Build Your Own Heavy Metal Server

damn! by narkotix · 2004-05-01 13:03 · Score: 5, Funny

i dont think they are using that 2x3.2ghz machine because its slashdotted already with only a couple of comments! :-/

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Re:damn! by Pi_0's+don't+shower · 2004-05-01 13:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Not only is it /.'ed (as I cannot even connect), but it sounds like blatant false advertising, as my Iron Maiden-hungry eyes nearly popped out at the possibility of a server that reflects my musical tastes...
Re:damn! by Aneurysm9 · 2004-05-01 13:12 · Score: 1

Hmm, Eddie meet Xeon, Xeon, Eddie.

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Re:damn! by Bohemoth2 · 2004-05-01 13:34 · Score: 4, Funny

Bah! if you let yourself be slain by a mere elf, then you deserved it!
Re:damn! by kendallemm · 2004-05-01 13:50 · Score: 1

Okay, my french is failure.

Que es "Le Temps Detruit Tout" en Ingles?

Gracias,
KB
Re:damn! by Awptimus+Prime · 2004-05-01 13:53 · Score: 4, Insightful

Personally, I find it asinine that /. moderators pass links to sites that obviously don't have the bandwidth to deal with being a /. headline.

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 /. banner ad clicks, eh?
Re:damn! by kendallemm · 2004-05-01 13:57 · Score: 1

The [time|weather] destroys everything?

Gracias, amigo ;)

KB
Re:damn! by Aneurysm9 · 2004-05-01 14:01 · Score: 1

"Time Destroys Everything"
Check out the film Irreversible. It will make you "forget" ever thinking Memento was a great movie.

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Re:damn! by kendallemm · 2004-05-01 14:27 · Score: 1

Woah, dude, I just decoded that myself too... did you do it with

data:text/plain;base64,TGUgVGVtcHMgRGV0cnVpdCBUb3V 0

in the mozilla url bar? (ignore the extra space that /. puts in)

Nah, man, I'm all about the middle button and the terminal. I mean, it's all right there for you :)
Re:damn! by bishop32x · 2004-05-01 14:44 · Score: 3, Funny

What, you would decrease the mighty /. effect becuase of mere bandwidth? please, what would happen to the legendary destructive powers of a /. link if they stopped and thought about it!
Re:damn! by primal39 · 2004-05-01 15:13 · Score: 5, Insightful

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.

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Re:damn! by E_elven · 2004-05-01 15:22 · Score: 1

You thought Memento was a good movie? :)

My friends, who predominantly watch Hollywood movies were completely baffled by the movie. They had a hard time following the plot. It was all very sad.

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Re:damn! by the+unbeliever · 2004-05-01 15:22 · Score: 5, Insightful

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.
Re:damn! by Aneurysm9 · 2004-05-01 15:24 · Score: 1

What I really liked was the reversed timeline. I thought it a very interesting storytelling technique. Irreversible does it the justice it deserve.

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Re:damn! by Ravensfire · 2004-05-01 15:29 · Score: 1

The site could plan ahead, and block any request with a referer of slashdot. You know, just in case.

-- Ravensfire

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Re:damn! by the+unbeliever · 2004-05-01 15:33 · Score: 1

well, this is true.

but most slashdotters know how to get around that, so that's only delaying the inevitable.
Re:damn! by tzanger · 2004-05-01 15:44 · Score: 2, Insightful

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. :-)
Re:damn! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-01 15:47 · Score: 1, Interesting

I don't think that is a fair way of looking at the issue.

It's much like saying not to feel bad for someone who got shot to death because they should have been wearing a bullet proof vest, that is, on the off hand chance that they may come in contact with an armed mad man while going through their daily routine.

Or the newly wed couple who both get killed in a car crash while driving to their honeymoon destination. It was their own fault for not wearing helmets and 5 point seatbelts in their car.

