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Build Your Own Heavy Metal Server

Posted by michael on 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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  1. damn! by narkotix · · 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 primal39 · · 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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    2. Re:damn! by the+unbeliever · · 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.

  2. appropriate footer quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  3. Not bad.. by cmacmanus · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

    Wardriving has a new look, eh?

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  4. Modding scene my hiney by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · 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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  5. Re:Linky by SixDimensionalArray · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't bother modding my post up.

    Here's the "clicky" link: Google Cache

  6. GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Informative

    here

    This thing looks really cool!

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  7. Re:Linky by -kertrats- · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  8. SkyNet by Chucklz · · 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.

  9. Re:think before you mod by Anonymous Coward · · 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.