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Greasy Spoon writes "Behold! The most ultimate XBox in the whole world. After growing tired with the dull black appearence of this guy's XBox (even with the green lighting skin added) he decided to spruce it up a bit."
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"My XBox is naked!!!...
but it doesn't light up, and that's a problem for me..."
The God of Hubris sits in amazement as he wonders what is so great about a plastic to plexiglass with lights conversion. He then realizes how easily the title of 'God of modding' is and is content with hubris.
I guess this voids his waranty then :)
does it cook a turkey in under 3 1/2 hours?
Ohh the HUMANITY!
GPLv2: I want my rights, I want my phone call! DRM: What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak?
Here is your fish, all you need is X-Box Linux and you are set.
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I did not think it was possible to make an X-Box bigger. I would like to see what he could do with the controllers.
TODO: Something witty here...
I'd think god would have steadier hands with a dremel tool....
My XBox DVD Rom drive is broken.
<MS> Ok, no problem sir, we can replace it - is your warranty still valid?
<owner> Well, it's in date...
<MS> Have you done anything like adding a new hard disk sir?
<owner> Errr, no... not as such... just some small comsmetic changes in fact.
<MS> Stickers? Those are covered.
<owner> Not exactly.
<MS> Paint? I think we can live with that.
<owner> Well, I sort of ripped it apart and made a new case for it.
<MS> ?!
<owner> Which glows. But thats not why it's broken! I never went near the DVD with the hammer when I was taking the case apart.
<MS> !!
<owner> Hey, when you take it back for repair, you will be careful not to scratch the pexi glass right? Or break the soldering on the new LEDs.
<click - call terminated>
Beep beep.
Ahh, I see. The most ultimate. As opposed to the less ultimate ones, such as the moderately ultimate and least ultimate.
talk about the penultimate x-box.
(heh also note the way the submitter just copied the webpage text and changed a few personal pronouns. i am in awe of such laziness.)
Karma: T-rexcellent.
1) Build ugly ridiculous looking xbox mod, because I can ...
2)
3) Make ludicrous amounts of money
Is step 2 slashdot+eBay?
This is to notify you that you are in violation of the DMCA. All MS hardware includes proprietary encrypted screws and advanced adhesive patented security technology to protect our IP. By removing these technological protections, and exposing the underlying technology, you have violated more IP rights than you can possible imagine. You are a terrorist. The FBI will soon be at your house to throw you in a dark deep dungeon.
"She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
Clearly (based on the pics) he does not own a TV, leaving the xbox itself as the only form of physical entertainment.
The black box must have been as boring as hell.
is a spoiler.
Rice-Box(tm)
Ben
Work Safe Porn
Most ultimate is more bester than just plain ultimate.
Give the dude some credit now. It takes talent to turn a $179 computer into a $600 computer.
You mean like what this guy did to a GameBoy?
The ______ Agenda
There's a problem with that theory. Geeks don't have any taste.
Coming soon: Queer Eye for the Geek Guy
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Injection molding on a home scale is possible but that requires far more intense machining than making a new case for an Xbox, as you have to make molds, and machine them to a mirror finish. If you were going to make a plastic case you'd be far better off gluing it. The glue used for acrylic (aka, plexiglass) is simply acrylic dissolved in some kind of solvent; the same solvent will bite into the new acrylic. If you do a good job gluing it's very difficult to tell where acrylic has been glued.
Aluminum is definitely the way to go in my book, because it hasn't been done to death. I would very much like to make an aluminum case for my game boy and game boy player - separate cases of course, as they are now - that would make it match my red game boy SP. But then, where do you stop? If I make a case for the GC, I'm going to have to make a controller, too. But, a metal controller is going to get wicked hot, so then I'm going to need to add cooling fins and a fan, and before you know it I've dropped it in my lap and it's assaulted my crotch. No no, far better to let someone else do that shit, and make aluminum parts for my car, instead.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
The developer version of the x-box is a transparent x-box case anyway.
This really is more boring than you'd imagine!
The problem with slashdot is that most of its users were bullied and stuffed into lockers as kids!
1)Bigger box of plexiglass does not in fact make the Xbox any less of an unholy demonic powered eyesore.
2)Green lights do not make for less power drain.
3)A better word for "most ultimate" would be...ultimate
4)And one of my own...I was surprised at first that it wasn's /.-ed...and then I looked at the page and realized why. Any momentary frying of the server would have resulted from the multitudes of viewers getting to the page and simultaneously trying to back out. Like a drunk frat boy who has a sudden moment of sobriety and notices that the girl he thought was teh h077n355 really might not be all that attractive after all...
#define CLUE 0
Wow! That really is the ugliest thing I've ever seen! Thanks, Slashdot, for bringing this piece of crap to our attention. Now hundreds of 1337 g4m0rz who have modded their PCs with... well the same tubes and LEDs and plexy crap, really... can feel better about their 'Tandy 30-in-One' lookalike craptastic boxes! They have truly acheived 1960s electronic chic.
Now, if we could find something to make all those airfoiled, spoilered,prismatic,fiberglass Civic, Prelude and Supra mods look like more than some 6 year old's first attempt at a Revell Mustang kit. They need love too.
Yours truly,
The Bitch
- I am made of meat.