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Borg Cube Case

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that-takes-dedication dept.

Steelduck writes "A person nick-named Xor'Arch at the CaseJunkies forums has made an uber-cool case mod. A Borg cube based on a Via EPIA-M platform. The project took them 9 months, in which they spent 250 hours of their spare time. In total, they used about 60 meters of steel wire, and 1,5 m2 cardboard.The Borg Cube is presented at Casejunkies website. http://www.casejunkies.com/index.php?upn=010001&hl _id=1873"

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  1. Pretty neat. by robslimo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Normally, I don't case squat for these case mods, nor do I get too excited about Star Trek, but this time I've gotta hand it to them... that is a work of art!

  2. Just irresponsible... by GoNINzo · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I don't think the server is going to hold up under the pressure. I find it a little irresponsible to continue to link directly to forum entries on sites. It's one thing to cripple a site by sending 10,000 people to view their pictures, it's another to cripple the site by not even giving a static page as a link.

    Not that anyone cares, though.

    --
    Gonzo Granzeau
    "Nothing the god of biomechanics wouldn't let you into heaven for.." -Roy Batty
  3. in 250 hours you could have... by Astrorunner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    - flossed your teeth 3,000 times.
    - Seen 166 movies (at 90 minutes each)
    - ...but see Legolas kill the Olephant only 74.6 times
    - driven from NY,NY to LA 5 times
    - listened to 1/35064 of "Longplayer"
    - watched 500 episodes of the simpsons, ~750 if you skipped the commercials.
    - earned $1287.50 flipping burgers for minimum wage

  4. 250 hours... a perspective by amyhughes · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The average American will watch 250 hours of television in about 2 months.

    Oh, but we're all too cultured and intelligent to watch TV, right? My ass. There's too much pop culture knowledge represented here for me to believe that.

    Okay, a few of us really don't watch TV. Okay, but 250 hours / 9 months is still less than an hour per day. How many of us can say we wasted less than an hour per day in this and other stupid forums? Is slashdot really more useful than doing creative projects?

    I was on the receiving end of the "doesn't have a life" comments when my LEGO project was slashdotted. The most flippant of the comments came from those with 2900 posts showing in their user profiles on various forums. Wanna know what that looks like outside the cyberdork universe?

    Amy