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Linux users are cheap as hell [pic]

afrotechmods.com — Ubuntu Feisty: 0$. Cardboard box: 0$. Duct tape: 1$. Having the bitchin'est case mod this side of the trailer park: priceless.

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  • Renton, on 11/07/2007, -2/+239More pics here http://www.afrotechmods.com/submitted/gCube/gcube.htm
    • smedrick, on 10/10/2007, -2/+45I love the screwdriver holder. Every case needs something like that.
      • Random832, on 10/10/2007, -0/+32Just about every case _except_ this one needs a screwdriver holder. This one needs a holder for a spare roll of duct tape.
    • Frecklefoot, on 10/10/2007, -7/+29You can tell the guy's a real Brainiac. Not only does he hate Mormons, he can't even spell it right.
      • arbulus, on 10/10/2007, -15/+2Where does the mormon thing come in? I didn't see anything in the pic about it.
      • TheAkolyte, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3*rolls eyes*
      • raynar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+71Ubuntu Feisty: 0$. Cardboard box: 0$. Duct tape: 1$. Lifetime supply of girl-repellant: priceless.
      • inspecality, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Maybe he is trying to say he hates male mermaids.
      • geoboy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+35Mormans? That guy is such a moran!
      • quikhack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5You got it all wrong. He's not saying mormons... he was trying to type "more mans" He's saying screw more manuals. The way he builds computers, you never need to rtfm. Little disappointed he is trying the more command instead of the less command. You know what they say... Less is More, but better.
      • nimawin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4is it just me or the box says LONG LIVE LFNUX?
    • EbilPhish, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12That duct tape is going to attract dust or will at least leave a sticky residue, also likely to attract dust.

      Be careful about using tape in a cpu case.

      I once used celotape to group together molex cables (why does one plug have all of its wires separate and not in a sieve), that wasn't so bad as after a while it went brittle and flaky, but it did leave behind brown powder. I also put a little furry penguin in the case, that got dusty very quick.
      • TheAkolyte, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2I doubt he uses the computer, lol/
      • Random832, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Lots of dust goes in and out of the case all the time - the fact that it will stick to the penguin or tape doesn't mean it's more likely to stick to the fans and stuff which are what need to be clear of dust.

        And, you should have used electrical tape for the cables.
    • veracon, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9Long live Lfnux!
    • NgrHader, on 10/10/2007, -0/+60I give it a week before the case finally catches on fire
    • DrStrabismus, on 10/10/2007, -3/+45"Screw Mormons"

      I wonder if he means Mormons like this: http://googlegirls.files.wordpress.com/2006/02/mormon.jpg
      • Szandor, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6I'd put my brigham into her young any day.
    • diggsIt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17That's nice, but I need a smaller form factor. Can I get linux in a shoe box?
      • EarlOfLade, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Sure... It's called a "laptop"!
      • s1mph0ny, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You must have pretty big feet if you can fit a 15.4" screen in your shoebox.
    • Biznack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I used to make lots of these and have them hidden when my parents would take my "computer" so I wouldn't be on it all night long... It's far cooler when you cut holes for individual buses on the mobo. Gets quite hot no matter how you do it though.
  • butbutz, on 10/10/2007, -18/+4laff
  • thinkingserious, on 10/10/2007, -7/+79damn, this made me lol... good description
    • pastasauce, on 10/10/2007, -10/+6I was disappointed that (s)he didn't [poorly] draw Tux.
      • chris9902, on 10/10/2007, -5/+101lol. A girl using Linux. good one.
        • raynar, on 11/06/2007, -1/+38just means she's large and smells like Doritos
    • daza, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Poor description. Hint: the dollar symbol comes before the numeral, the percentage symbol comes after the numeral.

