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Tubby: When Custom Cases Meet Frosty Cold Beer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

trs9000 writes "Going a step further than your average case mod, Tubby includes not only a nice wooden casing, but also a built-in refrigerator! You dont have to get up for a refill! Tubby's homepage has specs and pics of the process. Images are also here and here."

129 comments

  1. Awe Scweet by alop · · Score: 5, Funny

    All that's left now is a pizza sized oven, and I'll be set :)

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    1. Re:Awe Scweet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      And you can cook it with your pentium 4 processor!

    2. Re:Awe Scweet by ack154 · · Score: 2, Funny

      You can probably just use the server after we're done with it... that should cook just about anything.

    3. Re:Awe Scweet by FortKnox · · Score: 2, Funny

      of course you have to install all of it in the bathroom... to truely game on 'the throne'! ;-)

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    4. Re:Awe Scweet by Andy+Mitchell · · Score: 1
      So the next stage in the evolution of PC cooling is to have a heat pump that can direct the heat generated by your Athlon to either the oven compartment or outside (once you reach 200C)

      Whatever next, a deep fat fryer? :-)

    5. Re:Awe Scweet by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 4, Interesting

      When I was a kid my sister had an EZ Bake oven that used a 60 watt light bulb to make little cakes. A Pentium IV puts out more heat than that, so that would make an interesting mod.

      OK, I lied. The EZ bake oven was mine. I'm man enough to admit it.

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    6. Re:Awe Scweet by Albanach · · Score: 4, Informative
      Pizza ovan? That's so 1996!

      Acorn did it with their Risc PC photo here

      Of course if you have an ovan, you'll also need the kitchen sink.

    7. Re:Awe Scweet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      you sick'os someone with mod points needs to mod you down

    8. Re:Awe Scweet by Megahurts · · Score: 4, Informative

      >When I was a kid my sister had an EZ Bake oven
      >that used a 60 watt light bulb to make little
      >cakes. A Pentium IV puts out more heat than
      >that, so that would make an interesting mod.

      yeah, but the EZ bake bulb's filament burns at something like 5000-6000 Kelvins to put out enough infrared to do its cooking. The pentiums, by comparison, will run around 325-340 K, and the wavelengths emitted will be far too long to be useful for cooking. By Wien's Law, the peak wavelength would be around 8.5 micrometers whereas with tungsten filament bulb. With the nature of the falloff toward the blue side of the peak radiation in the Stefan-Boltzman distribution at a given temperature, almost all of the energy would be wasted at wavelengths too long to really heat most substances. You would need good thermal contact to do it at those temperatures.

    9. Re:Awe Scweet by Megahurts · · Score: 1

      oops. I left a fragment. I meant to say "whereas with the tungsten filament bulb, it will be slightly to the red side of the visible range with a significant amount of near IR"

      note to self: use the stupid preview button.

    10. Re:Awe Scweet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      One doesn't need to rely on the em radiation to do the cooking. Just connect the heatsink directly to the baking chamber.

    11. Re:Awe Scweet by fjordboy · · Score: 1

      alright alright. I confess too. I own (and operate on a regular basis) an EZ bake oven. My sister got it for me as a bit of a gag gift for christmas - but having it in a dorm room is mighty helpful. Multiple cakes have been baked in the oven and I've even documented the process (w/ pictures). The ez bake is girly pink, but it makes one heck of a 2 bite cake. Though the funny thing is - with the prep-work and so forth the total amount of time to make a two bite cake is probably 25 minutes....and to buy a cake mix (this was walmart's price) was 5 dollars. This was enough to make two cakes. However - those two cakes are smaller than cupcakes! I could buy a regular full size cake mix and make a cake about 30 times the size with about half the cost and comparable time. This frustrated me, though the novelty of baking someone a birthday cake in my dorm room might have made up for it.

      Also - if anyone wants to make an ez bake cake w/o buying the oven, a reading light with a 100 watt bulb stuck in a drawer works out just as well.

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    12. Re:Awe Scweet by xtermz · · Score: 1

      why does the physics geek always gotta come along and ruin a good joke...

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    13. Re:Awe Scweet by ajrs · · Score: 4, Funny

      > You would need good thermal contact to do it at those temperatures.

      sort of a thermal pastry?

    14. Re:Awe Scweet by Megahurts · · Score: 1

      chem geek, actually.

      good night, gracie.

