tbray writes "Dave Edmondson wanted to play MP3's in his car; his
solution was perhaps a bit over the top. But then, why wouldn't you want an
E450 in your trunk? Check the pix."
But then, why wouldn't you want an E450 in your trunk?
for one simple reason...because i don't have a car (you insensitive clod). and i certainly don't want an E450 in the, ummm, "trunk" that i do have...
-- I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
Kirk and the Enterprise stereo system
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Viking5150
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The only Enterprise class stereo system I want to hear about is the one Kirk used when scoring with all the green alien babes.;-)
Re:Kirk and the Enterprise stereo system
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pr0nbot
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OT... There was a funny anecdote in some Star Trek memoir I read about the green aliens. The SFX team were painting the chicks green, but whenever the developed film came back it wasn't green enough. So they'd up the green in the paint and do it again.
After a few rounds of this they went to the guys developing the film and they were like, "What?! It took us HOURS to correct the green tint off your film!"
Looks like your mirror is/.'ed. Can anyone loan this guy a spare E40?
memories of bye gone days
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quakemeister
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this server reminds me of my time during the colo/5pagepowerpoint=$5MVC/weneedaNetASAP days and suns *highly* optimistic "we put the DOT in.COM" advertising in the late 90s. dont know what street value for one of these is today but sheesh, putting one in the car? that borders on sacriligious - call the SUN police! wait, they fired them all!
Re:That would be great for when
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ChipMonk
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And if you do come to a total stop in traffic, just hook it up to the car's antenna and find a hot spot. Voila! Instant portable office!
Re:Okay, I laughed
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josh3736
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The system arrived with three power supplies and, though it's clear that this is good for reliability, the space taken by one of them proved convenient to store the power inverter necessary to get from the in-car 12V supply back to the 230V required by the system. It's possible that I might build an alternative plug-in power supply unit that didn't bother with the inverter, but that's a project for another day.
I'd just hate to forget to turn it off when you get out of the car.
trunk space
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Anonymous Coward
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The size of the E450 would cut deeply into the space for bodies.
Psshhhhht... that's nothing
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devilsammo
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I've got ASCI White in the back of my Suburban.
Sam
Borrowed from the guy's forum
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jeffkjo1
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Oh, I can just see it now... "Dad, I'm sick of this song" "Ok, son, just use your terminal to telnet into the e450 and modify the rc script to exclude that song" "Can't we just get one of those dvd players like Jimmy has?" "No. Use the supercomputer. You need to learn solaris."
Re:Borrowed from the guy's forum
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QEDog
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?Ok, son, just use your terminal to telnet into the e450 and modify the rc script to exclude that song? "telnet? telnet? telnet"" Dad? ssh!"
-- "There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham
Re:Borrowed from the guy's forum
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wik
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Unless he's using wireless, why can't he? It's not as if there are war drivers trying to out-geek him by sniffing his packets.
Not at all! I have a G5 cluster powering my custom PVR system, built a windmill to run the light on my front porch, and I recently installed a small nuclear power plant in my shed so I could power the lawn sprinkler system.
Overkill? Nah. We Americans like power!
Re:Apparently the E450 wasn't running the webserve
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devilsammo
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Would you like the passenger side or perhaps the rear view?
"Might as well get an 8-track player"
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mopomi
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My wife's comment before seeing pictures: "Are you going to build one for our car?" After seeing pictures: "Geez! We don't have room for that--we might as well get an 8-track player."
I Have Now Officially Seen Everthing
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Myriad
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Though it actually has nothing to do with the E450 in dudes trunk.
No, it is the fact that I just saw a reference to Shaving Cream in a/. sig... (eltoyoboyo's )
I just wonder what will happen when the guys at Oracle hear about this. I've seen some weird licensing schemes from those guys - but I can't wait to see $100/horsepower or something like that.
Now Slashdot will never front page my econoline with the Cray XMP in the back! It serves mp3s, controls my dome light brightness level and runs a meteorological simulation for 300 sq. kilometers. It calls me Dave for some reason. I only had to cut a teensy weensy hole in the roof and add nine batteries.
Hooked right into my 8-track though.
-- "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." - Denis Diderot
Couldn't an ultra tiny machine do this?
You're right. The ultra tiny machine is running his web server.
Here's a brilliant idea
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The-Bus
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Why don't you put the server back in your room to host the webpage that's been slashdotted, the Kenwood FM/AM/Apache radio you have does not seem to be doing the trick.
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Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
Re:There are easier solutions than this.....
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Anonymous Coward
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The real question is how a guy with a modded Xbox in his car has a girlfriend!