I know these are extremes, but it's only to demonstrate how your logic can be applied to place blame on anyone who is minding their own business, then get bamboozled.

Personally, any hits from /. get redirected back to /. on sites I've worked with. The same with Fark, metanews, and the other "link monsters". It's not like the people ever buy anything or click a banner when visiting from those types of sites anyway.. :)
Re:damn! by vericgar · 2004-05-01 16:28 · Score: 1

I wonder how effective a lawsuit against slashdot for the bandwidth costs + lost revenue would be.

Who knows, maybe if they got sued and lost they might changes thier policies about linking.
Re:damn! by ibbey · 2004-05-01 16:45 · Score: 4, Informative

I wonder how effective a lawsuit against slashdot for the bandwidth costs + lost revenue would be.

Not very. The courts have ruled that links are not illegal. If you don't want people to visit your site, your best course of action is not to have a site.
Re:damn! by Grishnakh · 2004-05-01 19:03 · Score: 1

Most hosting setups I've seen have bandwidth limits; once you go over your monthly allowance, that's it. It's a pain if your site is a storefront, but if it's just a personal "look what I did" site like the subject of this article seems to be, it's good for preventing you from any unforseen expense due to someone linking you to Slashdot.
Re:damn! by Zapper · 2004-05-01 21:53 · Score: 1

...the middle button and the terminal.
Yeah I just love pasting random shit off Slashdot sigs into a terminal.
Not that this is particularly damaging :)

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Re:damn! by B'Trey · 2004-05-02 00:05 · Score: 1

It isn't that they're extremes. It's that they're not very good analogies. A more appropriate analogy would be something like:

"...the newly wed couple who both get killed in a car crash because the tires on their car are bald and blow out at high speed and they aren't wearing any seatbelts..."

The precautions mentioned aren't extraordianry, beyond the pale measures. They're basic precautions that everyone should use, like making sure your tires have tread and wearing the factory installed seatbelt. If you don't do that, I might feel sorry for you but I'll also realize that you have to shoulder a large share of the blame.

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Re:damn! by the+unbeliever · 2004-05-02 01:27 · Score: 1

Most hosting setups I've seen are the opposite. Once you go over, you get charges per mb/gb.
Re:damn! by AvitarX · 2004-05-02 02:23 · Score: 1

And some of us even have ethics.

If someone doesn't want me to go to their site from slashdot, I'll wait a few days for things to die down then go later. This would at least help people with a daily quota.

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Re:damn! by Rich+Klein · 2004-05-02 05:57 · Score: 1

If they didn't want people to visit their site then they shouldn't have posted it on the web. Or they could password-protect their pages. I see nothing wrong with /. publicizing links to any and every web site.

People don't *have* to run bandwidth-metered websites.

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Re:damn! by Grishnakh · 2004-05-02 11:10 · Score: 1

That sucks. Don't some of them just cut it off, or allow that as an option? I just have a simple (free) Tripod account, and once that hits the limit they cut it off.
Re:damn! by vericgar · 2004-05-05 19:09 · Score: 1

'free' is the keyword.

The free places cut you off because they don't really have any way to bill you.

The for-pay places will suck you dry because they already have your payment information and it's in the ToS that you will have to pay so much per MB over the defined limit.
Re:damn! by Grishnakh · 2004-05-05 20:15 · Score: 1

Wow, that sucks. I better watch out for that when/if I switch to a paid service. Are there any decent paid providers that will let you opt to be cut off in case of a slashdotting?

appropriate footer quote by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-01 13:03 · Score: 5, Funny

"Micro Credo: Never trust a computer bigger than you can lift."

Re:appropriate footer quote by jimicus · 2004-05-01 23:07 · Score: 1

"Jimicus' Corollary: Or, in the case of smaller computers, never trust a computer which cannot lift you."
Re:appropriate footer quote by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-02 01:47 · Score: 1, Funny

Shouldn't that be "..in Soviet Russia..."?

