Vent — November 21, 2008 @ 1:08 pm

That’s the cat’s meow. Looks like a lot of fun. All my favorite cars over the years have been POS’s.

“Chocolate Glitter,” hell yeah. Sounds like a stripper name.

Twee — November 21, 2008 @ 2:00 pm

Haha- I also bought my first car from a hippie for 200 bucks and then did my own paint-job on it. Sounds like you put a bit more time into this one though.
I had a ‘78 (i think) mustang 4-cylinder which basically had none of the power or style of a normal mustang, having been made just after and in response to the oil embargo. This 20-year-old-lemon lasted me a year or so until I finally killed the transmission. Once I was stuck in a parking lot with the car not starting, and a helpful policeman hit the starter motor with a hammer and made it work.
Anyway- nice car, casemods.

AlecDalek — November 21, 2008 @ 2:15 pm

That guys a douche.

ian356094 — November 21, 2008 @ 2:20 pm

^^Word up.

jimmieq — November 21, 2008 @ 2:51 pm

tha car is win
the dude is douche

traptin85 — November 5, 2008 @ 9:14 am

repost

SumoSnipe — November 5, 2008 @ 11:08 am

Pretty, add some sting to yer punch

WistfulD — November 5, 2008 @ 2:22 pm

Yeah that’s inconspicuous. Useless as a weapon, useless for stealth. Welcome to the world of fail.

Quinotaurus — November 5, 2008 @ 3:03 pm

“Useless as a weapon, useless for stealth.”

and yet awesome.

goforbroke — November 5, 2008 @ 3:33 pm

Im sure that if you walked up to someone and put this at point blank range, as in a crowd you could probably take them out dont know if you will have use of your finger or hand again…

JoeCrow — November 5, 2008 @ 3:53 pm

@goforbroke:

Fail, Less than a .22

Phyreblade — November 7, 2008 @ 4:18 am

@goforbroke: I’ve seen a vid of someone getting shot in the face with a .22 and walking away. This is chambered in .06…

Chances of taking someone out with this are really, really, really, slim… Would sure sting though…

Grassman7z7 — November 5, 2008 @ 2:10 am

Its probably good to Cite where this is from.
Cracked.com

But its not like its such a far-fetched idea - we already have the nudie pics of Hannah Montana.

one — November 5, 2008 @ 2:16 am

And the naked Vanessa Hudgens pictures too.

Puulaahi — November 5, 2008 @ 3:34 am

In a not so distant future.

tiki god — November 5, 2008 @ 9:52 am

@Grassman7z7: I love Cracked.com Once, my baby had fallen into a river and Cracked.com saved it!

Thank you Cracked.com!!!!

SumoSnipe — November 5, 2008 @ 11:12 am

Lohan beat hear to it…

saborlas — November 5, 2008 @ 1:04 pm

An actual use for Hannah Montana? Hmm….

casemods — November 6, 2008 @ 3:29 am

@SumoSnipe: Lohan looks like an 80 year old woman

AbNo — November 4, 2008 @ 2:03 am

By jove, I think I just found my write-in….

LukeV1-5 — November 4, 2008 @ 2:26 pm

But tomorrow the children will be one day older.

Jesus Christ — November 2, 2008 @ 5:10 pm

I am so going to do the last one.

Frznagn — November 2, 2008 @ 5:17 pm

Ball Pit: Instant Win!

dieAntagonista — November 2, 2008 @ 5:19 pm

The left handed stranger? I think I heard that in a movie. And what’s the deal with the Sylvia Plath one? I looked her up just now on wikipedia, though I can’t figure it out.

nyokki — November 2, 2008 @ 5:24 pm

@dieAntagonista: Auto erotic asphyxiation?

dieAntagonista — November 2, 2008 @ 5:36 pm

@nyokki: Haha, for real? So who was this Sylvia person? Was she known for liking that or what. I always imagined erotic asphyxiation to be much sexier.

nyokki — November 2, 2008 @ 5:48 pm

@dieAntagonista: Plath took her own life on the morning of February 11, 1963. Leaving out bread and milk, she completely sealed the rooms between herself and her sleeping children with “wet towels and cloths.”[9] Plath then placed her head in the oven while the gas was turned on. wiki

dieAntagonista — November 2, 2008 @ 6:01 pm

@nyokki: Ow shit. Well then, that’s just wrong.

outofocus — November 2, 2008 @ 6:07 pm

lol!