      Easily the worst typos on the Internet.
      • PJ2889, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2It's phonetic. When read from left to right it becomes "zero dollars."
        • kingfoot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2no because "$1" means "1 dollar", but (and i do this sometimes too) when you are saying it in your head as you type it, you said like "one dollar" so you type it "1$".
      • crushfan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Actually, it depends on language. But you're right for English.
        • s1mph0ny, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1English US and AU. They're the only countries that use the $ sign to represent money that I know of.
        • BushLin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Actually Brazil and a bunch of obscure places like Nicaragua use it too
  • PhirePhly, on 10/10/2007, -30/+3A $1 of duct tape is 15 yards. *That* is not 15 yards of duct tape!
    /nitpick
    • dogsalad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9It's not like you can go to the store and buy a couple feet... you have to buy the whole roll. Use your imagination.
  • schestowitz, on 10/10/2007, -46/+14Haha! Hilarious. That said, Linux as a whole can be free. See this recent article:

    16,000 Linux computers delivered - for free

    ,----[ Quote ]
    | With his non-profit organization called Alameda County Computer Resource
    | Center, he built up a volunteer organization, collects donated stuff from the
    | companies who provide them, strips any proprietary OS and software off the
    | drives, re-installs everything with Linux and free applications, and then
    | gives them to schools or other not-for-profit organizations or individuals
    | without too much cash.
    |
    | A great man with a great mission. CNN called him a hero already.
    `----

    http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/89792/index.html
    • Miche1987, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4Hey, Linus's ***** needs some more sucking there pal.
    • Szandor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Say what you will about schestowitz's linux advocacy, organizations like the one that is referred to in his quote are an asset to any community. Dugg up.
    • naio, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2schestowitz is cheap as hell.
  • tnatharik, on 10/10/2007, -16/+14Thats awesome, so when can i get through ebay?
    • h0lyc0w, on 10/10/2007, -1/+61Make your own, you lazy dumbass.
    • RedRummy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27I'll get you one for £50
    • sirber, on 10/10/2007, -2/+57It can be shipped in it's own box!
    • mistergoomba, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0hehe... when can i get it through ebay... hehe
    • s1mph0ny, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I'll sell you my dual PIII (slot!) Ml-370 that I have sitting in a cardboard box here. It's a little heavy to ship this way though.
  • Jorlwind, on 10/16/2007, -1/+200Hell, if it gets the job done who am I to complain?

    I just hope it has good cooling. He basically wrapped potentially hot parts in a tinderbox and sealed it with duct-tape.
    • RedRummy, on 10/16/2007, -1/+8its got a case fan in there too.
      • NJank, on 10/16/2007, -0/+29which, without proper ventilation, will just add to the heat load... my convection oven has a fan, too.
        • shavenlunatic, on 10/16/2007, -13/+1er, the fan doesn't actually "generate" any heat.. it just circulates it and spreads the heat out rather than having heat pockets
          • xtmno3, on 10/16/2007, -0/+24So, all case fans are magically frictionless and 100% efficient? If not, it generates additional heat.
        • s1mph0ny, on 10/16/2007, -0/+3http://www.afrotechmods.com/submitted/gCube/DCP_0802.jpg
          The case fan does have a cut-out in the back. Given that he has it pointing in the right direction, it would help the case stay cooler, but probably still hot enough to be a fire hazard.
      • BushLin, on 11/06/2007, -0/+1Who is digging up RedRummy's comment? He's clearly talking nonsense, case fans provide ventilation! I'd also point out that the heat in your oven isn't provided by the fan, the fan distributes the heat.
      • BushLin, on 11/06/2007, -0/+1Sorry RedRummy, I meant NJack and it's been dug down. Sorry for a retarded first post!
    • Trax91, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Poke holes?
    • rjam710, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1Well I hope it has terrible cooling; can't wait to see this go down in flames!
    • SloppyJoe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Paper doesn't catch fire until around 450F the compy would die long before that.
      • s1mph0ny, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm sure that depends on the humidity.
        • idonthack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No it doesn't. If core temp surpasses 450F (which it would have to do to heat paper to 450 or above) then it WILL melt. Humidity has nothing to do with it.
        • davidrools, on 10/16/2007, -0/+3all water will magically vaporize at around 212 degrees F
      • Szandor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9According to Bradbury, I believe it is 451F.
      • shinynew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well i guess its a good thing that even if it did get to 451F its still cardboard and probably takes a bit more.
  • ninxmz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+89Dugg for hilariously atrocious handwriting.
  • wedderburn, on 11/07/2007, -2/+89damn wish i could afford that mod :D
  • timjbart, on 10/10/2007, -2/+153Isn't that a fire hazard?
    • RedRummy, on 10/10/2007, -6/+37why?
      how often does you computer burst into flames?
      • caled, on 10/10/2007, -4/+60are we talking macbooks or dells, here?
      • Disjunto, on 10/10/2007, -0/+57how often is your computer made of cardboard?
        • sworoc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7are we talking macbooks or dells, here?
      • bringmewater, on 10/10/2007, -14/+4It's a fire hazard and also going to radiate you . Metal cases are meant to stop the fire and radiation. Just not a good idea.
        • richardiscool, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19Hahahahahahahahahaha.
        • TheLD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8The individual components like DVD drives are shielded against radiation.