Not bad.. by cmacmanus · 2004-05-01 13:04 · Score: 5, Insightful

..until you have to plug it in, therefore reducing the "mobility". :)

Wardriving has a new look, eh?

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Re:Not bad.. by Thomas+Shaddack · 2004-05-02 02:26 · Score: 1

A good idea could be putting a decent UPS into the assembly.

Linky by Killjoy_NL · 2004-05-01 13:06 · Score: 4, Funny

Too bad the site's down.

Here's the Google cache
http://www.google.nl/search?q=cache:TDZhSyH l34AJ:w ww.badgerpackaging.com/heavymetal/+&hl=nl

Sorry I can't make a clicky link, I'm not that handy with this stuff

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Re:Linky by SixDimensionalArray · 2004-05-01 13:10 · Score: 5, Informative

Don't bother modding my post up.

Here's the "clicky" link: Google Cache
Re:Linky by tvh2k · 2004-05-01 13:12 · Score: 4, Funny

Sorry I can't make a clicky link
You're not from around here, are you?

Pss...it's called HTML, learn it!
Re:Linky by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-01 13:13 · Score: 1, Informative

Just use html, like this:
<A href="
http://www.google.nl/search?q=cache:TDZhSy Hl34AJ:w ww.badgerpackaging.com/heavymetal/+&hl=nl">link text</A>
Re:Linky by -kertrats- · 2004-05-01 13:19 · Score: 5, Funny

*GASP!* a /. user without knowledge of basic HTML! The end is nigh!

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Re:Linky by bluetrident · 2004-05-01 13:21 · Score: 2, Informative

I'll give you a hand.

Clicky Link

For future reference, use the
<a> tag (including the 'href') i.e. <a href="http://www.mysite.com">
Your Link Name
</a>
Example:
<a href="http://www.google.nl/search?q=cache:TDZhSyHl 34AJ:w ww.badgerpackaging.com/heavymetal/+&hl=nl">Clic ky Link</a>
Re:Linky by identity0 · 2004-05-01 19:43 · Score: 4, Funny

Sorry I can't make a clicky link, I'm not that handy with this stuff

It's easy, just go into Word, paste the URL into place, and Clippy will helpfully pop up saying, "It looks like you're trying to karma whore on Slashdot by linking to a Google cache of a Slashdotted-to-hell webserver. Do you want me to..."

Oh, you said clickey link. Nevermind.
Re:Linky by illuvata · 2004-05-01 21:24 · Score: 1

sort of cache of the pictures.
Re:Linky by Killjoy_NL · 2004-05-08 00:55 · Score: 1

Thanks man, I'll remember to do it like this from now on (I don't know basic HTML true, but I'm quite the technician :) Gimme hardware any day)

P.S. I wasn't trying to karmawhore, don't really give a rat's ass about that.

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Modding scene my hiney by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2004-05-01 13:09 · Score: 5, Insightful

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.

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Re:Modding scene my hiney by kfg · 2004-05-01 13:41 · Score: 1

In the context of this particular case mod your post is actually rather amusing.

KFG
Re:Modding scene my hiney by bluetrident · 2004-05-01 14:06 · Score: 2, Insightful

so that beige box sitting next to you is 'artistic'?

i did 'mods' on cars when i was younger, now i do mods on my pc. it's not all that different. for me at least, it's more about stepping away from the monitor and doing something with my hands--it may look like crap to you, but i think the mods look pretty damn nice. if nothing else, i get to play around with powertools and enjoy some sunshine. can't beat that, since i stare at a monitor 5 days of the week.

and no, i didn't RTFA because it was /.ed, but i'd bet that a majority of mods don't take place in a factory, they take place in someone's garage or front porch. try it sometime, you may actually enjoy cutting into something you spent a ton of money on.
Re:Modding scene my hiney by optikSmoke · 2004-05-01 14:23 · Score: 1

I personally agree with you in the light department -- a lot of people stuff LEDs and lights into their case and think it looks cool. I personally find those mods to be gaudy and ugly, as I much prefer subtle aesthetics. Which is why I found it amusing that you denounced the "well-lit" variety of mod and pointed to the Eugene Sargent case as an example of a tasteful case -- IMHO it is ugly too, sort of like a misshapen blob of metal. But to each his own.

