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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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Interesting site. Thanks for the link! |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
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That's really ridiculous! |
I think they've just cobbled together a bunch of old PCs to crunch data for the SETI project? So I guess it could be ridiculous depending on your view of that project, but you're right- they certainly do look ridiculous.
Check out the case mods gallery and the fossil mouse here:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com |
It's amazing how the internet works to spread ever more obscure hobbies. Not that computer modding is so obscure but it just made me think.
If you liked making necklaces out of ping-pong balls there's probably somebody out there you could share this hobby with. Start a forum even!! |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:30 am Post subject: |
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One of the cooler mods:
From this:
To this:
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This guy is hardcore. Made his own keyboard and mouse for Doom 3 as well.
From the site that Bulsajo posted. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:46 am Post subject: |
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| Demophobe wrote: |
One of the cooler mods:
From this:
To this:
This guy is hardcore. Made his own keyboard and mouse for Doom 3 as well.
From the site that Bulsajo posted. |
Oh great... now I wonder how long it will be before some deranged backwoods farmer decides to stick a PC in a dead -- or gosh forbid, a living carcass of an animal.
We may have the first BORG cow computer on some farm in Nebraska already, complete with wires in its nose and a big fan blowing out of it's ass! |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:55 am Post subject: |
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| Derrek wrote: |
Oh great... now I wonder how long it will be before some deranged backwoods farmer decides to stick a PC in a dead -- or gosh forbid, a living carcass of an animal.
We may have the first BORG cow computer on some farm in Nebraska already, complete with wires in its nose and a big fan blowing out of it's ass! |
You have issues Derrek. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| Demophobe wrote: |
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Oh great... now I wonder how long it will be before some deranged backwoods farmer decides to stick a PC in a dead -- or gosh forbid, a living carcass of an animal.
We may have the first BORG cow computer on some farm in Nebraska already, complete with wires in its nose and a big fan blowing out of it's ass! |
You have issues Derrek. |
Hahahh.. actually, I enjoyed the borg computer you put up there. Gosh, it must weigh a ton! |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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It's actually a carefully and accurately made rendering of the outer portals of Doom 3. You should go to the site and check it out.
The dude has ambition, knowledge, skill and obiously some money...he did a great job. |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Roland SC88vl Midi machine
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Aha - I thought that was a sound canvas there. Good vintage piece...!
Here in SE Asia we have access to cheaper hardware than in Korea. Broadband isn't as fast and is way more expensive, but it's adequate for streaming video.
Two major issues regarding the tropical location are proper cooling - even with air conditioning the house is often 30~35c; and gecko lizard poop inside the computer casings.
All three computers are on a wireless LAN.
Lemon's main computer
(Built for Midi, etc)
FIC AU13 Mbd w/Nforce 2/Soundstorm ASIO
AMD Athlon XP 2500
512 MB RAM
80GB HD + 80 GB HD for audio
40x CDRW
4x DVD+RW
Firewire PCI card for JVC DV camcorder
15 inch LCD screen
HP 5550 6-color printer
Prolink 4800dpi scanner
Midi section
Audotrak Maya 7.1 / ASIO
SB Live Value w/kx ASIO drivers
Evolution 61-key MIDI controller
Kurzweil PC2R Synth/Rompler module (made in Incheon!)
Reason 2.5; Cubase SX 2; etc.
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Kitchen computer
(Inspired by a Gord project; Hiding above a cupboard; Feeds Korean TV & CBC News into the kitchen)
Celeron 1.2 on a generic VIA MB
512 MB SDRAM
40GB HD + 2GB HD
40x CD-RW
PCI Wifi card
USB Wifi card
Donated 15inch color monitor imbedded into a cabinet
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Laptop
Used mostly by wife
ASUS/Trigem Pentium III/600mhz
192MB Ram
10GB HD
USB Wifi Card
HP 3535 Printer |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| Hold this space. . . |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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On Monday I order my new machine. On Monday evening my old machine felt the vibe and went pfftt.
Here we go:
- Asus K8N-DL motherboard (dual socket)
- 2 X AMD Opteron64 3000 (one in each socket)
- 2 gigs RAM
- 120GB hdd, 2 X 80 GB hdd, 40 GB hdd in external case.
- DVD RW +-, CD/RW combo
- Radeon RX600 Pro-128PCIE video card
- left monitor: 17" CRT
- right monitor: 19" LCD
- wireless keyboard and mouse
I think I'm good for a few years with this baby. |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:21 am Post subject: |
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On Monday I order my new machine. On Monday evening my old machine felt the vibe and went pfftt.
Here we go:
- Asus K8N-DL motherboard (dual socket)
- 2 X AMD Opteron64 3000 (one in each socket)
- 2 gigs RAM
- 120GB hdd, 2 X 80 GB hdd, 40 GB hdd in external case.
- DVD RW +-, CD/RW combo
- Radeon RX600 Pro-128PCIE video card
- left monitor: 17" CRT
- right monitor: 19" LCD
- wireless keyboard and mouse
I think I'm good for a few years with this baby. |
Are you launching the shuttle with that thing?
When you hit the power button, lights will flicker all across the neighbourhood. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:38 am Post subject: |
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Are you launching the shuttle with that thing?
When you hit the power button, lights will flicker all across the neighbourhood. |
Ain't love grand? |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:58 am Post subject: |
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I think The Beaver is trying to get enough computing power to recreate a childhood dream of his- if you try to build a woman with that thing, don't forget to put a bra on your head.
If it works feel free to cook me up a Liz Hurley... |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
I think The Beaver is trying to get enough computing power to recreate a childhood dream of his- if you try to build a woman with that thing, don't forget to put a bra on your head.
If it works feel free to cook me up a Liz Hurley... |
I think I could do it. Holy *beep*! I have a whack of of windows open -- two media players, photshop cs2, indesign cs2, nero, azureus, kazaa, half a dozen firefoxes, the entire ms office suite. . .
This baby isn't even breaking a sweat on either cpu. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| [jealous]I want that computer[/jealous] |
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