27.02.2007., 22:34
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The Geek Wants Out
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- Idemo dalje - stara kanta u novom ruhu :-)
  
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Prvo malo o 'novom ruhu' - legendarni Silverstone LC17.
Full ATX kućište sa dva kaveza za 6 diskova, kavezom za dva CD/DVD uređaja i hrpom strateški postavljenih otvora za hlađenje. Idealno HTPC kućište u koje se uz malo promišljanja bez problema može složiti i jaki gaming sistem za dnevnu sobu (Lihto's HTPC thread). Kao jedinu manu bi mu se, uvjetno rečeno, mogao uzeti nedostatak LCD/VFD display-a ali je zato cijenom daleko najpovoljnije/najjeftinije ATX HTPC kučište u Hrvata. IMHO definitivni BESTBUY za HTPC sisteme.
  
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A sad malo i o 'staroj kanti'... Osnova sistema je 'Intelova D815E MBO sa 2x256Mb RAM a 'srce zvijeri' je PIII na 'čak' 1GHz. Sistemski disk je IDE WD40 Gb a pošto ploča nema ugrađen SATA kontroler dodana su 2x PCI dvokanalna kontrolera i na njih su spojena 2x 320Gb 7200.10 i 160Gb 7200.8. Ugrađena je i stara 3com-ova 10/100Mbit kartica koja se vukla naokolo i pasivno hlađena ATI Rage128pro grafička kartica. Reda radi tu je i TDK CDRW pržilica. Napajanje je CM Realpower 450W (uzeto na forumu). Isto napajanje je i u HTPCu i pokazalo se hladno i stabilno za 24/7 rad a na malim opterečenjima i nečujno.
   
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Svi ventilatori (1x120mm TT naprijed, 2x80mm Silverstone nazad, 1x 40mm CM na CPU) su smanjeni na 5V i doslovno su nečujni. Ploča nema nikakve senzore (bar ih Everest ne nalazi) ali 'prst metoda' pokazuje da su temperature u kučištu minimalne. Dodatno radi smanjenja buke koju proizvode diskovi poklopac je tapeciran sa 5mm debelom spužvom koja je stavljena i na dno kučišta ispod kaveza za diskove radi smanjenja vibracija. Nakon svega, zatvoreno kučište spremljeno u vitrinu je doslovno nečujno.
Na kraju balade instalirani su WinXP pro/SP2 i pogašeni nepotrebni procesi tako da sad 'troše' ~80Mb RAMa a tijekom 10ak dana 24/7 rada peak je 120Mb. Sistemu je dodijeljena fiksna IP adresa, spojen je na router i podignut utorrent a administrira se vrlo jednostavno preko remote desktopa. Jedina dva kabela koja izlaze iz kučišta su napajanje i LAN tako da bi uz neku wireless karticu sve skupa moglo stajati i u podrumu... 'but where's the fun in that' :-)
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The Geek Wants OUT
by Ernest Cline
At first glance
I probably appear to be a somewhat ordinary,
somewhat average looking fellow.
Calm, harmless, at ease.
But this is by design.
You see, it is through decades of research and rigorous training that I have crafted this façade of normalcy.
And now, through intense concentration,
I am able to function in a social setting.
I can speak at length with educated people about
pertinent matters of public importance,
such as literature,
or the current political climate in Europe.
I am capable of conversing with you
without ever revealing that just underneath the surface
of this manufactured veneer
there hides an altogether different person.
A monster, some might say.
My alter-ego.
He is the opposite of the image I project.
He is the antithesis of Cool.
He is the LAST person you want to get trapped in a conversation with.
He is The Geek.
The obsessive science fiction movie watching,
comic book collecting,
Monty Python dialogue memorizing,
Dungeons and Dragons playing GEEK
that I struggle daily to keep hidden from the world.
But The Geek Wants Out.
He want to talk to you.
He wants to give you his doctoral dissertation on why
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
is the greatest fucking film of all time!
He wants to bitch slap you because
you’ve never seen Big Trouble in Little China.
What? Have you been living in a fucking cave?!
He wants to kick your ass in Star Wars Trivial Pursuit.
And he will.
Because he’s a fucking Geek.
And he wants his toys.
He wants the complete set
in mint condition,
still in the box.
He wants every item on the planet that is even remotely related to Ultraman.
Because Ultraman is Airwolf!
He could give a squirt of piss
about sports or politics or rhetoric.
Such things are of no consequence to him.
What matters is the release date of the next Lord of the Rings movie!
You see, The Geek can’t wait.
The Geek has no patience.
He wants what he wants when he wants it.
And all he wants is stupid shit!
He wants his own Tardis.
He wants his own light saber.
He wants to buy a DeLorean and he wants to drive it 88 miles per hour.
He wants movies.
He wants to see the Director’s Cut.
He wants the impossible to find Japanese bootleg with
6 minutes of never-before-seen footage.
He wants to watch Blade Runner. Again.
He wants to watch Brazil. Again.
He wants to watch A Clockwork Orange.
Again and Again!
But I deprive him of these things, as best I can,
until I can no longer ignore his voice
screaming in my head.
I am Jekyl. He is Hyde.
I am Bruce Banner. He is the Hulk.
Especially the Hulk from issues #272 to #378.
But no longer!
I am putting a stop to all this nerdy shit right now!
I’m an adult, for Christ’s sake!
And this body isn’t big enough for the both of us.
One of us has to go, and it’s gonna be him.
I banishing the Geek forever to the Phantom Zone,
just like in Superman II !
Because, in the end –
there can be only one.
Zadnje izmijenjeno od: crn. 28.02.2007. u 00:24.
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