Anyway, I also distinguish between two kinds of good case mods -- the nice, subtle, aesthetic cases, and the crazy stuff where joe-with-too-much-time-on-his-hands turns his lunchbox into an Opteron. Either way, I like originality, and lights just don't cut it :)
Re:Modding scene my hiney by rice_burners_suck · 2004-05-01 14:36 · Score: 2, Interesting

Oh puh-leeze. Okay, so I'll admit, there are cool, tasteful, artistic PC case mods, like this one.
I just looked at that "this one" of yours, and I think it's a pretty bitchin'-lookin' retro-stylin' PC case. True, I wouldn't have one of those in my own house, but if you've got a 1940's-1950's style house, with all kinds of old appliances (they don't make 'em like they used to), then this case would fit right in.
are ugly and frankly are the computer equivalent of that.
But I replied to you because I wanted to say how right you are about this one... Cuz guess what? rice_burners_suck!!
Conclusion? Case mods done with good taste are cool. Stupid looking case mods look really dumb.
Re:Modding scene my hiney by spectre_240sx · 2004-05-01 17:13 · Score: 1

Or was it the people that realize that going in a straight line for 10 seconds just isn't as fun as a car that handles well on a street / autocross track?
Re:Modding scene my hiney by LighthouseJ · 2004-05-01 19:10 · Score: 1

Rice cars do suck, I personally dislike them based on the fact that most people into rice cars are in it just to put on body kits and a bumblebee muffler. Yeah, once in a while there are some that actually do real work (not just NoS), but there are too many lowered Civics with neon lights that I have to show it takes more than a loud muffler to go fast, and I do show them effectively.

I like to think of cars as paintings, people in your boat take rather poor paintings, add some flourescent paint to "jazz it up". I like to get a really nice painting and leave it untouched because I have faith in the original designers. In fact, I want to take damaged paintings and fix them up and resell them because I believe in rebuilding them.
Re:Modding scene my hiney by Veridium · 2004-05-01 21:03 · Score: 1

"rought to you by the people who think 14 seconds is something to be proud of." Brought to you by the people who think driving is about going in a straightline for a short distance and fear speeds above 100mph. Sport Sedans are about high speeds, not drag racing. Some people don't get it at all.

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Re:Modding scene my hiney by Veridium · 2004-05-01 21:32 · Score: 1

The parent you replied to mentions a Maxima. Do you know anything about that car? You think of cars as paintings? How do you mount them on your wall for display?

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Re:Modding scene my hiney by Kiryat+Malachi · 2004-05-01 21:49 · Score: 1

The Maxima is a mid-size to luxury sedan.

It's a very nice car (parents have a 2001 Maxima, I've driven it when I'm home).

It is not, however, a speed demon, and souping one up ranks only slightly above souping up a Civic.

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Re:Modding scene my hiney by tommyboyprime · 2004-05-02 02:17 · Score: 1

Going from point A to point B rarely involves a straight line.

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Re:Modding scene my hiney by Veridium · 2004-05-16 21:17 · Score: 1

It's actually more like a sports sedan. Next time you get a chance, assuming you enjoy such things, take your parents car out on a wide stretch of freeway and get it up to about 130mph, make sure there are turns in the freeway. Note how it handles. Alot better than your typical luxury sedan.

But if it's not your thing, it's not your thing. But saying it's only slightly above a Civic is silly. A civic is an econo box, a Maxima is a sports sedan. And I would say it is a speed demon, given that mine can do about 140 without breaking a sweat. I have a newer one, stock with 250hp though, so mine might be different than your parents.

