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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?"
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... the motherboard, or my culinary restraint.
He bakes the case, we bake the server.
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yummy, though I would fear my cats would lick my computer case away.
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Although, at look what it's running. Only good for eating and shitting out.
Waking Up - There must be a better way to start the day.
I think someone's been working at EA too long if this is their outlet
Le français vous intéresse?
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"
UTF-8: There and Back Again
You can always tell when a site is being /.ed on dialup. . .
What will happen when we /. them? Will their computer just fall apart?
It's still on the bread board.
Well, if Windows ever crashes you can still eat your computer.
Looks like someone already ate it!
.. is slashdotted. Isn't opening!
This would seem to suggest it may be possible to build the ENTIRE computer (motherboard, chips and all) out of confectionary.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
What else are geeks doing differently this Christmas?
We're whacking off with our left hands, rather than the usual right hand.
A mouse made out of cheese.
What else are geeks doing this Christmas?
Enjoying my piece of coal, you insensitive clod.
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit
And another one bites the dust
My other Beowulf cluster is... er...
Let's give it a speed boost.
MIRROR
Who ate the gingerbread computer? because it is no longer online...
time is a perception of a being's consciousness
time is your 6th sense, the wierd ones are 7+
My host would kill me.
I hate stupid rules... Rules that make sense I don't mind... But the stupid ones just really bug me!
This is more delicious
Click here or a puppy gets stomped!
Should I try to make a computer using latkes? Build it into a menorah? Maybe a dreidal computer!
"Some fight for law. Some fight for justice. What will you fight for? One day, you will see."
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!
So delicious its all been eaten up already :/
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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.
Does it run Linux??
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/
What else are geeks doing differently this Christmas?"
I celebrate the Winter Solstice you insensitive clod!
If you build it, nerds will come. Soylentnews.org
http://www.mediatinker.com.nyud.net:8090/blog/arch ives/008798.html#008798
..looks like the whole mother board to me. ;)
run linux?
Just goes to show how many people must try to read the article before posting :).
The original image was posted here: Original
I think its all the Xmas Spirits, beer or wine
Personally, I've decided to start wearing pants when I leave the house. I've been getting a lot of complaints.
Keeping in the Christmas theme... that went down faster than Dads special eggnog he makes out of bourbon and icecubes.
Merry christmas you assholes.
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.
but is it digitally signed....how can we be sure its safe....
here
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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!
My Favourite Meme
With the way my tower sucks up cat hair, the thing would be inedible within mintes..
...but the bandwidth is maxed out. Be patient and it will load.
/.ing. All credit goes to my husband, the wizard admin.
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
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.
But I reckon the motherboard is a bit sparse on features. I mean, come on, no SATA RAID :(
"And then I visited Wikipedia
"What else are geeks doing differently this Christmas?"
;)
Taking a shower, and going out socialising!
I kiiiiid, I kiiiid
"Hey! Unless this is a nude love-in, get the hell off my property!!"
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.
...but can it run Linux?
.... Imagine a beowolf cluster of these! Yummie!
nice laptop
Not a single comment about MegaBites
Unbelievable.
-- Don't believe everything you read, hear or think
Hmmmm computer...
Pic 2 (Full)
I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
check it out
pepperkake recipe
People say I'm crazy, I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes...
How long before someone makes a computer out of Soylent Green ?
If you don't understand anything I post, please accept that I ate paste as a small boy...
"What else are geeks doing this Christmas?"
:P
i dont think i can answer that, but i know one, no one is getting laid
case-mod?
I'm waiting for one of the top casemodders out there to do a christmas mod!
I enjoy large posteriors and I cannot prevaricate.
If it run any games... Are we then allowed to play with the food?
You mean open sauce?
Linux Wireless Hardware in the UK
Wonder how they solved the cooling problem...
"linux" is a very common word and was not included in your search.
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This computer is SWEET!
:-)
It's funny. Laugh.
"Feel a glory in so rolling / on the human heart a stone" --E. A. Poe, "The Bells"
Here is another one from a while back
You couldn't overclock it too much, lest your processor caramelize.
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.
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I'm so offended, I think milk just came out of my nose!
Thank you thank you thank you!
Now I just need some del.icio.us bookmarks to go with that!
"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?
"hey, could you pass me a paper towel? er.. I mean... DEPLOY ABSORBTION PANEL!"
as a Beta tester :D
Beta Taster :D
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).
...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.
"No matter where you go, there you are." -- Buckaroo Banzai
I called them the Gingerbread Crakers...
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Seriously...only one stick of RAM and no AGP slot.
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
But will it run linux?
All good things...