Re:Okay, I laughed
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WhiteBandit
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I'd just hate to forget to turn it off when you get out of the car.
Not to worry! It has a built in feature that automatically turns itself off after about 3 seconds!
(also known as the time to drain your battery)
If you notice though, there is plenty of space on the other side of the trunk. Which is perfect for the companion gas powered generator!
E450 doesn't even have sound
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BooRadley
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If someone wants to show where the sound card goes in this e450, I'd love to see it. As it is, one of the newer Intel P4's with hyperthreading, coupled with a pair of SATA drives and fast memory will blow this thing out of the water on almost every count. I wouldn't waste my time or the space trying to get the beast hooked up.
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lk t lv ll th vwls t f wrds. T svs lts f tm t wrt bt ts pn n th ss t rd nd mks m lk lk cmplt dpsht.
The funniest thing about this, is at the end, he ends up using a casette output converter.... the SAME EXACT ONE YOU CAN USE ON AN iPOD OR $50 MP3 PLAYER!
Ba-da---ching
-- Excuse me, I don't mean to impose, but I am the ocean
Well that's just fine and dandy...
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Spittles
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· Score: 2, Funny
Well that's just fine and dandy... until the RIAA supoenas your car.
Re:Power Problems
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Anonymous Coward
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I'm in the S-E 4-double-oh Sitting real low, stick in the flo', oh The hoe want me to come swoop Take her for a ride in my blue Lex Luthor (Lex Luth-ah) But the bitch ain't got no gas fetti (gas fetti) So I burnt her like Fast Freddy (Fast Freddy) Hit me on the first when your mail has come And maybe we can go to the mall or somethin (to the mall or somethin)
Heavy ass shit for the mob -- for the mob When I make a zillion I resign -- I resign I'm realer than a hundred dollar bill with the line across When Christmas come around ask Santa Claus Santa do you know E-40? Bet you that nigga say "That's my homey!" We used to perv grind curb trip to my grandma Kahlua with them brandy almost every day
Cardiac is cool, but I'm on gin (on gin) Santa bought me, a new Mac-10 (yeah)
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bite my glorious golden ass.
Re:What's *not* necessary
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Onan
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...it's damn easy to steal...
Um, you've never tried to move an e450, have you? Especially one loaded with disks?
Would-be thieves would probably have an easier time walking away with his transmission. Hell, the added weight probably makes the car harder to steal.
Re:What's *not* necessary
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theLOUDroom
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on a completely unrelated note, if this thing is stolen, you might need to worry about an RIAA lawsuit for distributing copyrighted music....
And how is that going to work exactly?
Theif: "Hello, police, I stole this multi-thousand-dollar piece of equipment, a felony, but I was hoping you'd let me go if I turned this guy in for having mp3s."
Cop: "Why don't you come down to the station and we'll talk about it....."
Slashdot Mirror
...either that or his car is only hooked up at 128k. Cause it's slashdotted... anyone have a mirror?
cuz it died w/out the E450! ;)
Agile Artisans
But then, why wouldn't you want an E450 in your trunk?
for one simple reason...because i don't have a car (you insensitive clod). and i certainly don't want an E450 in the, ummm, "trunk" that i do have...
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
The only Enterprise class stereo system I want to hear about is the one Kirk used when scoring with all the green alien babes. ;-)
Looks like your mirror is /.'ed. Can anyone loan this guy a spare E40?
this server reminds me of my time during the colo/5pagepowerpoint=$5MVC/weneedaNetASAP days and suns *highly* optimistic .COM"
"we put the DOT in
advertising in the late 90s. dont know what street value for one of these is today but sheesh, putting one in the car? that borders on sacriligious - call the SUN police! wait, they fired them all!
And if you do come to a total stop in traffic, just hook it up to the car's antenna and find a hot spot. Voila! Instant portable office!
I'd just hate to forget to turn it off when you get out of the car.
The size of the E450 would cut deeply into the space for bodies.
Because I'd arrive at my destination before it had finised the memory check.
On the positive side, my car would have that cool whoosh sound like Kitt in Knight Rider.
Unknown host pong.
I've got ASCI White in the back of my Suburban. Sam
Oh, I can just see it now...
"Dad, I'm sick of this song"
"Ok, son, just use your terminal to telnet into the e450 and modify the rc script to exclude that song"
"Can't we just get one of those dvd players like Jimmy has?"
"No. Use the supercomputer. You need to learn solaris."
Not at all! I have a G5 cluster powering my custom PVR system, built a windmill to run the light on my front porch, and I recently installed a small nuclear power plant in my shed so I could power the lawn sprinkler system.