    15. Re:Awe Scweet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Megageek, actually.

    16. Re:Awe Scweet by Chalybeous · · Score: 1

      You know, if you hooked a good heat conductor to the heatsink - say, copper wiring - and then hooked THAT to a good emitter in a ceramic-lined box, then you could overclock your processor and make a pizza oven...

      Well, maybe. It's a bit of a gimcrack Heath Robinson-esque bodge, but it does sound like a real casemodder's McGuffin. It's also a long shot but it would be good fun trying to make it happen!
      Disclaimer: I can't change the laws of physics. Nor do I really grasp them, but that's beside the point ;-)

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    17. Re:Awe Scweet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's spelled oven.

  2. No BEER! by mekkab · · Score: 1, Funny

    What?! Come on, editors! RTFA!
    Title should be When Custom Cases Meet Frosty Cold FANTA!

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    1. Re:No BEER! by no+reason+to+be+here · · Score: 1

      Yes, but Fanta is fscking gay; beer, however, kicks ass.

      <homer>Mmmm...Beeeer.</homer>

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  3. Mmmmm.... by JessLeah · · Score: 2, Funny

    Computerized Beeeeerr....

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  4. wow by no-arg+constructor · · Score: 4, Interesting

    how lazy are we that we can't even walk two inches to the fridge for a beer between games? nowadays most games take forever to change levels (for an fps) so thats plenty of time to get your snacks :)

    1. Re:wow by nkh · · Score: 1

      When you go to the next level, it's OK to take a break, but if you're having some FPS, the "loading" time when you're fragged is inexistant.
      You NEED this refreshing Diet Coke!!!! (but you must kill at the same time...)

    2. Re:wow by An-Unnecessarily-Lon · · Score: 0

      Yea no shit. Its at least 2-4 min to switch levels in BF Vietnam. Plenty of time for me go run down stairs and mix up a strong Rich&Rare and 7up.

    3. Re:wow by eln · · Score: 1

      I don't think this guy is lazy at all. It obviously took a lot of effort to put this thing together. Lazy would have been just putting a dorm fridge next to the computer.

    4. Re:wow by GTRacer · · Score: 1
      Two inches - pure laziness. I mean really! Even at two feet, that's just crazy. Now I need one of these because MY fridge is over two rods away.

      GTRacer
      - The walking messes up my DDR rhythm

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    5. Re:wow by KaiserZoze_860 · · Score: 1

      Playing Battlefield 1942 online was like that with my Athlon 750. I could hit the kitchen, the bathroom and still have time left over to admire the load screens. With my new machine (p4 3.0G) I have about 30 seconds to run downstairs for a cold beverage. Guess I need a new game now. -KS

  5. God a beer would be good right now by strictnein · · Score: 1

    Mmmm... beer

    A nice, cold Oatmeal Stout would be very tasty right now.

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    1. Re:God a beer would be good right now by corinath · · Score: 1

      Honestly now, is there ever a time when a nice, chilled beer would NOT be tasty? I know I would a nice cold Trappist Ale at this moment...

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    2. Re:God a beer would be good right now by Chalybeous · · Score: 1

      Parent has good taste in beer. Mod parent up! ;-)

      Personally, I'd kill for a pint of Bluebird Bitter, or that delicious oyster stout they only serve in The Porterhouse in Dublin...

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  6. But there is now dark goodness by bobcrotch · · Score: 0

    Where has all the guinness gone?

  7. Frames by somethinghollow · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least he used frames, so while his site slowly bogs down to tortise speeds, and eventually dies a horrible death, I can still look at the navigation.

    1. Re:Frames by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I thought you said flames...

      The page you are looking for is currently unavailable.
      The wooden boxed Web server is currently on fire.
      Please call 911

  8. Tubby? by britneys+9th+husband · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Tubby" sounds like what will happen to the user of this as a result of grabbing food all the time without even getting up off his ass and walking 10 feet to the refrigerator.

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  9. cool by Polkyb · · Score: 1

    I hope there's a thermostat in there somewhere.. Nothing worse than over chilled beer

    :-)

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    1. Re:cool by Psmylie · · Score: 1

      There are many things worse then over-chilled beer, but I can't think of any due to high volumes of correctly-chilled beer :P

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    2. Re:cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Over chilled beer is pretty hard to do. Winterizing my cycle one year I had some brews. It was pretty cold in the garage and the beers kept tasting better and better. They must've been pretty cold since my throat was so sore it made it difficult to swallow anything for a couple of days after. I figure the beer was so cold it froze my pipes! It was worth it though as those were the best tasting beers of my life.

