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Crush that machine!
Now this is a funny article that's just been posted to Slashdot. There's a machine sitting somewhere, which is running a web server and counting down the seconds until a set weight will be automatically dropped onto it and effectively crushing and destroying itself.

If you've got nothing better to do with your time, then count down the seconds and watch the machine go boom:

http://195.195.81.5/

- wil
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Re: [Wil] Crush that machine! In reply to
91.8 hours to wait.

I may pop back to watch in 4 days, you can sit and watch if you wish.
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Re: [Wil] Crush that machine! In reply to
91 hours to go. (or so)
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And as I am posting this, it seems that the server will be slashdotted before it is physically crushed. Shame ...

- wil
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Re: [Paul] Crush that machine! In reply to
I hope its worth it. Maybe someone should do a screen capture as it gets hit.
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Re: [Ian] Crush that machine! In reply to
Or maybe someone should get a life :)
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Re: [Paul] Crush that machine! In reply to
Yeah. So how did you come across this site Wil?

My vote still goes to the kid looking for a date on his website. "Thanks for stopping by". It would be better if that was his web server in the pic though.


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Re: [Ian] Crush that machine! In reply to
...nooo it should be him tied to the desk with a weight above him Wink
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Re: [Paul] Crush that machine! In reply to
Some girl would feel sorry for him and he may actually get a date that way.
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Re: [Ian] Crush that machine! In reply to
Hmm I may have to try that then :)
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Re: [Ian] Crush that machine! In reply to
Hi Ian

The story was posted to /.

- wil
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The story was posted to /.
Where?Crazy
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Re: [Ian] Crush that machine! In reply to
Slash Dot - where geeks hang out.
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Re: [Ian] Crush that machine! In reply to
http://slashdot.org/

It's a news and discussion site for interesting items relating to anything technology, really. It's basically a collection of stories from salon.com, news.com, theregister.co.uk, and a few other sites. Mostly full of trolls these days, however, similar to k5.

- wil
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Re: [Wil] Crush that machine! In reply to
Uhhhh.... better have a look then.
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Re: [Ian] Crush that machine! In reply to
This reminds be of the NEAR mission where the spacecraft orbited around an asteroid and then they finally crashed it into it. It was really cool seeing the pics as it got closer and closer until "poof". If you are interested, I imagine there are links on www.nasa.gov site.

Ps: the asteroid looks like big potato.
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Re: [Watts] Crush that machine! In reply to
VERY near mission. LOL


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NT server?

hehe ....

openoffice + gimp + sketch ... Smile