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MC68040 writes "Well, this has to be one of the weirdest computer mods I've seen this far. The heavy metal pc takes compting to maybe not a new but different dimension. Computing on wheels, and we're not talking a car computer here. Have a look for yourself, 2x3.2 GHz on wheels, it's sure worth seeing if you're interested in mods."
..until you have to plug it in, therefore reducing the "mobility". :)
Wardriving has a new look, eh?
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During that upgrade period, the modding scene began to unfold.
Oh puh-leeze. Okay, so I'll admit, there are cool, tasteful, artistic PC case mods, like this one. But most case mods are just plain vulgar, with brightly colored leds all over the place, bits of things that don't go together visually but are supposed to look "fast", or "powerful" etc..., are ugly and frankly are the computer equivalent of that.
Real good case mods are not many.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I don't think this was worthy of a /. Probably a front page on a mod site but really it's not that great... Meh, unless you really like mods... lame ones.... Then don't bother loading it
Think of how much better mod_geeks would do in their careers if they spent as much time making themselves look good as their computers?
When will you people learn that heavy metal (iron maiden, metallica, megadeth, anthrax, etc.) is not the same as a monster truck rally!
Let's face it, todays saturday, late in the day, and we nerds are trying to access a website about a funky computer. We really need to get lives.
;)
Or at least the rest of you do.
Have you ever done anything to suit your own personal desires, like paint a house or make a model or choose the colour of something? Did you think about how many hot chicks it would get you at the time?
;)
I didn't know wanting to be creative, express yourself or be different was something that needed to be rationised with logic before you did it....
Unless you are a Vulcan.
Regards,
g@z.
Personally, I find it asinine that /. moderators pass links to sites that obviously don't have the bandwidth to deal with being a /. headline.
/. banner ad clicks, eh?
Not only does his site suffer, but the other 200 virtual hosts on the server go down too. Guess what that results in? Pissed off customers calling the hosting company raising hell and demanding discounts on that month's service. Not to mention all the people who can't get to the other sites hosted on the box.
All in the name of a few
1) will modding my case make my computer fast, more capable, or "better" in any way?
No, probably not
2) will it get me all the hot computer groupie chicks?
Again, no, unlikely
3) if i cared about esthetics so much, wouldn't it have been more cost-effective to buy a mac?
I don't know, unless you can point me to an x86 machine made by Apple?
4) can my quasi-artistic needs be channeled into better projects?
Almost certainly
5) will other people think about me the same as they do when they see a guy driving a civic with a huge wing and fartcan exhaust?
Maybe they will, maybe they won't, but that's more of a problem for them
6) is modding my case really just a desparate cry for attention?
No. No it isn't
7) ???
8) profit!
Yes, that's exactly the point -
An advantageous gain or return; benefit.
Advanced users are users too!
This debate has raged many times, in many different threads. Here are my (unasked for) two cents.
1. If you are paying a hosting company, and your site goes down due to inadequate bandwidth, this is not slashdot's fault. Its not even your fault (arguably you should have chosen a better hosting company, but still), it is the hosting companys fault for not having fault-tolerant hardware and / or effective bandwidth-throttling measures in place. While I am not saying the site shouldn't have gone down, it shouldn't have disappeared, and it certainly shouldn't have taken down the other sites running from that box. The admins of the hosting company are at fault here.
2. If you aren't using a hosting company, and you post something that you even SUSPECT could alter your normal traffic patterns, be prepared for just that. While the slashdot effect is awe-inspiring, its not the be-all and end-all. Lots of sites have survived it before, and not all of them were sitting on huge pipes with mammoth hardware.
Slashdot has absolutely no burden of guilt in linking to a site inadequately prepared for traffic.
Just my two cents.
Eschew Obfuscation
Slashdot should, however, ask the site administrator if it is OK to link to them. Bandwidth can cost money, especially if it is metered daily. Slashdot can cost people lots of money with indiscriminate linking.
Actually I believe a block from a slashdot.org referer would be quite effective. Yes most know how to get around it, but most are also lazy as hell. :-)
Even though you're trolling (in a funny way), I'll answer you seriously. And this is from a guy who has no mods on his case, just a couple extra fans installed in premade locations.
;)
1) will modding my case make my computer fast, more capable, or "better" in any way?
For some of them, yes. Airflow is usually a high concern in a mod. All the eye candy doesn't help performance, but good airflow can let you OC and/or get more life out of your gear as it's kept cooler.
2) will it get me all the hot computer groupie chicks?
Yes, because none is all of zero.
3) if i cared about esthetics so much, wouldn't it have been more cost-effective to buy a mac?
Because esthetics isn't the whole of it. The joy is in the doing. It's a hobby, a project, something fun to do.
4) can my quasi-artistic needs be channeled into better projects?
Define "better". Art is subjective and "better" is in the eye of the doer. If the modder felt it would be "better" to paint a painting, he'd do that.
5) will other people think about me the same as they do when they see a guy driving a civic with a huge wing and fartcan exhaust?
Probably, but I suspect both people don't care what others think, as they're doing this for themselves.
6) is modding my case really just a desparate cry for attention?
No, as I said above it's a hobby, a pastime, and a project.