But some people aren't in to that type of driving.

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Re:Modding scene my hiney by Veridium · 2004-05-16 21:30 · Score: 1

Thank god for that. That would take the fun out of driving.

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I wonder what it could be by Reggie+Ray · 2004-05-01 13:10 · Score: 4, Funny

Not being able to see the pictures since the site was slashdoted, I wonder what the "Heavy Metal" computer on wheels could be? If the site gives any clue I think this "Heavy Metal Computer on Wheels" is nothing more than two dells taped toghether inside a shopping cart.

Re:I wonder what it could be by RoadkillBunny · 2004-05-01 16:39 · Score: 1

I am of the lucky few that got to see the pictures. It isn't like a shopping car at all, more like a red toolbox on wheels...

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So, since the "server" is on wheels... by revolvement · 2004-05-01 13:10 · Score: 2, Funny

...could we say that it "Crashed and burned?"

clicky link by kajoob · 2004-05-01 13:10 · Score: 4, Informative

brother, if you wanna karma whore you gotta work at it, copy/paste will not get you mod points. Here ya go, no pics, but you can read the specs and background info etc....

click me!

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GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH by LiquidCoooled · 2004-05-01 13:12 · Score: 5, Informative

here

This thing looks really cool!

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Re:GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH by m0nk3ym1nd · 2004-05-01 13:52 · Score: 1

It's maybe a Zamboni?

That's fast... by FosterKanig · 2004-05-01 13:13 · Score: 1

I guess it's more Speed Metal than Heavy Metal.

A new meaning by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-01 13:15 · Score: 3, Funny

This gives new meaning to "I roxored your boxor", except that it is your own boxor that is doing the roxoring.

Re:A new meaning by oO+Peeping+Tom+Oo · 2004-05-01 14:24 · Score: 1

You rocked my.....bock?
Re:A new meaning by pgilman · 2004-05-02 03:47 · Score: 1

"This gives new meaning to 'I roxored your boxor,' except that it is your own boxor that is doing the roxoring."
if the boxor is roxoring, don't come a-knoxoring?
sorry. 8-)

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once you get it to load it's kinda stupid by GoClick · 2004-05-01 13:19 · Score: 4, Insightful

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 before you mod by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-01 13:20 · Score: 4, Funny

dear case modders, here are a few questions that you may want to consider before modifying your case.

1) will modding my case make my computer fast, more capable, or "better" in any way?
2) will it get me all the hot computer groupie chicks?
3) if i cared about esthetics so much, wouldn't it have been more cost-effective to buy a mac?
4) can my quasi-artistic needs be channeled into better projects?
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?
6) is modding my case really just a desparate cry for attention?
7) ???
8) profit!

regards,
Anonymous Coward

Re:think before you mod by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-01 13:43 · Score: 5, Insightful

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.
Re:think before you mod by mabinogi · 2004-05-01 13:53 · Score: 2, Insightful

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.

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Re:think before you mod by tvh2k · 2004-05-01 14:19 · Score: 4, Funny

haha by reading your subject I totally thought you meant "think before you mod[erate]", because /. users could use that lesson as well!
Re:think before you mod by jonnystiph · 2004-05-01 16:22 · Score: 1

speak it on the mountain brother!

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Re:think before you mod by tunah · 2004-05-01 17:17 · Score: 1

1) will modding my case make my computer fast, more capable, or "better" in any way?
How about think (or at least RTFA) before you post?