The Cone should be added to this…

Demon — November 2, 2008 @ 6:18 pm

Re: The Cone Website…
They have it at Walgreens! Yes!
$115.
User review: “The pointy end was intimidating until I sat on it, then all my worries faded away in bliss. Tickled like a june bug in the undies.”

dieAntagonista — November 2, 2008 @ 6:28 pm

@outofocus: Ahaha. Reminds me of that Hallowe’en Simpsons episode. I see it makes your butt vibrate? Nice.

LukeV1-5 — November 2, 2008 @ 6:33 pm

Took me so long to realise what was going on in the Mary Lou Retton.

I was like, Leaning Tower of Pisa? Alien abduction?

Some sort of giant sex laser?

dieAntagonista — November 2, 2008 @ 6:38 pm

@LukeV1-5: Don’t say you’ve never seen a showerhead bigger than your head

Cheebs — November 2, 2008 @ 9:41 pm

The microwave Melon sounds like it might feel pretty good. Standby for review.

sylvanish — November 3, 2008 @ 12:43 am

The Mary Lou Retton is my favorite. All those years of gymnastics weren’t a total waste, lol.

sylvanish — November 3, 2008 @ 12:46 am

OH MY! The cone is now at the top of my yule wishlist…

jayarmstrong — November 3, 2008 @ 5:09 am

I was surprised to see the “organ grinder” not included on this poster. A child’s toy cement truck mixer filled with animal kidneys/liver/whatever…insert organ, grind away. Saw it in an old Penthouse Magazine. Horribly fascinating.

Rocko — November 3, 2008 @ 4:37 pm

Of all the things on the TV, a Golden Girls Marathon… totally hardcore.

Rocko — November 3, 2008 @ 4:38 pm

*plus fairly good imagination required

Tyger42 — November 1, 2008 @ 9:05 am

Got some friends with a female dog that does the leg humping thing. >< Weird as hell.

Dreth — November 1, 2008 @ 9:27 am

I don’t know what you’re talking about so here’s a dog with a rock on its head.

outofocus — November 1, 2008 @ 4:19 pm

I like this breed of dogs… but I would not like a dog with the behavioral issues you describe.

dieAntagonista — November 1, 2008 @ 6:48 pm

She’s beautiful. I like aggressive dogs, they’re more interesting most of the time, than normal dogs.

ElinHime — October 27, 2008 @ 1:29 pm

If anyone was wondering where it’s from:
http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/

casemods — November 2, 2008 @ 8:19 pm

@ElinHime: By the number of replies, I can’t see who wasn’t…

tiki god — October 24, 2008 @ 12:13 am

sounds like the method of updating an xbox

Crazy5hadow — October 24, 2008 @ 12:34 am

hahaha funny cuz its true!!
WHY THE FUCK IS THE PC GETTIN NAKED?!?!? O_o

joeyisapest — October 24, 2008 @ 12:57 am

maybe hes gonna upgrade his tie

casemods — October 24, 2008 @ 1:21 am

@joeyisapest: Yeah, that’s actually a pretty good analogy for pc upgrades.

Paul_Is_Drunk — October 24, 2008 @ 4:15 am

I can understand why people like Macs, but damn do I love opening up my machine and messing with it. Can you imagine if you owned a car that you couldn’t open the hood on?

NoOneInParticular — October 24, 2008 @ 5:40 am

@Paul_Is_Drunk:

Unless you’re talking about the all-in-one iMac or a notebook, you can open a Mac and mess around with it just like a PC. They make all-in-one and notebook PCs, and they’re just as hard to mess with as Apples.

