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Gingerbread Computers!

wiggles writes "Here's a link to what is perhaps the most delicious computer ever. What else are geeks doing differently this Christmas?"

191 comments

  1. Which'll be the first to go up in flames... by Carnage+Pants · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... the motherboard, or my culinary restraint.

    1. Re:Which'll be the first to go up in flames... by D'Sphitz · · Score: 5, Funny

      I made these cookies

    2. Re:Which'll be the first to go up in flames... by Pxtl · · Score: 3, Informative

      To be fair, parent is sfw and on-topic, if very, very sick and wrong. Too bad there's no mod "unfunny". That's worse than the suspicious-looking tunnel in UT2k3.

    3. Re:Which'll be the first to go up in flames... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      OMG.

    4. Re:Which'll be the first to go up in flames... by gearry · · Score: 1

      So, does someone want to tell me what those are supposed to be? Maybe my imagination is just not working today. I was guessing some stage of mitosis but judging by the other comments I am wrong. Is it a confectionary reference to goatse.cx?

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    5. Re:Which'll be the first to go up in flames... by teslafreak · · Score: 1

      Did you by any chance read the name of the picture file, where it out right says it is a reference to goatse? I didn't know what it was until I saw that.

    6. Re:Which'll be the first to go up in flames... by MegaHyster · · Score: 1
      very, very sick and wrong

      That's a mild understatement...

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    7. Re:Which'll be the first to go up in flames... by MegaHyster · · Score: 1

      Living, breathing, eating computers...

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      All good things...
  2. Just add Slashdot! by xsupergr0verx · · Score: 5, Funny

    He bakes the case, we bake the server.

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    1. Re:Just add Slashdot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      Under the image: "click for larger view"

      Wooowww!! These guys are brave!

    2. Re:Just add Slashdot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      WTF?!?!? This is just a freaking gingerbread computer!! It doesn't even run. Where is the Gingerbread case mod?!?!?!

      Damn gum drop buttons.

    3. Re:Just add Slashdot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Love your sig man :)

    4. Re:Just add Slashdot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      All you have to do is put the dough around a Prescott P4 EE 3.8GHz and let it sit for a couple hours on full load.

      mmmmmmmmmgingerbread.......

  3. yum by soimless · · Score: 3, Funny

    yummy, though I would fear my cats would lick my computer case away.

  4. and the laptop by MEGAMAID · · Score: 3, Funny

    here

    Although, at look what it's running. Only good for eating and shitting out.

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    1. Re:and the laptop by gameboyhippo · · Score: 3, Funny

      I asked for the recipie, but when I baked it mine BSOD (Brown Screen of Death) in the oven! :( Anyway, I decided to patch it with Service Pack 12 and it gave me food poisoning. *sigh*

    2. Re:and the laptop by Bender_ · · Score: 4, Funny

      Gingerbread - very nice. But nothing beats the C64 pie

    3. Re:and the laptop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      does it run linux?

    4. Re:and the laptop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nope, just NetBSD. :-)

  5. Pure idiocy...the essence of geek! by koreaman · · Score: 1

    I think someone's been working at EA too long if this is their outlet

  6. C Is For Cookie by halcyon1234 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Dear Tech Support,

    In accordance to the terms of my computer's warranty, I am formally requesting onsite service. Please send any and all technicians you have named Hansel and Gredel.

    Sincerely,
    A Hungry Witch"

  7. One Guess by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I will guess Natalie Portman's left grit that most of them are just reloading slashdot.

    Or, trying to figure out why when a type a URL into Firefox, it sorts most recent sites to the bottom instead of the top. WTF? That is retarded. Nice try, open sores hippies.

  8. Stupid Dialup. . . by BlackEyedSceva · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can always tell when a site is being /.ed on dialup. . .

    1. Re:Stupid Dialup. . . by dethl · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yeah, the admin's mom probably picked up the phone on accident, killing his beloved connection.

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    2. Re:Stupid Dialup. . . by oaklid · · Score: 5, Informative

      Actually, we have 8 megabit DSL. The server is holding up quite nicely, but our pipe is completely full.

      Very cool. Thanks, /. for the interesting Xmas gift. The admin is giggling delightedly; he's enjoying this! :-)

      Gonna go crack a bottle of champagne now.