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Re:think before you mod by RollingThunder · 2004-05-01 17:25 · Score: 4, Insightful

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.
Re:think before you mod by TOGA!+TOGA+TOGA! · 2004-05-01 22:52 · Score: 1

that was exactly my thought. there are a lot of posts that are only kinda funny that are modded as 'funny' in this thread, so it actually makes sense...
Re:think before you mod by RESPAWN · 2004-05-02 02:19 · Score: 1

Interesting how this could be reapplied to the car modifyers with little change:

1) will modding my Civic make my car fast, mor capable, or "better" in any way?
2) will it get me all the hot Honda groupie chicks?
3) if I cared about esthetics so much, wouldn't it have been more cost-effective to buy a Ferrari?
4) can my quasi-artistic needs be channeled into better projects?
5) will other people think about me the same as they do when they see a guy using a computer with a huge window and neon lights?
6) is modding my Civic really just a desparate cry for attention?
7) ???
8) profit!

Of course in this case the profit step belongs to the repair shops becuase step 7 is "wreck my car because I'm driving like a jackass, trying to show off for the skank in the passenger seat."

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Re:think before you mod by revividus · 2004-05-02 06:35 · Score: 1

if i cared about esthetics...
This reminded me of my favorite line from the article (remember the article?):
As it [modding] continued to evolve though, ascetics [emphasis added] seemed to come into play as a lot of people began doing their own home grown mods.

Ascetics, eh? For a moment I had visions of starving yellow-robed monks painstakingly hand-painting mandalas onto the sides of their over-clocked PCs...

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I call my Heavy Metal server. . . by kfg · 2004-05-01 13:20 · Score: 3, Funny

Sam the mailman.

There's a lot of lag in the system. It stalls and hangs for what feels like a month, but then once it gets working the actual throughput seems nearly instantaneuos despite the high graphical content, as it were.

KFG

Think of the career advancment by GoClick · 2004-05-01 13:29 · Score: 3, Insightful

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?

SkyNet by Chucklz · 2004-05-01 13:32 · Score: 5, Funny

SkyNet is well on its way to operational status. Unfortunately, the server can only go as far as its power cord.

I guess thats why it was /.'ed so quickly.

Re:SkyNet by jez9999 · 2004-05-01 21:48 · Score: 1

Just wait until they invent wireless power. Then we'll have problems.

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Huge disappointment! by Pi_0's+don't+shower · 2004-05-01 13:36 · Score: 1, Insightful

When will you people learn that heavy metal (iron maiden, metallica, megadeth, anthrax, etc.) is not the same as a monster truck rally!

Re:Huge disappointment! by 0racle · 2004-05-01 13:56 · Score: 1

Well the first thought I had was he put a PC in a mainframe style case and called it Heavy metal as a change to big iron. I am very disappointed, and almost have an idea.

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Re:0 to slashdotted in less than a minute by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-01 13:39 · Score: 4, Insightful

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. ;)

Re:coincidence? by HenchmenResources · 2004-05-01 13:43 · Score: 1

HA HA another server faces the /. benchmark test.

no seriously, I spent ten minutes waiting for this site to load on my works T1 line, finaly gave up, will have to take a look later and see if it is a slow server of if they are feeling the effects of being named on /.

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when i read the headline... by ambienceman · 2004-05-01 13:44 · Score: 4, Funny

I immediately though of a server packed to the rim with cool comics and illustrations of sexy leather-clad girls a la the magazine.

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Heavy metal pc vs. Omnibot by dncsky1530 · 2004-05-01 13:44 · Score: 4, Funny

it is still no match for Omnibot

reminds me of a Jawa Crawler.... by erwin · 2004-05-01 13:44 · Score: 4, Interesting

which would also be a great design. Even cooler if you could have some mini-rc satellite droids (w/ video&audio telemetry) that could come be controlled from the PC. Then, to be able to control the whole thing from the web....

Sounds like my new summer project...

Re:HELP US FIGHT SCAMMERS! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-01 13:50 · Score: 2, Funny

It would appear that the info for this server is

Lookup has started ...

Server: 194.168.4.100
Address: 194.168.4.100#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.infouserupdate.us
Address: 61.182.160.1

Authoritative answers can be found from:
infouserupdate.us nameserver = NS2.CHEAPBPHOSTING.COM.
infouserupdate.us nameserver = NS1.CHEAPBPHOSTING.COM.

