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Jingle Bells Played With Graphics Card, Santa Wonders Why

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the send-that-man-a-guitar-pick dept.

As if the entire office full of guitar-controlled lights wasn't enough to make any holiday complete, some enterprising geek has taken it upon himself to give you a rendition of Jingle Bells played on his graphics card heat sink. He probably wont debut at Carnegie Hall, but I'll give him points for effort.

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  1. Finally.. by wallyhall · · Score: 2, Funny

    Finally a use for that old GeForce 4 MX! Some people have far too much spare time...

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    1. Re:Finally.. by palegray.net · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's Christmas Eve. How many bored and lonely guys are posting to Slashdot?

      What's worse is the fact that my wife is next door at the neighbors', I have a brand new bottle of whiskey downstairs, and I'm posting to Slashdot. Wow.

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    2. Re:Finally.. by NeverVotedBush · · Score: 4, Funny

      It could be worse - your wife could be next door, you could be drinking heavily, *and* posting to Slashdot.

    3. Re:Finally.. by palegray.net · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'll get right on that.

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    4. Re:Finally.. by NeverVotedBush · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think Sting has it pretty good - he is rich beyond belief, has a pretty wife, and is into Tantric sex with her. My life should be so bad... ;-)

  2. Dumbest video ever by MerlynEmrys67 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sorry, I was expecting someone to have found a way of controlling the video card fan to belt out jingle bells, or some strange hum in the graphics system. This... Now this is stupid. I mean what next - someone doing the same thing with glasses of beer, or bells, or ...
    Give me my 30 seconds back

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    1. Re:Dumbest video ever by Dachannien · · Score: 3, Interesting

      How about an industrial motor?

      I heard a story while I was working at a drive system design/assembly firm about a fellow who, back in the early days of digital drive systems, took a tape recorder, hooked its output up to an analog input on the drive, and used the signal of his voice on the tape to modulate the torque command to the motor, thus resulting in the motor vibrating out the sound of his voice.

      Of course, the better stories I heard while I was there involved runaway motors tumbling across the shop floor (they're supposed to be bolted to the floor) or rotors breaking off through the motor housing and lodging in the shop roof. Fortunately, a greater understanding of digital drive systems and better safety practices made the union grievance the only scary thing on the shop floor while I was there.

    2. Re:Dumbest video ever by Matthew+Bafford · · Score: 2, Interesting

      How about an industrial motor?


      Or an F1 motor? For example, Renault:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eoe8hEzdZ8
    3. Re:Dumbest video ever by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Here you go then: Tempest For Eliza.

      You can use your (CRT) monitor to generate tones that can be received on an AM radio. It shouldn't be a stretch to make it play Jingle Bells.

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    4. Re:Dumbest video ever by ters+a-zA-Z0-9$_.+!* · · Score: 2, Funny

      drink-get mix ; drink-get smash ;exit

  3. I want my 36 seconds back. by recoiledsnake · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seriously, I was expecting something along the lines of a program that used the hum or whistle of the fan and speeded up or slowed down the fan to get the jingles. This isn't even funny.

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    1. Re:I want my 36 seconds back. by Hollinger · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Here's a formula one car playing "When the Saints Go Marching In," complete with blue notes from the exhaust ports.

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  4. well, maybe the rhythm of Jingle Bells... by harlows_monkeys · · Score: 4, Informative

    I didn't hear a lot of the notes from Jingle Bells in there.

    1. Re:well, maybe the rhythm of Jingle Bells... by sentientbeing · · Score: 5, Funny

      They were all there - just in the wrong order.

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  5. I appreciate the effort ... by eck011219 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... but that "Merry Christmas" at the end has a decidedly ominous vibe to it. Maybe a little more time out socializing and less time plucking at one's graphics card ...

    Seriously, though, yet another interesting holiday re-use of equipment. My sarcastic comments aside, Merry Christmas back to him.

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  6. Santa Wonders Why by FrostedWheat · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's not the only one.

  7. Guitar Hero Lights by cobryson · · Score: 2, Informative

    So then how 'bout the Slashdot users mod up the Engadget Guitar Hero controlled Christmas light article so it makes the front page? The YouTube link is here...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkyrcW24USI In my opinion the work and ingenuity in this are a little lesser than 32 synchronized channels of Guitar Hero goodness. Disclaimer: My brother and I are the architects of the Guitar Hero (Frets on Fire) light display, so yes, I am self-promoting a bit. Thanks for your help!

  8. So what is it? by neokushan · · Score: 2, Informative

    Festive spirit, or incredibly slow news day?
    You decide!

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  9. Re:Grammar check!! by i.of.the.storm · · Score: 2

    No, wasn't is referring to office not lights. Office is the subject, full of guitar-controlled lights is a modifying phrase. If you're going to be pedantic, at least do it right...

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  10. Damn by Rip+Dick · · Score: 2, Funny

    If this guy ever did manage to get laid, making this video must have made him a virgin all over again.

  11. What we expected (kinda) : Scanner music by Scrameustache · · Score: 3, Interesting

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tatiU2ha0

    Vivaldi spring, happy easter everyone ;-)

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  12. Now for something less lame... by jay-be-em · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wow, I was expecting some sort of ingenuity, not some dude plucking on a video card fan.

    This is much more impressive: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0rA-zhTJuFU

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  13. Boy, that's lame by Colin+Smith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Playing a tune on a graphics card heat sink...

    This is how real engineers do it.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=mfWj1JZEntI

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  14. Oh Yeah? by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    My harddrive started making clacking sounds, so I tuned it to make xmas songs and its far better th%.~`,. ; `

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  15. Dude. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm next door, with your wife. We figured you might be posting to Slashdot, just thought we would check.