      Love,
      Kristen

    3. Re:Stupid Dialup. . . by Capt'n+Hector · · Score: 5, Funny

      Impressive. Well, that, and it's 3 am... wowowowow rewind. Girl. 5 digit /. id. "Love." Champagne. Wow. I must have fallen asleep on my desk.

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    4. Re:Stupid Dialup. . . by oaklid · · Score: 5, Funny

      Heh. Girls-with-clue *do* exist outside your dreams. We're merely elusive.

      Love,
      Kristen

    5. Re:Stupid Dialup. . . by Rod+Beauvex · · Score: 1

      Yeah, well I have 12Mbit cable, so nyeh! :D

    6. Re:Stupid Dialup. . . by someguy · · Score: 0, Troll

      It's sad when a Slashdotter is so desperate for attention that they pretend to be a girl. I thought that crap didn't happen outside of MMOs.

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    7. Re:Stupid Dialup. . . by oaklid · · Score: 2, Funny

      OK, you caught me.

      In reality, I am a 38 year old woman pretending to be a girl. Some days I do better than others. Getting slashdotted has made me pretty giddy; I feel about 16 today. :-)

      Love,
      Kristen

    8. Re:Stupid Dialup. . . by someguy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe that should be the next Slashdot poll.

      Getting Slashdotted makes me feel like...
      a) getting mugged in a dark alley
      b) a driveby shooting
      c) a black friday sale
      d) i'm a proletariat being taken advantage of by the bourgoisie
      e) an iraqi in baghdad 18 months ago
      f) a marine in mosul now
      G) a 16 year old girl

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    9. Re:Stupid Dialup. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Damn thats kinky!

  9. Hmm.... by Aeiri · · Score: 2, Funny

    What will happen when we /. them? Will their computer just fall apart?

    1. Re:Hmm.... by Dr+Reducto · · Score: 4, Funny

      Youll never slashdot me! Im the gingerbread server!

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

      That is evil LOL But.. I like

    3. Re:Hmm.... by OverlordQ · · Score: 1
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    4. Re:Hmm.... by OverlordQ · · Score: 1

      Hate to reply to myself but that doesnt mirror the image too.

      Coralized Gingerbread.

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      Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
    5. Re:Hmm.... by Biogenesis · · Score: 1

      Works fine in Firefox though...

    6. Re:Hmm.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Crashed firefox for me.
      Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041219 Firefox/1.0 (Debian package 1.0+dfsg.1-1)

    7. Re:Hmm.... by achurch · · Score: 1
      Mozilla 1.8a5 handles it just fine--though I did spend a couple minutes scrolling through the image to see what secrets it might hold.

      What did I find? I'll leave that for you to discover . . .

    8. Re:Hmm.... by Biogenesis · · Score: 1

      How much RAM have you got? It's a 10kx10k image so once the browser decompresses it to bmp so it can display it it'll be ~200MB assuming it's a 16b image, or ~400MB if it's a 32b image...Linux will just kill off the program if it runs out of memory...meh. I've got 762MB + 1G swap, but by the look of it firefox is only using ~33MB (well, there are 5 processes of it each with 33MB, so I guess you could say it's using 165MB) meh, who knows.

    9. Re:Hmm.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I have 384 + 400 swap. For me, Firefox crashes on his sig image, but konqueror displays it within a few seconds.

    10. Re:Hmm.... by fbjon · · Score: 1

      Bah, no need to even scroll anywhere. Just zoom out in your favourite image viewer.

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    11. Re:Hmm.... by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 3, Informative

      > you sig is evil...

      Took me a while to figure out what you meant when I called it up. A plain tan jpeg didn't seem very evil to me, even if was large. I take it that inferior browsers have some sort of difficulty with it due to its size. Konqueror handled it without breaking stride.

      Chris Mattern

    12. Re:Hmm.... by b0bby · · Score: 1

      Yep, killed Firefox on XP with 256mb...

    13. Re:Hmm.... by Dr+Reducto · · Score: 1

      Yeah, and it's not even the worst one. I just put it in there for users of text to image, because I keep telling one of the developers that he needs to put in a check so that it doesn't attempt to render really large pictures.