In fact, many of the MacPro towers are actually EASIER to open than the average PC case. It’s part of what makes a Mac more expensive - having a pricey case that’s better than the run-of-the-mill $30 PC case.

Paul_Is_Drunk — October 24, 2008 @ 6:06 am

@NoOneInParticular
Look, I really don’t want to get into this, but one of my best friends is an in-store “Mac Genius,” and she’s always using her little political talking points on me.

*sigh* Okay, I’ll nibble on your flamebait…

o_O? Easier? I’ve opened up both machines, my friend, and it’s pretty similar, except one costs more because it has a monopoly on all parts and services. There’s a reason why auto parts are standardized.

AlecDalek — October 24, 2008 @ 8:00 am

@NoOneInParticular: Wow, Mac Users are delusional. Just because you can open the case, doesn’t mean there’s MILLIONS of upgrades and tuning options like on a PC. Can you replace the motherboard on a Mac? Can you replace the case? Can you completely remove every trace of the OS that came with it? I thought not.

AlecDalek — October 24, 2008 @ 8:46 am

We’ve had Computers in daily life for over 30 years now. For fuck’s sake, by now you should be able to build one for $300 in parts and $0 in OS and software. Wait, they’ve got that already?

AlecDalek — October 24, 2008 @ 8:53 am

That’s it. I’m throwing down. I’m going to go through my many spare parts bins and build a PC system from scratch in less time than it takes for a new Mac user to get buyers remorse.

dieAntagonista — October 24, 2008 @ 9:12 am

@AlecDalek: Ahaha. Pics or it didn’t happen.

awfulintentions — October 24, 2008 @ 6:53 pm

Uhm? Opening a PC case is hard? Da fuck? It takes me ten seconds to open mine, and I’m supposed to be a woman.

Pfft. Macs suck. Photoshop on Macs used to win, but photoshop runs better on PC’s better any day. Apples are stupid when it comes to upgrades, basically what you buy is what you’re stuck with. It’s easy as hell to update a PC. I’ve done all my own upgrades, ram, video card, hard drive, etc, etc.

FxChiP — October 24, 2008 @ 9:54 pm

@Paul_Is_Drunk: “There’s a reason why auto parts are standardized.”

There’s a reason computer parts are standardized too. PowerMacs and Mac Pros have been using standard memory, PCI architecture, ATA, etc. since PowerPC G3 — possibly before. And were way ahead of their time in terms of support too — rumor has it you can stick up to 1.5 GB of RAM in one of the oldies. I haven’t personally verified this myself.

@AlecDalek: I’m doing your posts in order. There *ARE* millions of upgrades and tuning options. Just like a PC, you have to do your fucking research and make sure you’re getting the right kind of RAM from Kingston, PNY, or any other manufacturer of standard RAM. You just have to make sure your shit matches their motherboard’s capability — oh shit, just like a PC. As I said before, their RAM has been standard for well over a decade now, starting back when G3’s used PC100/133 SDRAM and G4’s used PC133.

Can you replace the motherboard? Haven’t looked at the newer Mac Pros yet, but I suspect they haven’t changed this fact — yes, but you obviously can’t keep Mac OS X if you do that. PowerMacs definitely used ATX screw layouts.

Can you blow out the OS and install a new one? Hrm, not quite yet — I believe Microsoft is working on this, and I’m pretty sure Linux (elilo bootloader in particular) provides a solution for those as well.

Build one for $300 in parts and $0 in OS/software? First off, where the hell are you getting parts? Second off, you’d better be installing Linux for that $0 part to be accurate — technically, if you’re pirating Windows (which is illegal), you actually have at least $99-$129 in software even though you stole it. Which breaches the cost of a Mac Mini.

… By the way, check out how easy it is to take this new MacBook apart. OMG SO PROPRIETARY even though it’s like the easiest removal of a laptop’s motherboard (or logic board, whatever) that I have ever seen.

If you want to bitch and fucking moan about lack of openness and standardization, start bitching and fucking moaning about Windows’ lack of both, because at least the base system (kernel, basic UNIX binary utilities, etc.) of Mac OS X is open source, while you’re lucky if you get any Windows source code by any legal means — and it doesn’t mean you get to share.