    3. Re:cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nothing worse than over chilled beer

      You must be British...

    4. Re:cool by acsinc · · Score: 1

      Over chilled beer is pretty bad. Tends to make a mess of the refigerator once it gets to about 31 F

  10. I want a KEG by DarthTeufel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'll be impressed, when they get a keg in there. Or better yet, just have cold beer on tap, with your computer calculating when to shut off, after 16 oz and stuff

    1. Re:I want a KEG by Titusdot+Groan · · Score: 5, Funny
      What a great idea! But what I want it to do is drop my VPN to work and stop me from emailing after after about 36oz ...

      I don't need it to stop me posting to /. or anything like that.

    2. Re:I want a KEG by Kadagan+AU · · Score: 1

      It's been done to a VAX =)

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  11. full service computer by stanmann · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now all we need is automated food delivery, and a catheter/padded toilet and we can read slashdot for years without getting up.

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    1. Re:full service computer by somethinghollow · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, we're 1/2 way there.

  12. not cold for long by Vampo · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the site is running on that machine, that beer will be boiling by now... Too bad it's gone down already.

    1. Re:not cold for long by swankypimp · · Score: 1

      Add some onions and I smell bratwurst! Yet another triumph for our rogue casemodder: no traffic = geting drunk; traffic = simmering pork. Win win situation.

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  13. Images... by manavendra · · Score: 1
    Images are also here and here.
    yes, but does that prevent them from being slashdotted? :-)
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    1. Re:Images... by ack154 · · Score: 1

      Actually, I would think that would speed up the /.-ing. People will just go right for the images and kill it faster.

  14. Can you say 'ugly'? by tuxlove · · Score: 3, Funny

    That mod is so 70's. They should have used burlwood for the exterior to complete the image!

  15. What's the big deal? by grawk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ok, I'd understand how it was cool if the peltier cooler from the fridge was part of the cooling system for the computer. But what's the big deal about putting a fridge in a box with a computer? It doesn't add functionality, it doesn't share anything sigificant in the way of function, and it's just plywood, taboot.

    If the case used the same cooling for both the hardware and the beer, now that would be something interesting. As it is, it's just a 7th grade wood shop project.

  16. Oh the fool! by bravehamster · · Score: 1

    My god, that could have been so much better. If only he had put the fridge facing up! As it is now, he might have to get out of his chair to either put in a cd or get a drink, depending upon which side he puts this on. Oh the humanity! Oh the Fanta! Why god?

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  17. Why don't they... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    find a way to channel all of the processor heat into my cup of coffee? (That would make a good use for all of these overclocking schemes.)

  18. In the words of our 35th president... by Reverend+Beaker · · Score: 1

    Ich bin ein Biertrinker! If only they had a case that fermented as well...

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  19. THIS lazy! by mekkab · · Score: 4, Funny

    I use This container for beer so I don't have to go back to the fridge.

    I also wear Depends undergarments. I never have to leave my computer!

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  20. Now if it only had. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    a flat head, pistol grip ears and. . .

    Oh! It's a *computer*, oh, ah, erm well isn't that a nice little device. . .

  21. slashdotted by Shakrai · · Score: 1

    It's slashdotted already. Oh well. I guess there's always one of these to keep you company :)

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  22. I hope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    the heat exchange for the fridge goes on OUTSIDE the case...

  23. The next obvious step: by burgburgburg · · Score: 3, Funny
    A catheter which would be a component of a liquid cooling system.

    Not only would you never have to "get up", but you'd actually be cooling your own computer by your sloth.

    1. Re:The next obvious step: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Excellent idea. Then hook it up to one of these and you can analyze your urine composition in the background. I wonder how many lives that would save in the first year *alone*.

    2. Re:The next obvious step: by cheezus · · Score: 1

      um. pee is WARM

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  24. That's the spirit by Polkyb · · Score: 1

    I suppose that, with a sufficiently hot processor and the chilling capabilities of the Fridge, a distilery isn't completely out of the question...

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  25. OI! Article Submitters! by bigHairyDog · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Have you noticed how every case mod story gets put on a flimsy hosting setup and gets slashdotted in 2 minutes?