      (There is an 18000x18000 picture that ruins people even with high-end machines using text to image.)

    14. Re:Hmm.... by sempf · · Score: 1

      Does nothing in Firefox except scale to 8%. What's it supposed to do again? It IS just a beige box.

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    15. Re:Hmm.... by MoonBuggy · · Score: 1

      Firefox 1.0 on OSX doesn't seem to mind it.

  10. Must be a prototype by RdsArts · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's still on the bread board.

    1. Re:Must be a prototype by Chief+Slapahoe · · Score: 1

      Boo. And I thought my jokes were bad. :)

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  11. Windows crashing by kjd88 · · Score: 1

    Well, if Windows ever crashes you can still eat your computer.

  12. Site is dead by DustyShadow · · Score: 1

    Looks like someone already ate it!

    1. Re:Site is dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Server must be made out of gingerbread too.

  13. Poor blog... by riteshm · · Score: 1

    .. is slashdotted. Isn't opening!

  14. More importantly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Is it Open Source?

    1. Re:More importantly by NetNifty · · Score: 2, Funny

      You mean open sauce?

  15. Trivia for you by jd · · Score: 5, Insightful
    First, crystals are excellent oscillators. If you apply a small enough metal oxide to them, you can also make semiconductors. Sugar makes excellent crystals. I've not tried, but I can't see any obvious reason why you couldn't make a sugar-based transistor.


    This would seem to suggest it may be possible to build the ENTIRE computer (motherboard, chips and all) out of confectionary.

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    1. Re:Trivia for you by chandip · · Score: 1

      You do end up baking the wafers for the Integrated Circuits (IC) in the computer and if the crystals in the IC's are Sugar ...

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    2. Re:Trivia for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sure, confectionary with METAL OXIDE IN IT!!!!11``11`1`

    3. Re:Trivia for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Just like mamma used to make.

    4. Re:Trivia for you by krymsin01 · · Score: 1

      With the small caveat that it will be insanely huge and collapse under it's own gravity.

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    5. Re:Trivia for you by jellomizer · · Score: 1

      Just like those silver decretive candies.

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  16. Answer! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What else are geeks doing differently this Christmas?

    We're whacking off with our left hands, rather than the usual right hand.

  17. I'm making... by kaedemichi255 · · Score: 2, Funny

    A mouse made out of cheese.

  18. What else? What else! by Swamii · · Score: 4, Funny

    What else are geeks doing this Christmas?

    Enjoying my piece of coal, you insensitive clod.

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    1. Re:What else? What else! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No kidding. You know, some people don't get wrapped up in the bullshit holiday stuff. Some of us just work hard like we should through the holidays rather than using it as a time to be full of ourselves and take take take.

    2. Re:What else? What else! by Randy+Wang · · Score: 1
      What else are geeks doing this Christmas?

      Not making another Twinkle Tux, thankyou. Coal, I find, is far too crunchy.

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    3. Re:What else? What else! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ebenezer, is that you?

    4. Re:What else? What else! by ockegheim · · Score: 1

      I've been giggle inanely at that for ten minutes... Merry Christmas!

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  19. Please, wait, slashdotting is in progress... by lastberserker · · Score: 1
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  20. Overclock by Darren+Foong · · Score: 1

    Let's give it a speed boost.

  21. Mmm, short. by Refrozen · · Score: 0

    That was a pathetically short post, but I guess when there is nothin' else to say......

    It's neat, the USB Christmas Tree's are neater though.

  22. MIRROR by FiberOpPraise · · Score: 2, Insightful
  23. OK...WHICH ONE OF YOU DID IT? by Prophetic_Truth · · Score: 1

    Who ate the gingerbread computer? because it is no longer online...

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  24. This isn't funny guys. by Refrozen · · Score: 0

    The amount of pointless crap in this article is pathetic. I have to state, Slashdotters just get dumber over the holidays or something, every day we get closer to the holidays the spam+crap gets worse.

    That's all I really have to say, however, I wish you'd grow up, now to go set my rating cap so that nothing under 3 is shown. ...

    1. Re:This isn't funny guys. by sven_eee · · Score: 1

      I think its all the Xmas Spirits, beer or wine

    2. Re:This isn't funny guys. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's the Spirit soldier...!

      Can't have a complete X-Mas without a Grinch... ;)

      Atta' boy...

