Build Your Own Heavy Metal Server

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Build Your Own Heavy Metal Server

Posted by michael on Saturday May 1, 2004 @01:00PM from the vroom-vroom dept.

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."

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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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1. 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...
2. 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!
3. 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?
4. 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!
5. 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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6. 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.
7. 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. :-)
8. 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.
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."
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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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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1. 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
2. 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!
3. 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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4. 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>
5. 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.
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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1. 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.
2. 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.
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.
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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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.
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
1. 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.
2. 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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3. 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!
4. 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.
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: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. ;)
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.........
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. :-)
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...
Mirror (as PDF) by nacturation · 2004-05-01 16:01 · Score: 4, Informative

Located here, 6 page PDF file

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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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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
:-)
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!