    USE FREECACHE!

    Then we might actually be able to look at it
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    1. Re:OI! Article Submitters! by strictnein · · Score: 1

      Freecache is down

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    2. Re:OI! Article Submitters! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Freecache doesn't work like that. It doesn't cache whole websites. If you used it like you said it would only cache the index.html, and none of the pics.

      If you wanted to use Freecache successfully to do what you want it to, the ./ editor would have to post a freecache link to every individual picture file.

  26. ugghhh.. :( by bbh · · Score: 1

    Tubby may not have to get up to get a beer, but he might need to get up and pull the network cable out the back of his unresponsive web server :(

    bbh

  27. Oops, overheated! by dalamarian · · Score: 1

    Looks like he should have applied more of that cooling to his server ... slashdotted :)

  28. major issue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The biggest issue I can see here is people using this refrigerator to store substances other than beer. Some people might be pulling one off, and decide to bottle it up and leave it in the fridge so they can sell it to the sperm bank later. Do you want to be at your friends house, pop open the fridge and see that?!

  29. Beer and programming? by TheVidiot · · Score: 2, Interesting



    I wonder how many people go for an intoxicant whilst programming. If you do, does it help your creativity and productivity?

    1. Re:Beer and programming? by larsu · · Score: 2, Funny

      Only on variable names. Especially in basic

      10 print "foo"
      20 goto hell

      hell:
      30 print "bar"

    2. Re:Beer and programming? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


      I don't know about programmers, but thousands of slashdot posters everywhere use beer to enhance their creativity, with great results!

    3. Re:Beer and programming? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It helps my creativity. In the sense that I'm willing to try shit that I would *never* try sober.

      The answer about productivity is hidden in there somewhere...

    4. Re:Beer and programming? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Here's what I end up coding when I'm drunk:

      /* I'm so shit-faced I must be a weeny since I can only write this freaking comment! */

    5. Re:Beer and programming? by ultramk · · Score: 1

      I wonder how many people go for an intoxicant whilst programming. If you do, does it help your creativity and productivity?

      No, but it does apparently result in increased usage of the word "whilst."

      m-

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    6. Re:Beer and programming? by TheVidiot · · Score: 1


      A keen eye thou hast, my friend!

    7. Re:Beer and programming? by JoeD · · Score: 1

      I have programmed while altered, but when I looked at the code the next day, I couldn't understand it. But it worked fine, though.

    8. Re:Beer and programming? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      I get loaded and write stuff all the time. I like to stay the hell away from the important things when I'm toasted, but occasionally I'll even start in on those.

      It particularly sucks when I'm in the middle of getting loaded and I get an automated page that one of the more critical systems just went down. That means:

      I get to fix it. Put on a pot of coffee.

      I get to call my boss. My boss is a cool guy, but I'd rather not have to call him at home at 2am and tell him in slurring speech that Something Bad Has Happened. Just looks bad, y'know?

      I will not be going to bed until it is fixed.

    9. Re:Beer and programming? by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 1

      True story: I was programming since around 9th grade, but my first formal course (CS-120, introduction to data structures) was taught by a guy named Bruce Gilland.
      Bruce did the basic course just fine, but at one point he told us "Someday, you'll just get stuck. You'll be trying to solve some problem, and nothing will work. When this happens, don't keep banging your head on the keyboard. Get up, go get a beer, relax and come back to it later. Trust me."
      Now Bruce didn't just hide in the University, he worked for Ball Aerospace. Ground control systems for satelites, IIRC. So while I had never been stuck before, I remembered his advice.
      A few years later, I was doing the "Survey of Programming Languages" and I got stuck. It wasn't a difficult language (C++) but I just jammed. So I got up, got a beer, came back 10 minutes later and it was GREAT! The code just flowed forth, and everything worked dandy.
      Following year, I was in the graduate level AI course trying to use LISP. The first assignment went fine (tic tac toe or something) but the second one was to code Othello using a min-max algorithm.

      12 beers later, and that damn thing still didn't work.

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  30. Oh yeah... by spinkham · · Score: 1

    I was just thinking the other day... It's way to cold in my computer case, what can I do... Oh yeah, let's put a refrigeration unit in there! That'll heat it up nicely! Then I can add even more obnoxiously loud fans, plus have the bonus referigeration noise! Great!