  25. I could never post a story from my own site... by Socrates+Demise · · Score: 1

    My host would kill me.

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  26. Bah, this is the most delicious computer ever by ShatteredDream · · Score: 4, Funny
    1. Re:Bah, this is the most delicious computer ever by theparanoidcynic · · Score: 1

      Okay, I realize that this is Slasdot and all, but, NERD!

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  27. I'm Jewish.... by dethl · · Score: 1, Funny

    Should I try to make a computer using latkes? Build it into a menorah? Maybe a dreidal computer!

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    1. Re:I'm Jewish.... by nick0909 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Only if it then runs for 8 days on 1 days worth of power.

    2. Re:I'm Jewish.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No more like, the computer has a day of rest every 7th day.

    3. Re:I'm Jewish.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Maybe a dreidal computer!

      You could use this as a starting point! (No guarantee it'll keep working after a few whirls though...)

    4. Re:I'm Jewish.... by builderbob_nz · · Score: 2, Informative

      Build it into a menorah?

      Why not, hey why not make a beowulf cluster out of it, 9 stands for 9 computers. Make them out of P4s and you won't even need to light it, just let the CPUs spread the glow of the warmth. Perfect gift for the holidays for our brothers of the jewish faith.

      For those who don't know what one is check check this out.

      Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas and for those who happen to be on the road this year, remember that it only takes one lose nut in a car to crash it... so keep you head screwed on straight! {grumble grumble tourists not knowing road rules grumble grumble}

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  28. Ooh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Let me ruin this thread by making every possible joke:


    Looks like their server is made out of gingerbread.


    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these.


    But does it run Linux?


    I think I'm getting the blue frosting of death.


    Step 1: make computer out of gingerbread

    Step 2: ???
    Step 3: Profit!


    But is it kosher?


    I'd hit it!

    1. Re:Ooh by Socrates+Demise · · Score: 1

      What about..

      In Korea only old people eat computers...

      or

      In Soviet Russia Computer Gingerbresds YOU!

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    2. Re:Ooh by Robber+Baron · · Score: 1

      ...or how about goatse made out of gingerbread?

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      You're using her as bait, Master!

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

      In Korea, gingerbread Is only for old people!

    4. Re:Ooh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "I've got a greased-up gingerbread man up my...."

    5. Re:Ooh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      In Soviet Russia, bread gingers YOU!

    6. Re:Ooh by TLLOTS · · Score: 1

      No... Just no...

      And don't even thing about someone trying to eat such a horrid creation...

    7. Re:Ooh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      you forgot "sweet computer"

    8. Re:Ooh by Dogtanian · · Score: 0, Troll

      You could accompany that with an official TubGirl (TM) milkshake. Comes in a TubGirl-shaped container, squeeze it and try to get it in your mouth as it comes out.

      Don't even *think* what flavor that's meant to be...

      Merry Christmas!

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    9. Re:Ooh by PerspexAvenger · · Score: 1

      Argh.

      Thank you. You officially broke my brain with that one.

      *twitches violently*

  29. Yum indeed by SandmanWAIX · · Score: 1

    So delicious its all been eaten up already :/

  30. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Informative

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  31. Nobody thinks about the /. victim by Singwolf · · Score: 1

    Really, are the moderators who passed the bread news on portrait in spiritual peace with themselves after what they have done? Don't you think it would be better to call up the victim previously to the /.ing? (So he can cancel the host provider contract, or get charged for 10000x your usual bandwidth).

    I don't know what the joke is about for slashdotting their bread server and turning their phone line into butter.

  32. But.... by Mipsalawishus · · Score: 1

    Does it run Linux??

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

      In Japan, they have gingerbread robots.

  33. a WORKING gingerbread computer by whatsup_will · · Score: 4, Informative

    just to let u know mini-itx.com has an article about a realy computer covered in gingerbread http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/gingerbreadvillag e/

    1. Re:a WORKING gingerbread computer by Norgus · · Score: 1

      Damn I was hoping no one would beat me to posting this link =)

  34. Christmas!? by sqrt(2) · · Score: 1

    What else are geeks doing differently this Christmas?"