          I think the main threat is static electricity
        • rouslan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Also don't forget about EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) and the radiation from cosmic rays which could corrupt RAM.
        • Asclepius, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4What? Nobody else has a computer that runs on uranium?
        • shinynew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Alright, well when my computer catches on fire and 'radiates' me, you know where I will be looking for the water.
      • usherzx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2I may be wrong but I think the reason they don't make computers out of paper and cardboard is because it increases the potential of a fire, and who WANTS a fire?
        This looks bad, very bad..I hope he has a fire extinguisher just in case
      • celkin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0If it's powered by Sony batteries...
    • maxlew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8i dont know about fire hazard but i wouldnt exactly want to leave my psu like that
    • wilhoitm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6yes it is, he is going to burn his house down because he is too cheap
    • vastrightwing, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I assume he's added an over heat detector and/or smoke detector which will release a nearby fire extinguisher.
      • eggo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Yes, but unfortunately, his fire prevention system is also made from cardboard.
    • AngelBunny, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Ubuntu Feisty: 0$. Cardboard box: 0$. Duct tape: 1$. Burning down the trailer park you live in: priceless.
    • davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Computers you buy all premade and stuff come in cardboard boxes so what's the big deal? ;)
  • Jonny0stars, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33Reminds me of pizza box Linux http://www.linuxjournal.com/articles/lj/0070/3796/3796f3.png
  • CraigCarlyle, on 10/17/2007, -2/+91Apparently Linux users only hate two things, Microsoft and Mormans.

    http://www.afrotechmods.com/submitted/gCube/DCP_0804.jpg
    • Coy0te, on 10/10/2007, -13/+9And regular sex...
    • penno, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19there's other things in the world to hate?
      • neuropsychguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9As a Mormon who doesn't hate Microsoft, I laughed at your comment.
      • MonkeyMCSE, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2the french
    • martalli, on 10/10/2007, -4/+12that ruined it for me
      • nullmind, on 10/10/2007, -5/+6That made it for me
        • spidoman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Prejudice does make everything just that much funnier.
          • Szandor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1To me it seemed like whoever wrote that was being silly on purpose and intentionally misspelled Mormons; very similar to the well-known "morans" photo.
    • diescheisse, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2WTH is a 'Morman'?
      • carbonfree314, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They just don't like being called Mormon, for the most part. Oh, were you trying to be funny? Never mind, then.
        • cunningjames, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0Honestly, "mormAn" caught me off guard, too -- the first thing that came to mind was some LDS superhero.

          Who hates superheroes? It's not American.
        • oscarsonthepond, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I've never met a Morman (including myself) who didn't like being called a Mormon. The official title is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and according to the AP style guide (and other news outlets) the media is supposed to call it by its full name or the "LDS Church," but I've never met a single person who was offended/cared/found anything wrong with someone calling them a Mormon.
        • oscarsonthepond, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1delete
      • DrStrabismus, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2I think this is a MormAn: http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/ChunkyMonkey_03/morman2.jpg
        • clackerd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2LessMan! LessMan!! for the love of god!!
    • GoodOldJacob, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22Get a
      BRAIN!
      MORMANS



