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TIE Fighter Case Mod
serutan writes "Extreme Tech just kicked off their weekly case mod contest. The first winning entry is a scale model of a Star Wars TIE Fighter that's both a computer case and a desk. The rig is crafted out of PVC, plywood, a pet exercise ball, and bondo (so basically it's pretty much like the real thing)."
But I still want to build the desk from Tron
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I'd hate to be the pilot of that TIE fighter, especially when the person using the computer is looking at pr0n.
I think 23 hours a day of it is a bit too much for that pilot to see.
It will never fly!
I've got my whole thing planned out. I'm going to add random lights on the case, make it transparent AND ugly (that's a must), and stick "sponsorship" decals on it. I'm also going to find as many Intel Pentium 4 stickers as I can so it goes faster! I'm going to win for sure.
Seriously though, case modding is really fun for people who don't have the money to add performance to their PC. In fact, you can find various things around the house to make your case Martha Stewart friendly!
Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro.
... and an incredibly effective female repellant. Obviously should've chosen a TIE Interceptor.
It truly is an agent of the Empire.
Interesting, but I'm usually weary of the desks whose lasers are aimed squarely at my balls.
when she walks in and sees that!
Oh, wait! It's Saturday night and I'm posting on slashdot...
Brett
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Yea. That's definitely going to bring in the chicks.
The TIE was running Windows.
So I guess we now know what really happened to the Death Star. A gaping security "hole" + a special download.
I guess it follows that the Rebels used Linux (solid X-Wings, but not enough drivers for them). But no matter how patched they kept flying.
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Size matters not.
Dammit that's the last thing I want to hear when I'm sitting at that kind of desk given the view from the cockpit of that thing.
It's amazing the stuff you can cobble together when there is no chance you will ever, ever, EVER have sex.
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
The kind of guy that would complain about his girlfriend's stubble when she's giving him a blowjob.
Of course, Linux. The whole Rebel operation would benefit greatly from open source personnel, fleet, intelligence and supply management solutions.
1.) No vendor reliance. Your YT-1300's hyperspace motivator giving you heck? If you rely on the proprietary APIs to get fixed, you'll wait forever - the Corellian Engineering Corporation deprecated the YT-1300 for the YT-2400 way back when it was still just called "The Republic." Paid extended support from the company ended a long time ago in an Imperial mandate, and the only consultants who can help are practically in a galaxy far, far away from the Galactic Rim.
Or, you could convert your ship's software to Solo Enterprise's FalconLinux! No other onboard systems control software can speak more languages out of the box than a protocol droid (even Wookie!), and driver patches are still available and still being developed to avoid those damn untimely hyperspace drive GPFs (not to mention some under-the-table packages to spoof ship ID codes, or watch the latest encrypted holodiscs). Vendor availability may be interrupted, however, by an Imperial lawsuit from Coruscant's Starcraft Control and Operations, a subsidary of TIE developers Sienar Fleet Systems, which claims Linux is based on smuggled source code. Which is, of course, total bantha poo-doo.
2.) Better chance at a fast response to critical feature requests. Targetting computer unable to hit that exhaust port? Proton torpedo guidance system can't make a precicely-timed 90 degree turn? You don't need the Force, padawan! Don't wait for a patch to just magically appear upstream, just write it yourself. You benefit yourself, you benefit your wingmen, and you benefit the Rebellion. What, you think there was some mystical energy field that controlled that protorp? Naw, Luke Skywalker was just a bad-ass with Python and C++, thanks to tons of practice overclocking and optimizing the code on his trainer's Tatooine womp-rat targetting system.
3.) Lower cost of operations without resorting to theft. The Rebellion thrived on two things - making the most out of limited resources and stealth. Sure, smuggling raids were necessary for vital supplies. But why risk a team of commandos and a fighter escort to steal a bunch of traceable copies of Imperial Viewport SDOS: Imperator Edition - especially since your equipment is too outdated to even boot the operating system? Linux would provide the Alliance with a practically free solution, customizable to run on everything from a swiped Imperial databank to an A-Wing and an astromech to a datapad. And there's a sympathetic support base of volunteers across the holonet. Seriously. I'm telling you, that SCO lawsuit is a damn Fett conspiracy!
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I think even non-geeks would find it nifty.
I don't think non-geeks would find this nifty at all. It's a Star Wars case mod the size of a table.
As many have observed, the cockpit part of this case is right next to the user's genitalia, so I rather imagine you do hear a "WOOOOOOOAIINNNNNNNNNNNNNN" when it overheats....
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