FTP to 61.182.160.1 with username 'guest' needs a password.
But I haven't found it yet.........

Metal Server? by InfiniteWisdom · 2004-05-01 13:51 · Score: 1

This is cool! I've always wanted an easy way to download heavy metals. Let me go get some uranium now.

This is old news he was on The Screen Savers by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-01 13:59 · Score: 1, Informative

James Anderson demoed showed off the case mode on September 26th of last year on The Screen Savers.
Here is the link to the sotry http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/shownotes/story /0,24330,3526645,00.html

not what i expected by discogravy · 2004-05-01 14:19 · Score: 3, Funny

i was hoping for a machine that did nothing but play judas priest, iron maiden and NWOBHM stuff.

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Woah, DejaVu by iLL_L0gic · 2004-05-01 14:38 · Score: 3, Interesting

My boss was looking at Laser cutting machines today (he's an engraver on the side), and I told him to check out the VersaLaser that they gave away for the Screen Savers Case Mod Contest. Well, when I was searching TechTV, I stumbled accross a video of this beast. So I tracked down the website and was showing it to my boss for about a half hour. Needless to say, I come back 4 hours later and find the darn thing on the front page of Slashdot! I'm glad I got to look while it was still up. :-)

Heavy Metal? by jazman_777 · 2004-05-01 14:43 · Score: 1

I thought it meant something like Plutonium or Uranium: Glows in the Dark, too!

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How can this be a Heavy Metal computer? by DrMrLordX · 2004-05-01 15:33 · Score: 2, Funny

I don't think they made any attempt to install the Loknar.

direct link by gregfortune · 2004-05-01 15:46 · Score: 2, Informative

Direct Link

So, next time, type this in instead...

Here is a <a href="http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/shownotes /story/0,24330,3526645,00.html">link</a> to the story. See the url in the quotes? Just change that for your next link...

fuck that by CAIMLAS · 2004-05-01 15:58 · Score: 1

fuck that, I want to put a computer in a case that looks like a MadCat mkII.

I just need about 89 more tons of steel and components.

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Mirror (as PDF) by nacturation · 2004-05-01 16:01 · Score: 4, Informative

Located here, 6 page PDF file

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Re:Mirror (as PDF) by Nick+Gisburne · 2004-05-02 00:42 · Score: 1

but where do I find the "Post Humously" option?
As humous is a Greek dip made from chick peas, here would be a good start: Humous Recipe. If you need to post it, make sure it's in a waterproof container - I'll have some if you do eventually find the option.

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Re:Mirror (as PDF) by nacturation · 2004-05-02 08:19 · Score: 1

As humous is a Greek dip made from chick peas, here would be a good start: Humous Recipe. If you need to post it, make sure it's in a waterproof container - I'll have some if you do eventually find the option.

While I don't mind a little garbanzo treat every now and again, I'd probably die before I could figure out how to post it.

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White Box Robotics by feelyoda · 2004-05-01 16:17 · Score: 2, Interesting

this reminds me a lot of another company, for consumer PC applications:
White Box Robotics
http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/

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Why is x86 so important? by don.g · 2004-05-01 16:31 · Score: 1

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?

Why do you need x86?

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Re:Why is x86 so important? by N1KO · 2004-05-01 17:13 · Score: 1

Nobody _needs_ it, but there's no point in moving to an inferior architecture that also happens to be more expensive.

Inferior depending on the needs of each user of course.

Obviously, by AchilleTalon · 2004-05-01 16:34 · Score: 1

the heavy thing has sunken. At least, I hope it's stainless...

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Heres a mirror,seeing as the servers up in flames by pigscanfly.ca · 2004-05-01 16:44 · Score: 3, Informative

For the badgerpacking website , here's a mirror
:-)

Mushroom mushroom by tepples · 2004-05-01 16:52 · Score: 1

It's "badger badger badger" not "magic magic magic". I've heard bits and pieces of the vocal track alone.