      GO USA
    • MacGruber, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Microsoft, Mormons, and apparently gays.
    • abandonedhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I think what you guys missed even more was his own censoring. I imagine there's some more atrocious language underneath the duct tape.
    • vader6185, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3dude, whats wrong with mormons?
      • nukemunky, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3They believe that melanin is a curse that was sent by God as punishment. Have a nice day! :)
        • oscarsonthepond, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1False. I'm a Morman and I don't believe that...nor does anybody I know. Why not ask someone what they believe before rushing out to spew propaganda about what they believe?
        • davidpotesta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2“...wherefore, as they were white, and exceeding fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a SKIN OF BLACKNESS to come upon them.”
          (Book of Mormon, page 61, 2 Nephi 5, verse 21)

          “And the skins of the Lamanites were DARK, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which WAS A CURSE upon them because of their transgression...” (Book of Mormon, page 201, Alma 3, verse 6)

          “...for this people shall be scattered, and shall become a DARK, a filthy, and a loathsome people, beyond the description of that which ever hath been amongst us,...” (Book of Mormon, page 468, Mormon 5, verse 15)
      • chimaera2005, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2It's not mormOns it's mormAns... Mormon's that live in the ocean, duh.
  • Powerdrift, on 10/10/2007, -0/+46Haha, it's even got tools in it!
    • benitojuarez, on 10/16/2007, -0/+15Yeah thats actually kinda clever, im stealing that idea when i build my next pc.
      • TridenTBoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4It's open-source, no need to steal.
    • mark579, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15But what does he even need tools for? He doesn't need them to take it apart..
    • eggo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11They were in the box already when he decided to mod it.
  • MrSarcasm, on 10/10/2007, -14/+8i'll digg this because of all the zealots on digg :-D
    • iZealot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Who me???

      Ohhh those zealots. Yea forgot about them for a second there. I think they prefer to be called "special" people.
    • Renton, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Leave the protoss alone.
    • shinynew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1 We are the blades of Aiur!
  • niggler, on 10/10/2007, -24/+14looks like it was made by Dell
  • Jonny0stars, on 10/10/2007, -25/+1Lawl at @ txgop4ronpaul
    It always seems the same to me, people who vote for Ronpaul are probably the most wrong group of people on the internet, Im not saying Ron paul isnt great because i dont have a clue about what he stands for as im not American but his supporters (he must pay people $$$ for web propaganda or something) all seem to get dugg down and not just on digg but every site ever.
    ...



    Vote Ron Paul ZOMG!
  • Seph7, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28So who else is so tempted to build one of these right now?
    • reaper, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3im just thinking.... eskylinux - "keep your beers and computer cool"
    • MalDON, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Back when I was like 6 or seven, my father had me all into tweaking computers. He got mad when I made what I called "computer-in-a-box." It was pretty much the same thing, cept with a 386.
    • ajillis, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Might as well - it appears to be better built than my Dell.
    • MasterGrief, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I've been wanting to build a cereal box computer for years now, but it occurs to me that cereal boxes are extremely weak so it might not be so good of an idea to try it... Maybe if I reinforced it with wood or perhaps corrugated cardboard.
  • bronkenwrists, on 10/10/2007, -0/+38Great "out of the box" experience... huh... wait...
    • vastrightwing, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3This is a great idea: no need to pack this in a box in order to ship it. It ships in its own case. Simply add an address label and postage.
  • carl25, on 10/10/2007, -22/+8ubuntu $0 ?

    i didn't pay for my version of windows
    • geminitojanus, on 10/16/2007, -1/+20You paid for it even if you pirated it; Microsoft doesn't care if the few pirate their OS, you're just re-enforcing their dominance.

      It'll come back to bite you in the end though; one of these days they're going to slip some crap into Windows that starts forwarding Microsoft details about your hardware, Windows Genuine Supreme Convenience Package, and when they come knocking at your door asking for a check*, it's going to be a lot harder to deny them their payout.

      *:only in America.
    • edwardn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6ARrgh you pirate, or it was OEM.
    • DarkDragon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3If you got it OEM, you still paid for it in the 'Microsoft Tax', wherein you got it at a reduced price (because the manufacturer bought thousands of licenses in bulk) included in the cost of the machine
    • carl25, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1lol
      not oem and didn't pay a cent for it. They can slip whatever they want into it, i have windows update disabled. So good luck with them trying to slip something in
      • GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How clever. Windows update disabled! Why not turn off your firewall while you are at it?
      • carl25, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2already done, all my ports are open as well

        dmz ftw
  • mannaran, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4Ubuntu rules!
    • CCmachined, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Tt does. ***** you whoever buried his comment.
  • TempestStorm, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1That's so badass...

