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21. How about a "hardware project"

Reply to quakerboy (Original post)

Sat Dec 10, 2011, 08:20 PM

Dec 2011

...break it up into components , add a few , dispose of the old hard-drive and get a bigger one ... add water cooling etc, etc ? by the time you've done that , you may have either thought of a "software" project or be able to get around the mysterious reasons for not being able to give it away.

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I am taking suggestions [View all] quakerboy Dec 2011 OP

What do you want to use it for? Rex Dec 2011 #1

Thats the thing. I dont know quakerboy Dec 2011 #3

If you run your own business, it would be great as an exchange server Rex Dec 2011 #5

Interesting quakerboy Dec 2011 #6

You could host email accounts or park domains on the system. Rex Dec 2011 #9

Could it become the host for a new Diaspora pod? TygrBright Dec 2011 #2

Whats a diaspora pod? quakerboy Dec 2011 #4

Diaspora is a distributed social network TygrBright Dec 2011 #7

Testing superpowers by pinning your thread Quakerboy canetoad Dec 2011 #8

Ive thought of that. I know how to do that. quakerboy Dec 2011 #10

What are the stats? (processor and speed, memory, internal drives, external drives) HopeHoops Dec 2011 #11

Umm... quakerboy Dec 2011 #13

Frankly, I'd stick with XP Pro. Vista would put a hurt on it and Win7 is much more demanding. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #16

Yeah. quakerboy Dec 2011 #17

Robot. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #18

I like it. quakerboy Dec 2011 #20

Need? Need? That's not the issue for a geek. It is simply a goal. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #22

I have 2 desktops and this is what I do ... GOTV Dec 2011 #12

Excellent idea Hutzpa Dec 2011 #14

Problem is quakerboy Dec 2011 #15

I would use it as a remote server and video server DaveJ Dec 2011 #19

How about a "hardware project" pkdu Dec 2011 #21

Join a distributed computing project. eppur_se_muova Dec 2011 #23