Overkill? Nah. We Americans like power!
Would you like the passenger side or perhaps the rear view?
Pfftt! I got a Cray on my skateboard!
eleven plus two / twelve plus one
My wife's comment before seeing pictures:
"Are you going to build one for our car?"
After seeing pictures:
"Geez! We don't have room for that--we might as well get an 8-track player."
No, it is the fact that I just saw a reference to Shaving Cream in a /. sig... (eltoyoboyo's )
Wow. An obscure Benny Bell song... on Slashdot...
I can die fulfilled now.
Oh god, I just realized this means I actually got it. *feels old*
Blockwars: free, multiplayer, head to head game
"They do not preach that their god will rouse them, a little before the Nuts work loose." Kipling, 'The Sons of Martha'
Bull. Normal people haul subwoofers in the trunk...not leaving enough room for a computer.
I just wonder what will happen when the guys at Oracle hear about this. I've seen some weird licensing schemes from those guys - but I can't wait to see $100/horsepower or something like that.
Now Slashdot will never front page my econoline with the Cray XMP in the back! It serves mp3s, controls my dome light brightness level and runs a meteorological simulation for 300 sq. kilometers. It calls me Dave for some reason. I only had to cut a teensy weensy hole in the roof and add nine batteries.
Hooked right into my 8-track though.
"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." - Denis Diderot
Yeah, I'd use a Sun server for MP3s if I drove a school bus, too. But I have a CAR.
/. Got trolled?? Hell no. The editors knew this was a fake.
Wait 'till this guy sees his bandwidth bill.
Couldn't an ultra tiny machine do this?
You're right. The ultra tiny machine is running his web server.
Why don't you put the server back in your room to host the webpage that's been slashdotted, the Kenwood FM/AM/Apache radio you have does not seem to be doing the trick.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
The real question is how a guy with a modded Xbox in his car has a girlfriend!
I'd just hate to forget to turn it off when you get out of the car.
Not to worry! It has a built in feature that automatically turns itself off after about 3 seconds!
(also known as the time to drain your battery)
If you notice though, there is plenty of space on the other side of the trunk. Which is perfect for the companion gas powered generator!
If someone wants to show where the sound card goes in this e450, I'd love to see it. As it is, one of the newer Intel P4's with hyperthreading, coupled with a pair of SATA drives and fast memory will blow this thing out of the water on almost every count. I wouldn't waste my time or the space trying to get the beast hooked up.
-- lk t lv ll th vwls t f wrds. T svs lts f tm t wrt bt ts pn n th ss t rd nd mks m lk lk cmplt dpsht.
Nice work.
/. many years ago...
Stories like this are what drew me to
more like this please.
The funniest thing about this, is at the end, he ends up using a casette output converter.... the SAME EXACT ONE YOU CAN USE ON AN iPOD OR $50 MP3 PLAYER!
Ba-da---ching
Excuse me, I don't mean to impose, but I am the ocean
Well that's just fine and dandy... until the RIAA supoenas your car.
(-1, Redundant)
I'm in the S-E 4-double-oh
Sitting real low, stick in the flo', oh
The hoe want me to come swoop
Take her for a ride in my blue Lex Luthor (Lex Luth-ah)
But the bitch ain't got no gas fetti (gas fetti)
So I burnt her like Fast Freddy (Fast Freddy)
Hit me on the first when your mail has come
And maybe we can go to the mall or somethin (to the mall or somethin)
Heavy ass shit for the mob -- for the mob
When I make a zillion I resign -- I resign
I'm realer than a hundred dollar bill with the line across
When Christmas come around ask Santa Claus
Santa do you know E-40?
Bet you that nigga say "That's my homey!"
We used to perv grind curb trip to my grandma
Kahlua with them brandy almost every day
Cardiac is cool, but I'm on gin (on gin)
Santa bought me, a new Mac-10 (yeah)
bite my glorious golden ass.
Um, you've never tried to move an e450, have you? Especially one loaded with disks?
Would-be thieves would probably have an easier time walking away with his transmission. Hell, the added weight probably makes the car harder to steal.
on a completely unrelated note, if this thing is stolen, you might need to worry about an RIAA lawsuit for distributing copyrighted music....
And how is that going to work exactly?
Theif: "Hello, police, I stole this multi-thousand-dollar piece of equipment, a felony, but I was hoping you'd let me go if I turned this guy in for having mp3s."
Cop: "Why don't you come down to the station and we'll talk about it....."
Life is too short to proofread.
A very bad ~ of 1200W