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  31. There. That wasn't so hard, was it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Now go get us something to drink, Nancy. And be sure to put on a skirt.

    1. Re:There. That wasn't so hard, was it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If I do wear a skirt, I won't be wearing it for you.

  32. Big deal... by atomic-penguin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here in these quiet Appalachian Hills, my computer doubles as a moonshine still.

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    1. Re:Big deal... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ...or an outhouse.

    2. Re:Big deal... by atomic-penguin · · Score: 1

      I have to dig a hole for number 2, you insensitive clod.

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  33. Show some real vision... by sunrein · · Score: 3, Funny
    I'd expand on the idea. Add a sink and oven, maybe a bed and bathroom, oh and a home theater. That'd be really cool! You'd have to put it in a much larger wooden case though.

    Let's see, what should we call the project...

    How about...

    a house.

    1. Re:Show some real vision... by akadruid · · Score: 1

      a sink and oven, maybe a bed and bathroom, oh and a home theater... in a much larger wooden case...a house.

      Where I come from, we call that a 'caravan' or 'trailer'...

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    2. Re:Show some real vision... by sunrein · · Score: 1
      ...if I had mentioned wheels.

      WTF? What trailer comes with a home theater? I'd buy that.

    3. Re:Show some real vision... by akadruid · · Score: 1

      I can see a future blurring of the bounderies between 'super case-mod' and 'mobile home'...

      BTW what house has a home theater, but an option on the bed and bathroom? I'd say the bathroom at least had to be an essential with the cold beer and home theater setup!

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    4. Re:Show some real vision... by sunrein · · Score: 1

      Funny you should mention that. I've just started on a 'super-mod' of a travel trailer. I'll be moving into it once I start my graduate program in Missouri. It's been loads of fun to work on so far. I'll probably post the project to /. once I'm done.

  34. PDA Bong by crapnutassneck · · Score: 5, Funny

    You think the beer computer case is good, you should see his PDA bong.

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  35. as a case mod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    its not really very original. where are the pictures of flaming devils, and glued-on dinosaurs?
    the inclusion of beer cooling saves it.
    the woodworking is particularly bad. really bad.

  36. It would be way easier... by carvalhao · · Score: 1

    ... the other way around. Use CPU generated heat to power a cooking plate!

  37. No shielding? by whitelabrat · · Score: 1

    Nice setup, but I would at least make a feeble attempt to build in some EMI shielding. Tin foil or copper tape would be nice to match my tin foil hat.

    1. Re:No shielding? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      water (read: beer) is pretty good at absorbing radiation. (i think.)

  38. Um, overheating? by k98sven · · Score: 1

    Uuuh.. a refrigerator works by transferring heat from the inside to the outside. The back of a refrigerator gets HOT.

    Nice place to put your computer. And in a wooden case too.

    Those better be some good fans!

  39. I`ll raise you... by choas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I`ll raise you a fridge in an SGI: http://home.planet.nl/~mourits/koelkast/

    Actually that guy deserves his own frontpage story, but I already tried submitting it, no reaction...

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    1. Re:I`ll raise you... by choas · · Score: 1

      http://home.planet.nl/~mourits/koelkast/

      I`m new to this...

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    2. Re:I`ll raise you... by Humba · · Score: 1
      It got no reaction because it was already a frontpage quickie. The new DupAvoidence.pl module must be working.

      Here's the article.

      --H

  40. Usual Canned Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What we need is a Beowulf cluster of THESE!

    1. Re:Usual Canned Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah! We could put it in the m3ad ha11...

      sorry...

  41. I believe it's called... by Kjella · · Score: 1

    All that's left now is a pizza sized oven, and I'll be set :)

    ...a peltier element by the overclockers. My god, pizza oven, cold beer and a computer in one. It's like a nerd survival kit.

    Kjella

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  42. c01d b334! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    'cause a l33t drunk is a terrible thing to...

    never mind.

  43. Infidel by jayblam · · Score: 2

    You'd drink a lovely stout COLD? Fat stupid hobbit! You ruins it!

  44. Can it cook frozen pizzas? by koan · · Score: 1

    Locate the stove on top of my FX 5200 blower and the holding oven by the CPU.