Anyway, the author used the wrong "mushroom" picture. It should have looked like this.

old news by grendel_x86 · 2004-05-01 17:04 · Score: 1

This was the rig of the month in Maximum PC magazine 6+ months ago.

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Wow, the next generation box for.... by ztwilight · 2004-05-01 17:25 · Score: 1

Spammers! Now, when the police come banging on their door, their spam server can run one way and the spammer can run the other. Then they can meet up at the rendesvous point. And, if the boxen are running OS X they will automatically detect the rendesvous point too!

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Re:HELP US FIGHT SCAMMERS! by Rocketman574 · 2004-05-01 18:07 · Score: 1

From www.cheapbphosting.com: "Welcome to cheapbphosting.com, your source for unbreakable email marketing services. We guarantee your website will not get shutdown!! [Emphasis Mine] We cater for both established bulk email experts and companies that have not used bulk email before. We've put together a guide for newcomers to bulk email marketing to get them up to speed on how to make their business a success."

Great machine... by FunkyStickman · 2004-05-01 18:42 · Score: 2, Informative

This machine was actually completed over 6 months ago. Yes, it exists, you can track it's progress on the 2CPU.com Forums. Make sure to bookmark the site, once it's back up it will be well worth a visit. I don't think Corrugated will mind the extra attention. For now, you can read the thread HERE and see some of the specs on it (and people's reactions). No pics, as they're linked to the same poor server. The original thread is HERE. It has a handmade aluminum chassis, wing, go-kart wheels (the racing kind) and a working CPU-load tachometer. And lots of chrome!

Re:Stupid shit by Hannes+Eriksson · 2004-05-01 21:02 · Score: 1

Actually, I've got this huge (2m tall) black 24" rack in my dorm room. It's made by IBM and was really, really hard to get through the doors, even after the 50kg ballast bolted to the base was removed.
When I read "Heavy Metal Server" I thought they were talking about Sun Violence (ever serviced an old SUN?), IBM (not the desktop crap) or even modding a PDP11 with some new, hot UltraSparc processors.

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Re:Bleh! by jez9999 · 2004-05-01 21:44 · Score: 1

About the only way people could make an more outrageous mod at this point would be a computer inside a cow pie.

Ever seen a Gateway box? ;-)

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Re:Stupid shit by Kiryat+Malachi · 2004-05-01 21:56 · Score: 1

You do know that they don't really make any of those anymore, right? It was a (fortunately) brief period in Apple's history.

Currently?

iMac? White polycarb with the lampshade screen (which I personally find ridiculous, but whatever).

PowerMac? Aluminum. Nice, elegant exterior.

iBook? White polycarb. No lampshade screen.

PowerBook? Aluminum. Nice elegant exterior.

Even the godforsaken eMac is... white, polycarb plastic.

I'd rather not talk about most of the PCs I work with. Inside, they're fine, but outside, not so much.

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OT: Clickys only nessessary for IE newbs.... by lhaeh · 2004-05-02 11:40 · Score: 1

http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/textlink s If you're running mozilla or firefox(orwhatevertheynamedthedamnedthingnow)then you can just right-click the link and select 'open url' or 'open url in new tab' you'll need the plugin but thats all.

clicky for newbs

Not sure what do you mean by Moraelin · 2004-05-02 18:08 · Score: 1

I'll be the first one to aggree that most case mods look dumb and ugly. They just show a colour cacophony of green PCBs, red PCBs, blue PCBs, copper heatsink there, aluminum over there, coloured cables, and some added leds to make the colour cacophony complete. It looks as artistic as a clown after a tragic makeup accident, or like a bomb attack on a paint factory.

But... "fast"?? How in Odin's name do some ugly led fans and a blue lamp make a computer look fast? I'd really get depressed about some people's IQ if _that_ is their idea of a fast computer.

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