Build Your Own Heavy Metal Server 171
MC68040 writes "Well, this has to be one of the weirdest computer mods I've seen this far. The heavy metal pc takes compting to maybe not a new but different dimension. Computing on wheels, and we're not talking a car computer here. Have a look for yourself, 2x3.2 GHz on wheels, it's sure worth seeing if you're interested in mods."
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Que es "Le Temps Detruit Tout" en Ingles?
Gracias,
KB
Re:damn! (Score:1)
Check out the film Irreversible. It will make you "forget" ever thinking Memento was a great movie.
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My friends, who predominantly watch Hollywood movies were completely baffled by the movie. They had a hard time following the plot. It was all very sad.
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Gracias, amigo
KB
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Nah, man, I'm all about the middle button and the terminal. I mean, it's all right there for you
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Not only does his site suffer, but the other 200 virtual hosts on the server go down too. Guess what that results in? Pissed off customers calling the hosting company raising hell and demanding discounts on that month's service. Not to mention all the people who can't get to the other sites hosted on the box.
All in the name of a few
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1. If you are paying a hosting company, and your site goes down due to inadequate bandwidth, this is not slashdot's fault. Its not even your fault (arguably you should have chosen a better hosting company, but still), it is the hosting companys fault for not having fault-tolerant hardware and / or effective bandwidth-throttling measures in place. While I am not saying the site shouldn't have gone down, it shouldn't have disappeared, and it certainly shouldn't have taken down the other sites running from that box. The admins of the hosting company are at fault here.
2. If you aren't using a hosting company, and you post something that you even SUSPECT could alter your normal traffic patterns, be prepared for just that. While the slashdot effect is awe-inspiring, its not the be-all and end-all. Lots of sites have survived it before, and not all of them were sitting on huge pipes with mammoth hardware.
Slashdot has absolutely no burden of guilt in linking to a site inadequately prepared for traffic.
Just my two cents.
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-- Ravensfire
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but most slashdotters know how to get around that, so that's only delaying the inevitable.
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If someone doesn't want me to go to their site from slashdot, I'll wait a few days for things to die down then go later. This would at least help people with a daily quota.
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Who knows, maybe if they got sued and lost they might changes thier policies about linking.
Re:damn! (Score:5, Informative)
Not very. The courts have ruled that links are not illegal. If you don't want people to visit your site, your best course of action is not to have a site.
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It's much like saying not to feel bad for someone who got shot to death because they should have been wearing a bullet proof vest, that is, on the off hand chance that they may come in contact with an armed mad man while going through their daily routine.
Or the newly wed couple who both get killed in a car crash while driving to their honeymoon destination. It was their own fault for not wearing helmets and 5 point seatbelts in their car.
I know the
Re:damn! (Score:2)
"...the newly wed couple who both get killed in a car crash because the tires on their car are bald and blow out at high speed and they aren't wearing any seatbelts..."
The precautions mentioned aren't extraordianry, beyond the pale measures. They're basic precautions that everyone should use, like making sure your tires have tread and wearing the factory installed seatbelt. If
Mirror (as PDF) (Score:5, Informative)
Heres a mirror,seeing as the servers up in flames (Score:4, Informative)
appropriate footer quote (Score:5, Funny)
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Not bad.. (Score:5, Insightful)
Wardriving has a new look, eh?
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Hmmm.... (Score:1, Offtopic)
Re:Hmmm.... (Score:1, Offtopic)
Like what, people would link to www.badgerbadgerbadger.com [badgerbadgerbadger.com]?
Mushroom mushroom (Score:1)
It's "badger badger badger" not "magic magic magic". I've heard bits and pieces of the vocal track alone.
Anyway, the author used the wrong "mushroom" picture. It should have looked like this [newgrounds.com].
Linky (Score:4, Funny)
Here's the Google cache
http://www.google.nl/search?q=cache:TDZhSy
Sorry I can't make a clicky link, I'm not that handy with this stuff
clicky link (Score:4, Informative)
click me! [216.239.51.104]
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Here's the "clicky" link: Google Cache [google.nl]
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You're not from around here, are you?
Pss...it's called HTML, learn it!
