Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.

11 of 103 comments (clear)

  1. 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

    --
    I have mod points and I am not afraid to use them
    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. 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.

    --
    This space for rent.
    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.

      --
      Michael C. Hollinger
  3. 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.

      --

      ------
      beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his mind he dreams himself your master
  4. Santa Wonders Why by FrostedWheat · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's not the only one.

  5. 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.

    --
    512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 200 GB transfer, five datacenters. $19.95/month.
  6. 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.

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

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

    Vivaldi spring, happy easter everyone ;-)

    --

    You can't take the sky from me...

  8. 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

    --
    Deleted