    I celebrate the Winter Solstice you insensitive clod!

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  35. nyud.net mirror by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful
  36. Already Overclocked... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...one too many times. That setup was so overclocked, his motherboard was cooked.

  37. Gingerbread CPU huh... by Marii · · Score: 1

    ..looks like the whole mother board to me. ;)

    1. Re:Gingerbread CPU huh... by ArseKicker · · Score: 0

      Such a glaringly obvious mistake. Within the first second of the image loading I noticed that - I'm sure as well as everyone else here.

  38. Run! gingerbread-man, run! by zlel · · Score: 1

    run linux?

  39. The lack of comments... by Biogenesis · · Score: 1

    Just goes to show how many people must try to read the article before posting :).

  40. The REAL thing! by Dahamma · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Oh come ON! This was done last year, and it was actually REAL!

    http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/gingerbreadvillag e/

  41. IMAGE MIRROR by Biogenesis · · Score: 2, Informative

    The original image was posted here: Original

    1. Re:IMAGE MIRROR by Biogenesis · · Score: 3, Informative

      2 Other mirrors: here and Here

  42. What else are geeks doing this Christmas? by basic0 · · Score: 1

    Personally, I've decided to start wearing pants when I leave the house. I've been getting a lot of complaints.

    1. Re:What else are geeks doing this Christmas? by SenseiLeNoir · · Score: 1

      Then i guess i can stop calling myself a geek.. coz i am definately getting laid! :)

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  43. Server down... by EvilCabbage · · Score: 1

    Keeping in the Christmas theme... that went down faster than Dads special eggnog he makes out of bourbon and icecubes.

    Merry christmas you assholes.

  44. FAILURE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    nice job rucas

  45. don't take it to lan parties, by sven_eee · · Score: 1

    I think you would get a lot of hardware problems if you had to share a office with someone on the munchiees or a small child.

  46. digitally signed...... by awerqfa · · Score: 1

    but is it digitally signed....how can we be sure its safe....

  47. Re:fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    gingerbread computers are the next ipod killer!

  48. S'more: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Netcraft confirms that gingerbread is dying.

    I for one, welcome our gingerbread computer creating overlords.

    All your gingerbread are belong to us.

    1. Re:S'more: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dude, you missed at least two...

      In Soviet Russia, Gingerbread computer eats *you*!
      In Korea, only old people eat gingerbread.

      Oh yeah, and something about Natalie Portman, naked and petrified, eating gingerbread.

  49. Half life 2 cookies by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 1
    1. Re:Half life 2 cookies by gl4ss · · Score: 1
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  50. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 1

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  51. Ginger, the Gingerbread Village Server by yoshi_mon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The scary thing is it works.

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  52. Yeah... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    But does it run Linux?

  53. But.... by tarunthegreat2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does it Run Linux? And will they making a beowulf cluster of Gingerbread CPUs out of YOU! in Soviet Russia, or do only old people do that in Korea, you insensitive CLOD!

  54. Hmmm by hookedup · · Score: 1

    With the way my tower sucks up cat hair, the thing would be inedible within mintes..

  55. Server is not dead by oaklid · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...but the bandwidth is maxed out. Be patient and it will load.

    Our 8 megabit DSL nearly melted down, but the kindness of (mirroring) strangers has helped out quite a bit.

    I'm chuffed that the little server we run is surviving a /.ing. All credit goes to my husband, the wizard admin.

    1. Re:Server is not dead by SenseiLeNoir · · Score: 1

      maybe putting a lower res version, with a clicky to a highres version, may have helped with the bandwidth, after all, Slashdotters never go past the first page!

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  56. IMB Thinkpad 20M by Kusunose · · Score: 2, Informative
    Japan IBM already did it.

    Last year, IMB created Thinkpad 20M, special model celebrating its twenty million shipments of Thinkpads. Its development concept is, in contrast to normal Thinkpad, to make bulky, thick Thinkpad with half-day warranty. It's made of nearly 100% natural materials and tastes good.

    Note: linked article is written in Japanese.

