What is it with blue LEDs?

Silur · Post by **Silur** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:26 am

Originally posted by Mr Flibble
You sick, sick child....

Hey! No dissing of my baby!

The only permitted criticism of Macs is on the one mouse button issue. Otherwise they are beyond reproach.

Edit: See? Here's a picture of it. Doesn't do it justice, but isnt it beautiful?

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:46 am

Originally posted by Silur
Hey! No dissing of my baby!

The only permitted criticism of Macs is on the one mouse button issue. Otherwise they are beyond reproach.

Edit: See? Here's a picture of it. Doesn't do it justice, but isnt it beautiful?

Daddy?

The Macs are pretty....

@Flibble....Hey, don't look at me...Macs are colourful and so are blue LEDs!

Silur · Post by **Silur** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:06 am

Originally posted by The Z
@Flibble....Hey, don't look at me...Macs are colourful and so are blue LEDs!

Actually, blue leds are less colourful since they are by definition just blue... and most often single wavelength at that.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:43 pm

Originally posted by Silur
Actually, blue leds are less colourful since they are by definition just blue... and most often single wavelength at that.

But the new Macs aren't colourful. They're grey.

Silur · Post by **Silur** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:47 pm

Originally posted by Georgi
But the new Macs aren't colourful. They're grey.

Polished aluminium if you please! And colourful.

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:54 pm

Originally posted by Silur
Polished aluminium if you please! And colourful.

Oh good. They're moving away from the "Barbie's first computer" look

Most of them are ok, but iMac's... *shudders*

Silur · Post by **Silur** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:11 pm

@MrFlibble: I feel deeply hurt by your assessment of Apples computers. I find it insensitive that you deny stylish computers to my barbie dolls.

They're also fast, cool, have a great unixbased operating system and have a vendor with exactly the same behavior as M$ in terms of smoke screening regarding security issues

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:20 pm

Blue LED's? Computer cosmetics - what a concept. I don't think anyone who's participated in this thread needs to defend their geekiness.

I just built a computer for a coworker's child (or maybe it was for him) that had a 'transformers' style of case. It had all kind of blinky lights and gizmos on it. Definitely high on the list of geek cred points.

And for the record, Georgi's right, Blue LED's on PC's are used to fight crime; which is precisely why no blue LED will enter my house, and preferably, my neighborhood.

How soon is it before IR LED's hit the market for PC's and all computer cases are sold with special goggles for the user?

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:41 pm

Originally posted by Silur
@MrFlibble: I feel deeply hurt by your assessment of Apples computers. I find it insensitive that you deny stylish computers to my barbie dolls.

Thank you Silur. *Hug*

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:27 pm

Originally posted by Ned Flanders
<snip>
I just built a computer for a coworker's child (or maybe it was for him) that had a 'transformers' style of case. It had all kind of blinky lights and gizmos on it. Definitely high on the list of geek cred points.
<snip>

I still maintain that there is nothing geekish about putting all that extra stuff on ones PC.
Do you think that the person that drives around an old bmw with extra wide tiers, a pounding bass from his massive carstero, an incredible high spoiler, dark toned windows and sun roof - is a "car geek" or a car <insert degrading expression here>?? (My money is on the latter)

Also - often it feels like overcompensating. Maybe people wants to be geeks so bad , and thus feel they have to shove lights onto a case. Me - I'm secure about my geekiness, so I don't have need for such artifical aids.

Case modding is for children and wannabe-geeks

(now there is nothing wrong with choosing stylish computer design and cases, but there is a different between that and blinking leds, shining fans or IDE-cables or what-not that can glow

)

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:12 am

You use the word geek like it's a bad thing, Xan.

That's a confused smiley but the question marks above the dome don't show up.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:24 pm

[QUOTE=Ned Flanders]You use the word geek like it's a bad thing, Xan.

That's a confused smiley but the question marks above the dome don't show up.[/QUOTE]

No I don't.

Afterall, I'm a geek myself (as I also write in the post

)

I just don't think there is anything geekish about wanting to stuff ones case with LEDs and glowing fans and IDE cables. On the contrary, I think it is just geek-wannabees that do that as a means of (over)compensating for perhaps a lack of real geekiness

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:18 pm

[QUOTE=Xandax]No I don't.

On the contrary, I think it is just geek-wannabees that do that as a means of (over)compensating for perhaps a lack of real geekiness

[/QUOTE]

Have I not proved my geekiness before?

I simply ran out of things to do to the internals of my computer. Had to make something better, so why not the outside of the box?

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:41 pm

[QUOTE=Mr Flibble]Have I not proved my geekiness before?

I simply ran out of things to do to the internals of my computer. Had to make something better, so why not the outside of the box?[/QUOTE]

Naaa - it is just a ploy.

More LEDs doens't equal better anyways

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:53 pm

[QUOTE=Xandax]More LEDs doens't equal better anyways

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True. 80mm fans that operate at 21dB@3000rpm instead of the vacuum cleaner fans that came with the case, and happen to have blue LED's is better though. It all started as a cooling and quietening project, but I kinda got carried away