.)
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OK, after reading all the comments and seeing the case for myself I've got to say that the commercials on TV about kids not getting enough art are true.
/. crowd just didn't get this one. On one hand we have very creative & clever IT people. On the other, they can't see the beauty in something that doesn't have two black webbed feet dressed in a tuxedo that doesn't compile the lastest kernel.
You know, the one where the little girl wants her father to read to her a history lesson, one where a girl reads CS books to relax and the one where the boy tells the acordian player to 'get a job.'
So this guys case mod can't be made by most of the slashdot crowd even if they did have the knowledge of how use the tools to create it. It's the creative ability of the artist that makes a medium art.
I'm not surprised, though, that the
Shesh! To quote 'The Matrix': "Free your mind."
mod away!
I never understood what people like about case-modding anyway.
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I always said the same thing. Recently however, I got the bug to mod my case! I got tired of looking at that boring thing and felt like doing something creative with my hands (no jokes please!) as opposed to tapping on a keyboard all day.
Having completed the project, it was a lot of fun. Ridiculous and completely impractical? YES. Good Lord, yes. But it was a lot of fun. Sanding and painting the case, cafefully using masking tape to create the flame pattern design (that's right, flames- I was going to maximum sillyness), cutting the window port in the side, installing a light inside, and so on.
Definitely one of those things where it's more about the journey than the destination. Obviously my new-looking computer doesn't run any faster, but it was a lot of fun to do. And pretty cheap, too- $15-20 for paint, $15 for the window, $20 for the light and bulbs. But it was a lot of fun to do!! It looks great now in a ridiculous way, but it was more about the fun of doing it.
Also, I don't know if I'd directly compare it to car-modding. Car-modding is tons more expensive and seems to be geared more towards showing off to others since you're driving around in public all day. Some people show off their cases at LAN parties and shit, but mine just sits under my desk. It wasn't to show off... it was just for fun.
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This isn't an Aliens theme so much as it's an H.R. Giger tribute. The alien theme was only one of his works...
Exactly what I was thinking, but this guy manages to mention Giger only once... You have to click on "Front/Door Closed" to see it. He says "the blend of mechanical and organic is reminiscent of Giger's early paintings."
The whole thing is Giger.
On the main page he says "...I decided to blend a bit of James Cameron's futuristic military look-and-feel into the piece. Worn steel, subtle detail and well-used armor all played a part in my inspiration."
So the guy who directed Titanic gets a front page nod as an influence while Giger is relegated to a secondary link, where we learn his "early paintings" had an influence on the front. I don't even see any Terminator in it. Where the hell does Cameran come in? Is he planning to put a steam-outlined handprint on the case window or something?
Maybe he thinks Cameran directed Alien? But that was Ridley Scott, and even crediting with inventing the Alien look would be, well, wrong anyway. I don't get it.
"So the guy who directed Titanic gets a front page nod as an influence while Giger is relegated to a secondary link...
Maybe he thinks Cameran directed Alien? But that was Ridley Scott"
I can see the reason for his confusion. Ridley Scott did "Alien", but Cameron directed the sequel "Aliens". This second film recycled some of Giger's work from the first film. Most people I talk to think "Aliens" (the sequel) is the far better film, which is something I do not agree with.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
"The reason why many people choose to use Flash to display pictures is that it is harder for someone to steal it and put it on their website."
Does theft of pictures take place, where someone can easily remove pictures from someone's web site so they aren't there anymore????? I rather doubt it.
No, you can't steal with HTML. You can copy. However, you can copy with Flash as well, with a screen-capture.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Many people are here are saying that it serves no functional purpose.
Well, I'd hate to break it to some of these dimwits, who are great at stringing together code, but who have no functional value other then that, that art has no functional purpose! Get your head out of your ass and go to a museum, art gallery or something, and I'm not talking about online. Everything in this world has no disclaimer that it has to serve a functional purpose.
Thanks for taking the time to change something that is usually an eyesore into your vision of art.