  57. Yeah it's nice and all by _Hellfire_ · · Score: 2, Funny

    But I reckon the motherboard is a bit sparse on features. I mean, come on, no SATA RAID :(

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    1. Re:Yeah it's nice and all by Idarubicin · · Score: 3, Funny
      I mean, come on, no SATA RAID :(

      Actually, what you need to worry about is the SANTA RAID. Please remember to back up your data to a non-edible format.

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  58. Doing something different..... by Chicane-UK · · Score: 1

    "What else are geeks doing differently this Christmas?"

    Taking a shower, and going out socialising!

    I kiiiiid, I kiiiid ;)

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  59. Season's Beatings by teamhasnoi · · Score: 4, Funny
    for all the puns in this thread!

    I thought this story would be sweet, but it is so overdone.

    I've heard of brownouts, but this is ridiculous!

    So if I run Firefox and refuse cookies, does my computer explode?

    I don't know if I have a virus, or food poisoning.

    I'm partial to the Mary Ann mod.

    I'd like a new video card, but I don't have enough bread for that.

    Thank you, thank you - I'll be here all week. Or until the booze runs out.

    1. Re:Season's Beatings by JasontheMason · · Score: 1
      Dude, you got the Dough!

      And I'm not sure I'd want to run Kaffiene on that box...

      JtM

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      "Ad infinitem et ultra!" - Buzz Lightyear
    2. Re:Season's Beatings by shwouchk · · Score: 0

      I'd like a new video card, but I don't have enough bread for that its dough, not bread :P

    3. Re:Season's Beatings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Think early to mid sixties.. :)

  60. Mmmmm M&M circuits by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Those little orange and yellow circuits are cool.

  61. Looks delicious.... by Prof.+Reginald · · Score: 1

    ...but can it run Linux?

  62. Gingerbread cluster by reddish · · Score: 1

    .... Imagine a beowolf cluster of these! Yummie!

  63. -1 No! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just because you scream it doesn't mean it's true.

  64. gingerbread laptop by zcougar · · Score: 1

    nice laptop

  65. OMG by Grimwiz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not a single comment about MegaBites

    Unbelievable.

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  66. Homer Jay Simpson by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 1

    Hmmmm computer...

  67. rorriM by xanadu-xtroot.com · · Score: 1
    Just incase (when most of America wakes up):
    1. Pic 1 (Thumb)
      Pic 2 (Full)
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    I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
    I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
    1. Re:rorriM by xanadu-xtroot.com · · Score: 1

      damn it...
      I meant to post AC...
      go on, mod me redundant...

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      I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
      I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
  68. Imagine by LupeSpywalper · · Score: 0

    a yummy cluster of those !

  69. pepperkake penguins by tuxette · · Score: 1
    Not a computer - much cuter and much tastier (pepperkake is similar to gingerbread, only a million times better)

    check it out

    pepperkake recipe

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    People say I'm crazy, I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes...
  70. Computers are people !?!? by GreggBert · · Score: 2, Funny

    How long before someone makes a computer out of Soylent Green ?

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  71. What else are geeks doing this Christmas? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "What else are geeks doing this Christmas?"

    i dont think i can answer that, but i know one, no one is getting laid :P

  72. isnt it obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    What else are geeks doing differently this Christmas?

    Going out with girls?

    1. Re:isnt it obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nope, staying in with girls ;)

  73. Re:fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    why does fp always get modded down? *sadface*

  74. Dude, where's the... by isecore · · Score: 1

    case-mod?

    I'm waiting for one of the top casemodders out there to do a christmas mod!

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  75. Does it run any games? by Scha · · Score: 1

    If it run any games... Are we then allowed to play with the food?

  76. Dreadlocks by LarsWestergren · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Natty dreads on one of the guys. I would hate to get a hair in my cake from that guy, it would be bigger than the plate.

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    Being bitter is drinking poison and hoping someone else will die

  77. Is this working? by pigreco314 · · Score: 1

    Wonder how they solved the cooling problem...

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    "linux" is a very common word and was not included in your search.
  78. My favorite comment on the article's blog: by AlephNot · · Score: 1

    This computer is SWEET!