    Interesting use of a carboard box, I'll give em that much

    w00t linux!
  • m3t00, on 10/10/2007, -1/+108pic of a booted shell prompt or it didn't happen
  • Rikm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Neat stealth job on the optical drives.
  • lNSTlGAT0R, on 10/10/2007, -12/+7That is a lot of work and a stupid look just to save $20... pretty lame.
    • gavintlgold, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4If he wanted to be cheap, he could have just used an old case off the street like I do... ;)
    • TheLD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6lNSTlGAT0R: think you are missing the point of the site
  • petepete, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8dugg for that site's 404 page
    • Afrochu, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0ARIEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Brownflem, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1I like what he did but true - he only saved $ 20. I would of used a Milk Carton and a Dremil (or a kitchen knife if you're cheap)
  • smacksaw, on 10/17/2007, -2/+83I've always been perturbed by the Mormons irrational hate of Open Source and their constant alliances with Microsoft.
    • usherzx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16I like the way you talk.
    • m3t00, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Polygamy not only rhymes with monopoly they are the same ideology, one applied to computers and one to biology. Open Source must seem like what happens when Mr. Mormon leaves for work and the wives invite the milkman in for cookies.
      • BritishGolgo13, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1No...no they do not rhyme...pole-ig-ah-me != mon-op-oh-lee.
        • m3t00, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Only the last syllable has to rhyme to be good enough for Rock&Roll or Blues. Maybe you are into Classical or bebop Jazz. That would really raise the bar for this site.
    • arcticsoft, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4What! Im a mormon. I love Ubuntu. And Polygamy is a joke now, mormons have not had polygamy for more than 120 years. Plus Ive been thinking of changing to muslim, 72 virgins is sounding good to me :)
    • twinprism, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Speaking of an irrational fear of open source, couldn't the same be said of the US Government?
    • Lemm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That 's because if Mormon had been Open Source, there would have been too many people filing bug reports.
  • Stitzu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21Haha, this isn't as bad as my server... doesn't even get cardboard box... just a bunch of hardware lying on the floor under my desk ;)
    • GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Advanced atmospheric exposure coolant system?
    • shinynew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yea the worst I have is that my desktop computer has one power supply just sitting on the floor... I needed some more power for the graphics card, but I needed all three HDs and a dvd drive...
  • LeeSoong, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12EcoFriendly Cardboard recycling - super cool!

    DELL Boxes ironically make great PC cases, flat panel display boxes are just big enough for your system.

    FedEx has some nice 'PC cases' for free too...
    • rootstyle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10I once saw a hobo sleeping in a Dell server box on Bay street, downtown Toronto. It surely made my day. There is no doubt in my mind that the box provided shelter longer than the server provided uptime.
  • cantormath, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4We spend the money on what's inside the box....
    • domomike, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Yeah? Well us APPLE users spend the money on what's inside the box...
      And on the actual box...
      And plus some...
      Plus some more.
    • domomike, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Us Mac users spend money on what's inside the box...
      And for the actual box...
      And plus some...
      And some more.

      Oh well, I love my overpriced Mac!
    • shinynew, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Linux - Pay for what is inside the box
      Windows - Pay for what is inside the box & what happens on the screen
      Mac - Pay for _everything_
  • floatingpoints, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13So this is what it takes to get front page of digg nowadays, eh?
    • underdog5004, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5yeah, right alongside a picture of a white cow on a beach.
  • orvtech, on 10/10/2007, -3/+24lol ... look at my $79 server :D http://orvtech.com/Photos.html
    • madwormer2, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Wow, the spelling on that page is atrocious.
      • orvtech, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12English is not my first language.
        • abandonedhero, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4Would it kill you to use a spell checker? I understand the whole second language thing - but even iWeb has spell check.
          • orvtech, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6how do i enable it for english ? and have 'aspell' pr spell or any spell checker killed some one ?
          • ChefAnubis, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9if you dont like his english, feel free to reply in spanish.
          • sexybobo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://orangoo.com/spell/ is a decent spell checker online just copy and past the text right in. i use to use it all the time before firefox got a built in spell checker.
    • daleeburg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2what did you make that out of?
      • orvtech, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5a linksys NSLU2, it is currently hosting 2 sites, DNS, mysql, apache, ssh, torrents, etc.. 32Mb of ram and a proc of 133MHz, details in http://www.orvtech.com/Details.html
        • vroom101, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How is it handling the Digg traffic?
          • orvtech, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5this is my short apache stats for today (in spanish)
            Hits today: 172766
            Visitors: 2428