The amount of rampant, raging ridiculousness is grating my nerves, and even drove me to register an account just to try to cure some of it. Congrats.

hvymetal86 — October 28, 2008 @ 2:45 am

@FxChiP:
before the Intel macs, macs couldn’t just use the same speed/type ram, they had to get special mac ram, which cost a shitload more.

And I laugh at your attempt to say macs are easy to swap parts out in. I can replace the RAM/HD/keyboard/wifi-card in almost any windows laptop in 60 seconds or less. Ok, so the newest mac laptop is a bit better with this than the older ones… so it took them how much longer than windows laptop makers to GET A FUCKING CLUE? And its still not as easy.

Example 1(right from your link):
“To replace the hard drive, you’ll need a T6 Torx screwdriver to transfer the hard drive mounting screws to the new drive.” They’ve already quite pointlessly made it more difficult. Do most people have Phillips head screwdrivers? Yes, and those type screws are used in almost all windows laptops and desktops. how many people have Torx tools? Not too fucking many. (I do, but I own computer tool kits).

Example 2(again from your link):
“It looks like the only really hard part to replace will be the upper case and keyboard.”
Yup, keyboard still unnecessarily difficult to get to.

Example 3(still from your link, seeing a pattern here? I don’t even have to try to tear macs an asshole):
“The optical drive is held in by the following 4 screws:
*Three 2.5 mm Phillips.
*One 3.7 mm Phillips.”
Most windows laptops have ONE screw securing the optical drive, and you can take the drive out without removing ANY panels from the laptop.

Example 4: Most windows PC’s optical drives are still more convenient than macs. If a disc every gets stuck, you can just poke an straightened paperclip in the little eject hole and Voila! Out pops the disc tray, without even turning the laptop on. Mac laptops (and some desktops) lack this handy feature, and I’ve NEEDED IT several times when dealing with broken macs at work, cause there’s no easy way to get a fucking disc out so you can stick the mac OS on in for the testing environment and command line.

Need I keep going? No. Shove your macs up your ass.

FxChiP — October 28, 2008 @ 7:00 am

@hvymetal86: You wrote:

before the Intel macs, macs couldn’t just use the same speed/type ram, they had to get special mac ram, which cost a shitload more.

No, you idiot, they used standard SDRAM. G3 and G4 used PC100 and PC133. They moved on to standard DDR in later versions — just that they, Apple, didn’t support your ass if you didn’t buy Apple. Most PC vendors don’t support you if you don’t buy your parts from them anyway.

Yes, I know this from experience. I’ve upgraded a hell of a lot more Macs than you, I suspect, including the ones that do suck to do so with (iMac G3, pre-the little door at the bottom).

They’ve already quite pointlessly made it more difficult. Do most people have Phillips head screwdrivers? Yes, and those type screws are used in almost all windows laptops and desktops. how many people have Torx tools? Not too fucking many. (I do, but I own computer tool kits).

My current computer has Phillips-head screwdrivers, this is true. However, the ones my computer has are really, incredibly small; small enough that you’d need specialized kit. I suspect this is the case in most laptops, as this is even a “lower-end” model. How many people have the TINY Phillips heads? “Not too fucking many.” And this seems to be the case with the laptops I see in CompUSA as well.

Pointlessly? I wouldn’t want just anyone screwing around in the product I made and breaking it and then bitching at me. Most likely people would come upon the screw, go “huh???” and then do some research. THEN start upgrading. Which is a better path than “just give them the standard screwdriver and let them go to town, possibly destroying everything in their computer.”

Yup, keyboard still unnecessarily difficult to get to.

… you’re really nitpicking about access to the keyboard, of all things, when the logic board — one of the most difficult parts to get to on any laptop — is clearly and easily accessible. Hokay.

Most windows laptops have ONE screw securing the optical drive, and you can take the drive out without removing ANY panels from the laptop.