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<A href="
http://www.google.nl/search?q=cache:TDZhS
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Clicky Link [google.nl]
For future reference, use the
Your Link Name
Example:
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It's easy, just go into Word, paste the URL into place, and Clippy will helpfully pop up saying, "It looks like you're trying to karma whore on Slashdot by linking to a Google cache of a Slashdotted-to-hell webserver. Do you want me to..."
Oh, you said clickey link. Nevermind.
Modding scene my hiney (Score:5, Insightful)
Oh puh-leeze. Okay, so I'll admit, there are cool, tasteful, artistic PC case mods, like this one [eugenesargent.com]. But most case mods are just plain vulgar, with brightly colored leds all over the place, bits of things that don't go together visually but are supposed to look "fast", or "powerful" etc..., are ugly and frankly are the computer equivalent of that [riceboypage.com].
Real good case mods are not many.
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KFG
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i did 'mods' on cars when i was younger, now i do mods on my pc. it's not all that different. for me at least, it's more about stepping away from the monitor and doing something with my hands--it may look like crap to you, but i think the mods look pretty damn nice. if nothing else, i get to play around with powertools and enjoy some sunshine. can't beat that, since i stare at a monitor 5 days of the week.
and no, i didn't RTFA because it was
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Anyway, I also distinguish between two kinds of good
Re:Modding scene my hiney (Score:2, Interesting)
I just looked at that "this one [eugenesargent.com]" of yours, and I think it's a pretty bitchin'-lookin' retro-stylin' PC case. True, I wouldn't have one of those in my own house, but if you've got a 1940's-1950's style house, with all kinds of old appliances (they don't make 'em like they used to), then this case would fit right in.
are ugly and frankly are the computer equivalent of that [riceboypage.com].
But I replied to you because I wanted
Not sure what do you mean (Score:2)
But... "fast"?? How in Odin's name do some ugly led fans and a blue lamp make a computer look fast? I'd really get depressed about some people's
Re:Modding scene my hiney (Score:1)
I like to think of cars as paintings, people in your boat take rather poor paintings, add some flourescent paint to "jazz i
Re:Modding scene my hiney (Score:2)
It's a very nice car (parents have a 2001 Maxima, I've driven it when I'm home).
It is not, however, a speed demon, and souping one up ranks only slightly above souping up a Civic.
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I wonder what it could be (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I wonder what it could be (Score:1)
So, since the "server" is on wheels... (Score:2, Funny)
GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH (Score:5, Informative)
This thing looks really cool!
Huge disappointment! (Score:2, Insightful)
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A new meaning (Score:3, Funny)
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once you get it to load it's kinda stupid (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Bleh! (Score:2)
Ever seen a Gateway box?
think before you mod (Score:4, Funny)
1) will modding my case make my computer fast, more capable, or "better" in any way?
2) will it get me all the hot computer groupie chicks?
3) if i cared about esthetics so much, wouldn't it have been more cost-effective to buy a mac?
4) can my quasi-artistic needs be channeled into better projects?
5) will other people think about me the same as they do when they see a guy driving a civic with a huge wing and fartcan exhaust?
6) is modding my case really just a desparate cry for attention?
7) ???
8) profit!
regards,
Anonymous Coward
Think of the career advancment (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:think before you mod (Score:5, Insightful)
I didn't know wanting to be creative, express yourself or be different was something that needed to be rationised with logic before you did it....
Unless you are a Vulcan.
Regards,
g@z.
Re:think before you mod (Score:3, Insightful)
No, probably not
2) will it get me all the hot computer groupie chicks?
Again, no, unlikely
3) if i cared about esthetics so much, wouldn't it have been more cost-effective to buy a mac?
I don't know, unless you can point me to an x86 machine made by Apple?
4) can my quasi-artistic needs be channeled into better projects?
Almost certainly
5) will other people think about me the same as they do when they see a guy driv
Why is x86 so important? (Score:2)
Why do you need x86?
Re:Why is x86 so important? (Score:1)
Inferior depending on the needs of each user of course.
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How about think (or at least RTFA) before you post?
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1) will modding my case make my computer fast, more capable, or "better" in any way?