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  45. coincidence? I think not! by yecrom2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    When this story first liste, my slashdot fortune showed the following:

    I will not drink!
    But if I do...
    I will not get drunk!
    But if I do...
    I will not in public!
    But if I do...
    I will not fall down!
    But if I do...
    I will fall face down so that they cannot see my company badge.

    I didn't even know that they would allow these at work!

    Matt

  46. Re:fp fags by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Can we just do a search-and-replace of this article with the Google article again?

    I have a number of on-topic jokes to make re: Google, googol but I fear they will be lost amonst the regular Slashdot dreck.

  47. Help HIM! by icedcool · · Score: 1

    Would somebody mirror his site before we show him the true power of /.? .... or has he been taught a hard lesson?

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    Most people aren't thought about after they're gone. "I wonder where Rob got the plutonium" is better than most get.
  48. loser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    loser gets to many hits to his site he has to chmod 000 the farking page?!?!?!? show us the money you puS^&

  49. Don't knock 7th grade woodshop projects by zakezuke · · Score: 1

    As it is, it's just a 7th grade wood shop project.

    Most of the stuff you can buy at Ikea can easily be duplicated by a 7th grade woodshop student. But people buy it anyway.

    I consider my self very much an amateur when it comes to woodworking. In fact I would even go as far as saying that my skill level is that of a 7th grade woodshop student. Never the less pieces i've made made for sale or as gifts are still in service.

    Don't knock the fundimentals.

    and it's just plywood, taboot

    Don't knock plywood. You're allowed to knock partical board, but not ply. People spend major bucks on things constructed with partical board. For prototyping nothing beats cheep pine ply. For a final product, oak ply is quite nice. If I were to do a wooden case, i'd use a very liberal amount of ply and limit my use of hardwood to segments that require it, such as a curved front panel.

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    1. Re:Don't knock 7th grade woodshop projects by grawk · · Score: 1

      I wasn't knocking woodshop projects, I do them myself. I was knocking the value on /. of such a project.

      I use plywood for a lot of things, but I'd use good veneer at the very least for the outside of the box. That thing is UGLY.

    2. Re:Don't knock 7th grade woodshop projects by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      Don't knock the fundimentals.

      Yeah. Especially spelling.

    3. Re:Don't knock 7th grade woodshop projects by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      English skills aren't necessary in today's society. Just ask the President. ;-)

  50. Lazy? by phorm · · Score: 1

    Methinks that anyone making their own wouldn't be considered lazy - seeing as though the case probably takes a lot more effort to make than just grabbing a cold one from the fridge.

  51. 5 meg only by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    FreeCache doesn't cache webpages, it's for caching files 5 meg and larger. If you had some truly large pics, then it might help you.

  52. Sealab anyone? by Psymunn · · Score: 2, Funny

    "It's not a toy. It makes real capcakes with a 40 watt bulb and little packages of icing. But the secret ingredient is Love ...dammit" - Captain Murphey

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  53. Old news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Tech TV ran this a while back >> http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/modtips/story/0 ,24330,3664880,00.html

  54. I counted 11 fans!!!! by penultimatepost · · Score: 1

    Properly placed, this could also be used as an X-Prize entry. Damn this thing must be noisy.

  55. Hear hear by Horkdoom · · Score: 1

    I must agree, if the refridgerator were to be used as the computer cooling system it would be an awesome mod, but as it is the fridge probably adds heat to the system.

    I think the case itself is pretty kewl tho, don't see too many glowing purple wooden PC's around.

  56. Or better yet by glass_window · · Score: 1

    Start building the computers into household objects. We've seen cases turned into all sorts of things, but can you turn that lamp sitting around in the actic into a computer?

  57. Anyone wanna fry another server? by Soskywalkr · · Score: 1

    The case was posted here April 12th http://www.coolcasegallery.net/ccg/viewcase.php?ci d=01333

  58. That's not a computer case... by Teahouse · · Score: 1

    It's a space station. Big, fat, and ugly. Wouldn't it just be easier to drag along a small canvas cooler? Some of these case mods /. has been showing lately look like UNIVAC sheik.

    I'd bring you along,
    I would invite you,
    but the mods we use would not excite you.

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    "Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect."- Steven Wright
  59. Very professioal by pcmanjon · · Score: 1

    Very professional. The links in article link to "403 Forbidden"

    That's a really great case.

    Where can i get the forbidden case?

    (editors should really check links before posting, duh)

    not flamebait, just the cynical truth ;)