The old ones, maybe. The new ones you have to take the entire damn thing apart — or at least, my laptop forces you to. For reference, I’m on a Compaq Presario V3019US. And there are at least two screws securing it.

Example 4: Most windows PC’s optical drives are still more convenient than macs. If a disc every gets stuck, you can just poke an straightened paperclip in the little eject hole and Voila! Out pops the disc tray, without even turning the laptop on. Mac laptops (and some desktops) lack this handy feature, and I’ve NEEDED IT several times when dealing with broken macs at work, cause there’s no easy way to get a fucking disc out so you can stick the mac OS on in for the testing environment and command line.

There’s no cure for “do your fucking research and quit your fucking whining.” If it’s a tray loader (iMac G3 and some G4 and probably some eMacs, iBook G3, Powerbook G3 and possibly some G4), your hole is right fucking there. If it’s a slot loader (iBook G4, later Powerbook G4, PowerMacs, etc.), the inside of the slot to the right of where you load the CD is where your hard-eject is.

Speaking of — slot-load == less chance to break your computer. The CD is the most you can damage. Well, I suppose inserting a broken CD could damage your slot-loader, but I’m pretty sure a broken CD could damage your tray-loader, too.

Upgradeability’s not been a huge issue in Powerbooks from what I understand — read up on the Powerbook Pismo (PowerBook G3 400/500 w/ FireWire). iBooks, obviously and admittedly, are difficult to get to for hard drives, but the built-in wireless card and RAM are still easy-peasy to get to — two tabs on the keyboard come back, then you flip the keyboard up. (Note: to get to RAM you also unscrew a shield that requires almost a jeweler’s screwdriver, that thing is small.)

On the subject of easy upgradeability of wifi cards: HP locks what cards you can put in their laptop by PCI vendor ID (if your card’s vendor ID != HP’s magic number, the laptop refuses to boot). Other manufacturers likely do the same.

I entirely missed this first part of your post which I’ll get to now:

And I laugh at your attempt to say macs are easy to swap parts out in.

You’ve obviously never worked on a PowerMac — and Mac Pros continue the PowerMac’s design philosophy, so this probably applies to them as well. How to open a PowerMac: pull latch up, pull side down. That’s it. Standard RAM, standard compartments for the RAM, standard ATA IDE hard drive, standard ATA IDE optical… I suspect they’re SATA now in the Mac Pro, but still no less standard, especially given that they’re on Intel architecture now.

It was also ridiculously simple to replace RAM on old all-in-one iMac G3’s in many cases — get a quarter, turn the “screw” on the bottom, and open the door. Full access to memory. Everything else though was a bitch, I will admit — what do you expect from a machine that’s built into the monitor? The old Gateways made the same way are just as much of a bitch, if not more so.

So go take your own willful ignorance and shove it up your ass.

tiki god — October 23, 2008 @ 11:27 pm

this might be true.

Brevity Truta — October 23, 2008 @ 11:51 pm

It just might - very clever panels.

yawn — October 24, 2008 @ 12:16 am

Old, but worthy.

AlecDalek — October 24, 2008 @ 8:49 am

Yes, this is why I wear spectacles instead of contacts or laser burns. With the glasses, I look like a programmer. Without the glasses, I look like a factory worker.

suicydking — October 24, 2008 @ 8:58 am

Leave Rob Halford out of this.

AliceH — October 24, 2008 @ 12:14 pm

I’m glad my husband wears glasses. With them, he looks like a nerdy computer programmer. Without them, women notice his very long eyelashes and how pretty his eyes are. He’d get hit on all the time if he had the nerve to jam a couple of pieces of plastic onto his eyeballs.

tiki god — October 23, 2008 @ 4:07 pm

oh man, I remember this image from when the internet first came out

ogie — October 23, 2008 @ 4:16 pm

is she trying to think of something, or is she trying to push out a extra wide shit?

JazzyJazzyJazzHands — October 23, 2008 @ 4:56 pm

For Sale: Baby Shoes, never worn.

Actual short story by Ernest Hemingway.