For some of them, yes. Airflow is usually a high concern in a mod. All the eye candy doesn't help performance, but good airflow can let you OC and/or get more life out of your gear as it's kept cooler.
2) will it get me all the hot computer groupie chicks?
Yes, because none is all of zero.
3) if i cared about esthetics so much, wouldn't it have been more cost-effective to buy a mac?
Because esthetics isn't the whole of it. The joy is in the doing. It's a hobby, a project, something fun to do.
4) can my quasi-artistic needs be channeled into better projects?
Define "better". Art is subjective and "better" is in the eye of the doer. If the modder felt it would be "better" to paint a painting, he'd do that.
5) will other people think about me the same as they do when they see a guy driving a civic with a huge wing and fartcan exhaust?
Probably, but I suspect both people don't care what others think, as they're doing this for themselves.
6) is modding my case really just a desparate cry for attention?
No, as I said above it's a hobby, a pastime, and a project.
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1) will modding my Civic make my car fast, mor capable, or "better" in any way?
2) will it get me all the hot Honda groupie chicks?
3) if I cared about esthetics so much, wouldn't it have been more cost-effective to buy a Ferrari?
4) can my quasi-artistic needs be channeled into better projects?
5) will other people think about me the same as they do when they see a guy using a computer with a huge window and neon lights?
6) is modd
Re:think before you mod (Score:2)
This reminded me of my favorite line from the article (remember the article?):
Ascetics, eh? For a moment I had visions of starving yellow-robed monks painstakingly hand-painting mandalas onto the sides of their over-clocked PCs...
I call my Heavy Metal server. . . (Score:3, Funny)
There's a lot of lag in the system. It stalls and hangs for what feels like a month, but then once it gets working the actual throughput seems nearly instantaneuos despite the high graphical content, as it were.
KFG
SkyNet (Score:5, Funny)
I guess thats why it was
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when i read the headline... (Score:4, Funny)
Heavy metal pc vs. Omnibot (Score:4, Funny)
reminds me of a Jawa Crawler.... (Score:4, Interesting)
Sounds like my new summer project...
Metal Server? (Score:2)
This is old news he was on The Screen Savers (Score:1, Informative)
Here is the link to the sotry http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/shownotes/stor
direct link (Score:3, Informative)
So, next time, type this in instead...
Here is a <a href="http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/shownote
not what i expected (Score:4, Funny)
Woah, DejaVu (Score:3, Interesting)
Heavy Metal? (Score:1)
How can this be a Heavy Metal computer? (Score:2, Funny)
fuck that (Score:2)
I just need about 89 more tons of steel and components.
White Box Robotics (Score:3, Interesting)
White Box Robotics
http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/
Obviously, (Score:2)
old news (Score:1)
Wow, the next generation box for.... (Score:1)
Great machine... (Score:2, Informative)
That's fast... (Score:2)
Re:0 to slashdotted in less than a minute (Score:4, Insightful)
Or at least the rest of you do.
Re:coincidence? (Score:1)
no seriously, I spent ten minutes waiting for this site to load on my works T1 line, finaly gave up, will have to take a look later and see if it is a slow server of if they are feeling the effects of being named on /.
Re:HELP US FIGHT SCAMMERS! (Score:2, Funny)
Lookup has started
Server: 194.168.4.100
Address: 194.168.4.100#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.infouserupdate.us
Address: 61.182.160.1
Authoritative answers can be found from:
infouserupdate.us nameserver = NS2.CHEAPBPHOSTING.COM.
infouserupdate.us nameserver = NS1.CHEAPBPHOSTING.COM.
FTP to 61.182.160.1 with username 'guest' needs a password.
But I haven't found it yet.........
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Re:Stupid shit (Score:2)
Currently?
iMac? White polycarb with the lampshade screen (which I personally find ridiculous, but whatever).
PowerMac? Aluminum. Nice, elegant exterior.
iBook? White polycarb. No lampshade screen.
PowerBook? Aluminum. Nice elegant exterior.
Even the godforsaken eMac is... white, polycarb plastic.
I'd rather not talk about most of the PCs I work with. Inside, they're fine, bu