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olePigeon · Feb 27, 2004, 12:07 AM

http://biggestpos.com/pics/gallery/borgcase

Big Booger · Feb 27, 2004, 12:41 AM

I want one with a G5 inside.

olePigeon · Feb 27, 2004, 12:45 AM

Given the obvious, I think it'd make a great mod for a Cube.

Wiskedjak · Feb 27, 2004, 12:59 AM

Are you suggesting that Microsoft commissioned this design?

Vader�s Pinch of Death · Feb 27, 2004, 01:03 AM

It is geeky as hell but very well done.

Rev-O · Feb 27, 2004, 01:37 AM

So this is what people with way too much spare time do. I've often wondered...

mitchell_pgh · Feb 27, 2004, 01:42 AM

Originally posted by Rev-O:
So this is what people with way too much spare time do. I've often wondered...

This is what happens to men when they take females out of the equation.

Vader�s Pinch of Death · Feb 27, 2004, 01:53 AM

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
This is what happens to men when they take females out of the equation.

Isn't that the BBQ's slogan?

d4nth3m4n · Feb 27, 2004, 01:58 AM

Originally posted by Vader�s Pinch of Death:
Isn't that the BBQ's slogan?

ZING!

The Placid Casual · Feb 27, 2004, 03:37 AM

Saw the pics over at /.

250 hours of 'spare' time

60 metres of wire

The thing must also weigh a ton...

Then again, as long as it has warp field generator I could see past the short-comings...

nonhuman · Feb 27, 2004, 03:44 AM

Originally posted by The Placid Casual:
Then again, as long as it has warp field generator I could see past the short-comings...

Must... resist... impending... geekiness of doom...

Gah! The borg don't use warp-drive, they use transwarp technology which uses transwarp conduits rather than sub-space (warp) fields.

Damnit. Now see what you went and made me do.

Vader�s Pinch of Death · Feb 27, 2004, 03:48 AM

Originally posted by nonhuman:
Must... resist... impending... geekiness of doom...

Gah! The borg don't use warp-drive, they use transwarp technology which uses transwarp conduits rather than sub-space (warp) fields.

Damnit. Now see what you went and made me do.

Well I remember them travelling at WARP in the first episode they were in and in "best of both worlds".

MindFad · Feb 27, 2004, 04:19 AM

Originally posted by Vader�s Pinch of Death:
Isn't that the BBQ's slogan?

I would've thought that was yours.

Vader�s Pinch of Death · Feb 27, 2004, 04:30 AM

Originally posted by MindFad:
I would've thought that was yours.

I promise you I have 10x more females in my life then all the guys in the BBQ combined

Not that I didn't see a predictable gay joke coming

nobitacu · Feb 27, 2004, 05:07 AM

Great work, but man... way too much time in their hands...

Ming

olePigeon · Feb 27, 2004, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by Wiskedjak:
Are you suggesting that Microsoft commissioned this design?

It was just a joke. Microsoft is often seen as the "Borg" whith their "embrace & extend" mantra of handling everything. The guy's PC has been borgified.

nonhuman · Feb 27, 2004, 05:13 PM

Originally posted by Vader�s Pinch of Death:
Well I remember them travelling at WARP in the first episode they were in and in "best of both worlds".

All they ever said was that they were traveling at various warp speeds, which are still perfectly valid measurements of speed for someone traveling through a transwarp conduit. Also, at that point they didn't actually know what method of propulsion the Borg used as they had just encountered them for the first time. I'm not sure they ever actually found out until Voyager, and probably would have just assumed they used some more advanced version of warp drive (since they were capable of higher speeds) since the Federation had been unable to produce viable transwarp technology.

Sigh, I'm far too geeky for my own good.

Immortal K-Mart Employee · Feb 27, 2004, 05:26 PM

Originally posted by nonhuman:
All they ever said was that they were traveling at various warp speeds, which are still perfectly valid measurements of speed for someone traveling through a transwarp conduit.

They said they were traveling at warp 9.5. When they enter a transwarp conduit they are out of normal space and can't interact with things traveling at warp. On voyager they always dropped out of transwarp to chase them.

Turias · Feb 27, 2004, 05:33 PM

Man, you two are sad.

ghost_flash · Feb 27, 2004, 05:46 PM

I have a question: Does this thing create a magnetic field when it is turned on?
All that wire! There must be an electro-magnet in the equation somewhere, and that can't be good for those Floppies...

PCs still use floppies dont' they? I can't remember, or maybe it is because I blocked all the pain.

ambush · Feb 27, 2004, 07:37 PM

Originally posted by Vader�s Pinch of Death:
I promise you I have 10x more females in my life then all the guys in the BBQ combined

You have 10x more females in your life than all the guys in the BBQ combined and MindFad.

But then it's just like adding zero to zero. It gives you zero.

ambush · Feb 27, 2004, 07:39 PM

Originally posted by ghost_flash:
I have a question: Does this thing create a magnetic field when it is turned on?
All that wire! There must be an electro-magnet in the equation somewhere, and that can't be good for those Floppies...

PCs still use floppies dont' they? I can't remember, or maybe it is because I blocked all the pain.

You have to have a Cobalt/Nickel/Iron/Magnetic core with a helluva LOT of wire.

MindFad · Feb 27, 2004, 08:21 PM

Originally posted by Vader�s Pinch of Death:
I promise you I have 10x more females in my life than all the guys in the BBQ combined

"In your life"? Oh, that could mean, anything. Well, if you "promise" me.

Either way, you're probably doing better than pouting little baby ambush up there.

^ OMG, BOLD UNDERLINE MEGA ATTCK RIGHT THERE, LOL.

And fine, I'll take the bait�you've probably had more 10x more guys in your bed than MacNN and BBQ combined.

You said it, so I had to, too.

And that case is cool. Geeky as hell? Yes. But still cool. Dude's got some patience.

Vader�s Pinch of Death · Feb 27, 2004, 08:34 PM

Originally posted by MindFad:
And fine, I'll take the bait�you've probably had more 10x more guys in your bed than MacNN and BBQ combined. You said it, so I had to, too.

Since I am gay and enjoy men in my bed I take it that was a compliment. Or is that supposed to be some sort of insult?

MindFad · Feb 27, 2004, 08:42 PM

Originally posted by Vader�s Pinch of Death:
Since I am gay and enjoy men in my bed I take it that was a compliment. Or is that supposed to be some sort of insult?

It was the gay joke you had predicted, or something close to it. I just brought it to life. I thought you would laughed, at least. Or are you going to take the whole victimized gay man angle and act like I'm bashing gays?

I honestly didn't mean to offend, though, and I apologize if I did.*

*I know how up tight and serious folks can be around here sometimes.

Hey, we're derailing. Stop it.

ryju · Feb 27, 2004, 08:59 PM

Even my PC-zealot friends are too busy playing Counter-Strike to build something like that.

MindFad · Feb 27, 2004, 09:02 PM

Originally posted by ryju:
Even my PC-zealot friends are too busy playing Counter-Strike to build something like that.

Mine are too busy playing EverQuest.

Hey, someone should make a Samus computer. I would dig that. Or turn their GameCube into a computer. Better yet, someone turn an original NES into a computer. Hardcore.