            Populares:
            3982 hits on Photos.html
            1842 hits on SlideShow_assets/SlideShow.html?lang=en
            388 hits on Details.html

            Chavistas: 36

            13:11:56 up 6:59, 1 user, load average: 3.91, 1.96, 1.36
          • orvtech, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1here is an update Hits today: 241336
            Visitors: 3418

            Populares:
            5550 hits on Photos.html
            2538 hits on SlideShow_assets/SlideShow.html?lang=en
            692 hits on Details.html

            Chavistas: 36

            18:36:25 up 12:24, 1 user, load average: 4.00, 1.99, 1.35

        • Renton, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2With a simple mod, you can double that speed http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/OverClockTheSlug
    • clueless25, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1That looks like a Zonbu PC, am I right?
    • brian9000, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wow. I'm really impressed with that. Can it handle any type of RAID?
      • orvtech, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1humm yes, software raid, but remember that you will be limited to the USB speed, so there is no sence to put a raid 0 on it, also i dont see how you would set up a raid 5 1+0 or 0+1 ? a usb hup? i dont know how reliable would that be. so i think if you really need your data safe you could setup a raid1 array.
  • morphie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12At least it's legal. :P
  • raptordrew, on 10/10/2007, -1/+55At least when he talks about his "linux box," he's being quite literal
  • winmywii, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16You can beat that Google ad at the top of this page on digg. "Mature PicFree to Join. 1000's of pictures & video's of Beautiful Senior Singleswww.SeniorPeopleMeet.com." Now that's targeted.
    • bhattsan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5There was a google ad on that page?
      • s1mph0ny, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1no, there was a google ad at the top of this story on digg when he loaded the page.
    • crazedgremlin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1you mean, "you _can't_ beat. . . ."
    • celkin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0No adblock? You must be new here.
  • CrazyNorman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Have you all never seen AfroTechMods before? All of his mods are a joke, although completely hilarious. Its intentional, as if you go to the website itself, you'll notice that the "website" is built from cardboard.
  • mindsnare, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27cmon now we've all made ghetto boxes in our time when your super fancy case hasn't arrived yet.
    here's mine http://www.spiraloz.com/unrelated/ghettobox2.jpg
  • dudefather, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7no priceless jokes please.
    seriously.
    • davidkeithjones, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Request for sanity: Priceless.
  • izzybr, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2For a second I thought that was a 5.25 floppy drive in there.
  • zorvi4, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2That is so freakin cool.

    @niggler rofl
    • daleeburg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3you realize they changed the comment system around so that you dont have to do an @?
  • AlexBellisBrown, on 10/16/2007, -8/+2Ok ok, Who broke into my house and took pictures of my linux?
  • cactus476, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Afrotechmods for live!
    • conan359, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Hell yes, Afroman FTW, I need to let him know he is about to get dugg.
  • jellygraph, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3dugg down for the title
  • pezholio, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3Dugg down for the Mastercard advert parody in the description. Bitchin' case mod though!
  • Spuy767, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2I helped a guy build a cardboard computer once, this one is positively hideous by comparison. If I'd have knows I could get on Digg's front page by doing something so mundane, I'd have posted pics of it years ago.
  • freddobbs, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3As I've always said, it's all about who you know on Digg.com and nothing about the quality of the news you have. If this lamo picture can be popular on Digg, my theory is proven.
    • bovester, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Uhhh you, sir, are retarded. This is ***** hilarious.


