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A Mac Mini-lennium Falcon

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the mos-eisley-usb-ports dept.

Jon Bell writes "Derrick Hixson has submitted an amazing entry to the MacMod Mod Competition, a 'supercharged' Millennium Falcon: complete with Mac mini and iSight. It even includes front USB ports. His modguide contains complete build instructions, and plenty of pictures."

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  1. down already? by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do the editors get a sense of pride in downing other people's servers? I mean, Slashdot probably points people to places such that they get 1000x their usual visit traffic, which means that they are simply unprepared for such an unpredictable load spike.

    1. Re:down already? by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I don't know the setup of that web site, but Netcraft says it is pretty much a LAMP system.

      Being free isn't an excuse to be malicious like this though, it's an abuse of freedom.

      The issue I have is that it seems the Slashdot editors are being malicious, especially when they have Coralcache and Mirrordot available to them.

    2. Re:down already? by Buck2 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      /. is working on an old-school model that says that more traffic is better.

      They've been, if not exactly unapologetic, unwilling to change their style from day one.

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    3. Re:down already? by daeley · · Score: 2, Insightful

      They wouldn't want hordes of people seeing it.

      That's the problem though, isn't it? Now *nobody* can see it.

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  2. sorry, but that's wrong by Deitheres · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It is definitely NOT against the EULA to open a mini, nor does it void the warranty (unless you mess something up).

    Also, NDA? Who signs a NDA to buy a computer?

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  3. Re:server is rebooting now. by Global-Lightning · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Have you considered breaking up the page into smaller segments? That page has 1.2Mb of pictures! Chopping the page into 5 or 6 smaller sections will even out the load on the server. Rebooting won't help.

  4. Mirrors don't work by Pope · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When the pictures are still hosted at the original site! Think for a second, folks.

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  5. Re:server is rebooting now. by danbeck · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You know, rebooting your server isn't going to help a thing. Your server can handle only so much traffic and slashdot readers are sending 100 times more than that.