    It's funny. Laugh. :-)

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    "Feel a glory in so rolling / on the human heart a stone" --E. A. Poe, "The Bells"
  79. Offending my neighbors... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm offending my neighbors for christmas :)

    http://www.legendarycode.com/xmas/xmasdecor.html

    1. Re:Offending my neighbors... by schatten · · Score: 1

      I'm so offended, I think milk just came out of my nose!

      Thank you thank you thank you!

    2. Re:Offending my neighbors... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      :) Forward it on ;)

  80. Here is another editable computer by suso · · Score: 1
  81. Bad news... by AzureLunatic · · Score: 1

    You couldn't overclock it too much, lest your processor caramelize.

  82. No obvious reason? by elgatozorbas · · Score: 2, Interesting

    First, crystals are excellent oscillators. If you apply a small enough metal oxide to them, you can also make semiconductors. Sugar makes excellent crystals. I've not tried, but I can't see any obvious reason why you couldn't make a sugar-based transistor.

    Actually, I don't think crystal oscillators are in the critical path of making computers from candy. They offer a high resonant frequency and good enough stability, but you could as well run a PC from an LC-oscillator. Yes, one cycle may be longer than another, but that's not critical.

    You have no obvious reason why you couldn't make a sugar-based transistor? Well transistors are made from semiconducting material. I am no materials specialist, but I highly doublt sugar is a semiconductor. And even if a small FET-operation would be detectable by applying a gate, I doubt it would be capable of amplification - the first requirement for making your crystal oscillator run.

    Moreover, because of the low conductivity I attribute to confectionary, you cannot even make the wiring. Let alone complex circuits. A nice idea, but no-go, as far as I know.

    Z

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

      You're right. Sugar is not even close to a semi-conductor. It's an organic molecule (not even a polymer) and those are usually very good insulators. GP should open a book on physics before opening his mouth.

  83. Great! by sachmet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I just need some del.icio.us bookmarks to go with that!

  84. What else are geeks doing differently? by dep01 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "What else are geeks doing differently this Christmas?"

    i'm planning on bathing.. i thought it'd be something neat to try around the holidays... what the heck, you know?

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    "hey, could you pass me a paper towel? er.. I mean... DEPLOY ABSORBTION PANEL!"
  85. Original URL for the pictures in the blog. by tlund · · Score: 0

    The pictures in the blog are originaly taken from this page.

    Sad to see the way people steal, modify and re-post pictures like this without giving out credits. :(

    Nice work on the cookies monixa (and friends!), see you soon and sorry for getting your webpage slashdoted :) //tlund

    1. Re:Original URL for the pictures in the blog. by oaklid · · Score: 1

      I think you'll see that I did give credit to Monica and her crew. I linked back to the original images, too, though I continued to host the ones I displayed. And when mediatinker got slashdotted, I mailed her to warn her about it.

      I've been around the Internet a pretty long while and try to be a good citizen. So please read carefully before you accuse.

      Love,
      Kristen

  86. I would like to volunteer .. by The+MESMERIC · · Score: 1

    as a Beta tester :D

  87. I mean ... by The+MESMERIC · · Score: 3, Funny

    Beta Taster :D

  88. Ants.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Ants will pwn joo...

  89. Be afraid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Be very afraid...

    I hate to ask, um are they tastey?

    I better post AC on this one :-\

  90. Gingerbread Apple IIgs by Corydon76 · · Score: 1
    I suppose I should have taken a picture of it, but I made a gingerbread Apple IIgs back in '97. The most interesting feature (innovation?) was the use of jolly ranchers as the screen: melted in the oven to form a smooth, consistent screen.

    If you were fortunate enough to be attending Vanderbilt University at the time, you could have seen it displayed at the Vanderbilt Computer Store (now out of business).

  91. Rare... by tedgyz · · Score: 1

    ...to find the combined talents of computer geek and pastry chef. Most haxx0rs notion of baking is the unwrapping of ring-dings (or ho-hos, Suzy-Q's, snowballs, or twinkies). Hmmmm. I smell a poll.

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  92. I made a White Trash Gingerbread family by Beek+Dog · · Score: 1

    I called them the Gingerbread Crakers...

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  96. Cool, but will it run Doom 3? by iamlucky13 · · Score: 1

    Seriously...only one stick of RAM and no AGP slot.

  97. Re:fp? by MegaHyster · · Score: 1

    But will it run linux?

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