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Posted by timothy on Saturday June 07, 2003 @10:54PM from the lots-of-time dept.

greyrax writes "So what does a Canadian cabinet maker who's a closet techie do during those long winter months? You modify a 17" monitor case to house your computer (think iMac). The blow-by-blow descriptions and pictures outline this three-month project. The only question that I'm left with is 'What is that antenna for?'"

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Looks like someone has a bad case... (Score:5, Funny)

by MsGeek ( 162936 ) writes: on Saturday June 07, 2003 @10:59PM (#6141057) Homepage Journal

...of Macintosh envy.

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Great! (Score:5, Funny)

by Zach Garner ( 74342 ) writes: on Saturday June 07, 2003 @11:02PM (#6141066)

Just what I wanted! The size of a CRT and the quality of a LCD!

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Antenna? (Score:5, Funny)

by inertia187 ( 156602 ) * writes: on Saturday June 07, 2003 @11:02PM (#6141068) Homepage Journal

What is that antenna for?

That's the gear shift, you insensitive clod!

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He's probably got an order for 5,000 of them... (Score:5, Funny)

by FearUncertaintyDoubt ( 578295 ) writes: on Saturday June 07, 2003 @11:14PM (#6141111)

...from John Deere

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Re:Ugly (Score:5, Funny)

by arose ( 644256 ) writes: on Saturday June 07, 2003 @11:15PM (#6141116)

It may not look like an iMac, but it's just as ugly.

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Re:Looks like someone has a bad case... (Score:3, Funny)

by coene ( 554338 ) writes: on Saturday June 07, 2003 @11:26PM (#6141166)

Worst.... Pun.... EVER!

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Re:Completed pictures (Score:4, Funny)

by scsi_pants ( 675297 ) writes: on Saturday June 07, 2003 @11:42PM (#6141213)

hideous?
Are you kidding? Here in Iowa that color (especially when paired with yellow) is very popular. :)

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Re:Great! (Score:5, Funny)

by iomud ( 241310 ) writes: on Saturday June 07, 2003 @11:49PM (#6141241) Homepage Journal

I think I counted at least 9 fans. It's a wonder that thing doesn't just float by itself.

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Re:Great! (Score:5, Funny)

by MoneyT ( 548795 ) writes: on Saturday June 07, 2003 @11:58PM (#6141272) Journal

I shudder to think about what all those fans would sound like when turned on!

My guess would be:

wrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rr rrrrrrrrrrrrr

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Keyobard? (Score:3, Funny)

by Atmchicago ( 555403 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @12:04AM (#6141290)

The whole thing is really cool, but what about a keybaord? He shows two mice but no keyboard, I guess you can just paste stuff from the character map.

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Re:One down... (Score:2, Funny)

by LiquidCoooled ( 634315 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @12:07AM (#6141301) Homepage Journal

Let me guess - LCD panels on the side for that funky virtual window thang :D

"Well yes actually, Ive got a Quad Athlon 128 in there with a GeForce 6 running at 18GHZ. Oh, and you can clearly see the 4TB of memory on the board"

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not a farm implement (Score:5, Funny)

by chunkwhite86 ( 593696 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @12:10AM (#6141307)

This thing is a farm implement. It's a high-quality farm implement, and I admire his work ethic, but it's still a farm implement.

I think that this compares to (in appearance anyways) to those silly rice boys who take a honda civic and lower it and put on a big wing and muffler and wacky paint job.

The term to describe this look is the "angry kitchen appliance" look.

;-)

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Re:Interesting, but ... (Score:5, Funny)

by Idarubicin ( 579475 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @12:25AM (#6141345) Journal

But they certainly didn't ask for my opinion so I'll STFU now.
So much time could be saved on Slashdot if people would put this sentence at the beginning of their posts, instead of at the end.

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Re:Looks like someone has a bad case... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonvmous Coward ( 589068 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @12:34AM (#6141371)

"Worst.... Pun.... EVER!"

It wasn't a complete pun. It's two thirds of one. P.U..

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Re:Admire the quality, hate the aesthetics (Score:3, Funny)

by kfg ( 145172 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @12:38AM (#6141385)

"This thing is a farm implement. It's a high-quality farm implement, and I admire his work ethic, but it's still a farm implement."

Dude, he's Candian!

'Nough said.

KFG

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The obvious flaw in your comment... (Score:3, Funny)

by EvilCabbage ( 589836 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @01:24AM (#6141502) Homepage

"When a woman, walks into your home office"

See?...

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Re:One complaint... (Score:5, Funny)

by cperciva ( 102828 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @01:56AM (#6141614) Homepage

That feeling goes up exponentially thinking about someone trying to discharge the caps without someone there who knows what they're doing to guide them.

Don't worry, they'll have no trouble discharging the capacitors...

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Re:The antenna (Score:5, Funny)

by Mr_Matt ( 225037 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @01:59AM (#6141623)

No, YOU ARE WRONG!

Holy crap, dude, don't pop your sphincter - it's just a website after all. Breathe in. Breathe out. Now, don't we feel better? :)

Personally, I don't care what the antenna is connected to - when you're being pedantic enough to put all your junk in a 17" monitor case, you hang antennae on it just because. See the beauty?

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the horror....the horror..... (Score:2, Funny)

by arcite ( 661011 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @02:58AM (#6141788)

Is that what happens when an iMac gets assimilated by the Borg? :::shudder:::

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Re:Its just an XP theme (Score:3, Funny)

by RevAaron ( 125240 ) writes: <revaaron AT hotmail DOT com> on Sunday June 08, 2003 @04:50AM (#6141973) Homepage

It may come as a shock, but XP has terminals too. You can also to such crazy things as run emacs and ssh. I know, it sounds crazy- and the first time I heard this, I didn't believe it either! All these years of people telling me that you could only run Solitaire and FPS on Windows... All these years were a lie. Well, at least people like you are lucky to have nice folks like me keep you out of the closet of ignorance! :)

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Re:One complaint... (Score:3, Funny)

by Zillatron ( 415756 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @07:46AM (#6142265)

"Even the lower voltages in a phone system [snip] can cause a tingling sensation."
I can vouch for that. In college I had occasional work wiring telephone and computer systems when companies moved to new locations. I was in the habit of stripping the inner insulation from the phone wire with my teeth until the day the wire I had just stripped touched my eyelid right as the phone rang with the other wire in my mouth...
Who says I learned nothing in school?

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Re:Frankenmonitor... (Score:3, Funny)

by caffeinex36 ( 608768 ) writes: on Sunday June 08, 2003 @09:48AM (#6142532)

Mother.....I'm TRYING to build a computer....

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