Fosfor Gadgets' Top 10 Weirdest Computer Case Mods

Ant writes "DiggFosfor Gadgets' Top 10 Weirdest Computer Case Mods: 'Computers come in many different flavours, but apparently that ain't enough for everybody. Case modding -- the modification of a computer chassis - has become a big hobby for thousands of enthusiasts around the world...'" Update: 12/23 13:20 GMT by Z : The dangers of night posting. Added link.

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Link?

[Anonymous Coward]

As there's no link in the blurb, you should go to a friend of mine's site instead...

STFU

[Adolf Hitroll]

even that generator is below the truth
My complaint about slashdot

I just want a little editorial balance here. It is worth noting at the outset that it seems clear that inhumane, polyloquent suborners of perjury have no business here. But we ought to look at the matter in a broader framework before we draw final conclusions on the subject: We see that slashdot is careless with data, makes all sorts of causal interpretations of things without any real justification, has a way of combining disparate ideas that don't seem to hang together, seems to show a sort of pride in its own biases, gets into all sorts of hateful speculation, and then makes no effort to test out its speculations -- and that's just the short list! Slashdot's revenge fantasies are designed to corrupt our youth. And they're working; they're having the desired effect. What's interesting is that we must oppose our human vices wherever they may be found -- arrogance, hatred, jealousy, unfaithfulness, avarice, and so on -- if we are ever to stick to the facts and offer only those arguments that can be supported by those facts. Yes, this is a bold, audacious, even unprecedented undertaking. Yes, it lacks any realistic guarantee of success. However, it is an undertaking that we must unmistakably pursue because slashdot ignores a breathtaking number of facts, most notably:

Fact: Slashdot has neither honor nor integrity, nor even knows what those words mean.

Fact: I hate slashdot's constant misuse of historical analogies.

Fact: Slashdot's scribblings are a cesspool of academicism.

In addition, the conflation of ophidian snobs and obdurate control freaks in slashdot's intimations is either dramatic hyperbole or a fatal methodological flaw. But what, you may ask, does any of that have to do with the theme of this letter, viz., that the law of parsimony suggests that there is not much demand for independent thinkers in its gestapo? You know the answer, don't you? You probably also know that it insists that truth is merely a social construct. This is a rather strong notion from someone who knows so little about the subject.

Slashdot has vowed that eventually it'll leave a large part of this country's workforce dislocated and disillusioned. This is hardly news; slashdot has been vowing that for months with the regularity of a metronome. What is news is that overbearing, capricious derelicts all over the country are now having an absolute field day with their new-found freedoms supposedly granted by slashdot's hastily mounted campaigns. Or, to express that sentiment without all of the emotionally charged lingo, slashdot and its chums are conniving menaces. This is not set down in complaint against them, but merely as analysis. The two things I just mentioned -- the way that for its own sake, slashdot should not deny both our individual and collective responsibility to live in harmony with each other and the world and the fact that it tends to forget what matters most -- may sound like they're completely unrelated, but they're not. The common link is that it periodically puts up a facade of reform. However, underneath the pretty surface, it's always business as usual. Slashdot has been offering the worst kinds of misguided prevaricators there are a lot of money to cause pain and injury to those who don't deserve it. This is blood money, plain and simple. Anyone thinking of accepting it should realize that my purpose here is not to enable adversaries to meet each other and establish direct personal bonds which contradict the stereotypes they rely upon to power their prolix half-measures. Well, okay, it is. But I should point out that when a mistake is made, the smart thing to do is to admit it and reverse course. That takes real courage. The way that slashdot stubbornly refuses to own up to its mistakes serves only to convince me that I have a message for it. My message is that, for the good of us all, it should never apotheosize humorless masters of deceit. It should never

Re:STFU

[shreevatsa]

I know I'm replying to a troll's offtopic post, but the link he gave is interesting: http://www.pakin.org/complaint. It randomly generates a generic complaint letter against whatever person or company you type in. As suggested, I typed in Microsoft, and the result seemed somewhat appropriate to Microsoft! I guess this ability of ours to find similarities and look for correct things in a random list also explains why generic newspaper astrology often works.
Here's the first few lines of the automatically generated Microsoft letter:

I could write a very angry letter right now about Microsoft, but I decided instead merely to express some constructive criticism. One of my objectives is to put to rest the animosities that have kept various groups of people from enjoying anything other than superficial unity. Microsoft knows how to lie. It's too bad it doesn't yet understand the ramifications of lying.

Looking at it on the bright side, Microsoft's allegations are sheer idiocy. That's pretty transparent. What's not so transparent is the answer to the following question: What exactly is Microsoft trying to hide? A clue might be that the term "idiot savant" comes to mind when thinking of Microsoft. Admittedly, that term applies only halfway to it, which is why I maintain that Microsoft never stops boasting about its generous contributions to charitable causes. As far as I can tell, however, its claimed magnanimousness is thoroughly chimerical and, furthermore, you should never forget the three most important facets of Microsoft's self-fulfilling prophecies, namely their wild origins, their internal contradictions, and their tendentious nature. I can assure you that the first lies that Microsoft told us were relatively benign. Still, they have been progressing. And they will continue to progress until there is no more truth; its lies will grow until they blot out the sun. ... Microsoft would toss quaint concepts like decency, fairness, and rational debate out the window if it got the chance.

Um, okay, it's not perfect, not everything above applies (and there was some more that I left out), but still, you see the point. Heck, a lot of the stuff in the parent troll about Slashdot applies to it quite well :)

Re:STFU

[ArcticCelt]

I am sorry to continue this offtopic post but the subject is interesting. (and at least have a link!) I just now typed Fark to test the complain generator and got something starting exacly with this...

"When I used to hear about illiterate students graduating from school, I often wondered how that was possible. But after encountering some of Fark's more subhuman catch-phrases, I now realize that not only is it possible for people to graduate without having learned fundamental skills such as reading and writing, but that it's possible for these same people to believe that women are crazed Pavlovian sex-dogs who will salivate at any object even remotely phallic in shape. "

Damn! Close enough for me!

//Not that there is anything wrong with reading Fark ;)

use the brain, Luke

[Anonymous Coward]

I read something somewhere about computers, that was really funny (interesting|weird|stupid). Hahaha. You should all go and look at it.

HERE IS A LINK

[putko]

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja& u=homepage.mac.com/sideriver/cubesite/ipodcase/ipo dcase.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2Barmor%2Bplated%2B ipod%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox%26rls%3D org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial

not the article though.

Re:HERE IS A LINK

[madpiggy_dj]

lol! IMAO! ROFL! that somethingawful link make me shit myslf!!!!!

Re:HERE IS A LINK

[putko]

The one where he's eating is my favorite: http://i.somethingawful.com/horrorsofporn/penishan ds/spaghetti.jpg

And BTW, Depp says he liked the movie:

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/03/11/depp_digs_edw ard_pen.html

Re:HERE IS A LINK

[Anonymous Coward]

I know this is offtopic, but the content filter here is blocking the anime casemod due to "pornography", but not your link of the picture with a url containing words like "porn" and "penis". Strange world...

Re:MODS ON CRACK

[Geoffreyerffoeg]

Because you, sir, remain anonymous and aren't posting well enough to get moderator points of your own. Nobody will care about the opinions of an AC who's never gotten mod points. Log in, say some useful stuff, and perhaps you'll be given the chance not to moderate it redundant. Or to metamoderate against that guy. Or to moderate it insightful and bring it back up.