      If you don't think so, then you really don't belong here.
      • chrismgtis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It is not your responsibility or business who belongs here and it is our own business whether or not we think anything is funny. Maybe you should leave, since you think it's your job to tell us when we should or shouldn't be here?
    • shuffle2, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2...I think bovester just proved fred's point....
    • rootstyle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Whats really sad (and I'm prepared to get buried) is that this is apparently news. I remember when *kids* did this for their linux boxen nearly 10 years ago, and it was only mildly funny then.
    • loudintl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I agree. Who hasn't made a ***** cardboard box mod anyway? Is it because LINUX is in the title?
  • phr0ze, on 11/07/2007, -0/+20The money he saved, he just spent on bandwidth.
  • bovester, on 10/10/2007, -14/+23Dugg because he hates Mormons.
    • egrefen, on 10/10/2007, -11/+2Dugg because you hate Mormons too...
    • OrangeTide, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15What's wrong with mormons?
      • orvtech, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4they dont drive subarus
        • clackerd, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0i knew those guys were suspicious. this transgression will not stand unchecked.
        • arcticsoft, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7wow, ignorance is bliss. Im mormon and ive owned 2 subies. I also know a friend down the road who is loaded and has 4 subarus. Why in the world would they not drive subies?
          • orvtech, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1wait ... 2 subies ? do you AutoX or rallyX ?
        • bsolidgold, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'm sitting right next to a Mormon with the nicest STi I've ever seen...
          • orvtech, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2url to Dyno sheet or it doesnt count
      • masgrada, on 10/10/2007, -10/+4Basically they're a make believe religion like scientology.
      • aintitso, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1They are 80-90% Republican. That's reason enough. Aside from that, they are obnoxious as hell and believe in ludicrous, demonstrably false things like native Americans being descendants of Jews. My wife is an ex-Mormon, thank heaven for that!
        • oscarsonthepond, on 10/10/2007, -0/+480-90% - talk about demonstratably false. Tell that to Harry Reid or to Jim Matheson, whom Utah elected to Congress. Or better yet tell it to Berkeley Bunker, Martha Hughes Cannon, Larry EchoHawk, Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, Ralph Harding, Grant Hill, David S. King, William H. King, Elbert Duncan Thomas, Stewart Udall, or Tom Udall just to name a few Mormon Democrat politicians.

          Also, last time I checked it didn't say anywhere in Mormon scripture that Native-Americans have the same DNA as Jews. In fact the Book of Mormon explicitly teaches that there were people in the Americas long before any Jews came here. I hope you find joy in attempting to tear down a religion you know nothing about.
        • domomike, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3You got owned, you intolerant idiot.
    • mahdaeng, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Buried you because you support intolerance of others' beliefs, and buried the article for the same thing.
    • shellacked, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Wow. It makes me sad that people still think like this in 2007.

      It's rare that I can say this about an entire class of people but I swear this is true: Every Mormon that I've worked with has been hard working, dedicated, honest, and without the slightest shred of indecency. They've also all treated me with the same respect that they treat each other, despite the fact that I'm a beer-swilling foul mouthed atheist.

      Obviously I haven't met every Mormon on the planet but based on the ones I've met, there's nothing to hate
      • clackerd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0agreed. i grew up with mormon friends, and despite their family being sickingly "normal," they are for the most part good people. it is just like the south park episode - you can either concentrate on all the weird things they once believed in, or you can take them at face value for what they are - usually good people with a penchant for spreading the word of joseph smith and jesus at 9:30 in the morning on saturdays.

        * although my mormon friends came up with some seriously deviant practical jokes that were truly impressive, if not sinful, on a few occasions.
    • Piyh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Sarcasm?
    • ajillis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Way to be a man, bovester. The world has enough hate already - let's create some more. Great idea, loser.
    • domomike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I've met some very strange Mormons in my life.
      I've met some very strange people at my own church.

      Strange people are everywhere. Stop stereotyping. Not everyone in religion is a wacko.
  • Torx, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2amazing to see so many people amused at a carboard box case.. as if it hasnt already been done before about a million times.. sheesh.
  • smeep2k4, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Can we please stop using the Mastercard commercial references? That commercial is ancient, and really, really, really tired.
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