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Rod Gregg, the FBI examiner on the case says, "I would not configure a backup computer in that way,"

^LOL.

It is also equipped with "WiFi". What is this "WiFi", some sort of new gaming device? This isn't a standard thing at all!]]>Mar 13th 2008 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/1) you want a fast network. You don't want to be tethered to 54/108/whatever mbps. You want a full gigabit ethernet link. No dealing w/signal strength etc.
2) More importantly: Security. Most wireless protocols have been hacked, and if not, they will be. Even if you are fine for now, ethernet is a hell of a lot more secure.

Glowing cables: So you can see them in the dark! Just in case You need to access a file or something, you know :P]]>Mar 13th 2008 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
And the glowing cables help you find them, I guess.]]>Mar 14th 2008 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
My three D925XCV's (bought at the end of 2004) came with UV-reactive (blue) SATA cables. The 955 series came with the same SATA cables *and* UV-reactive (blue) IDE/floppy cables.

Quite simply, this sounds like it could easily be fud, and until I see actual system specs I will believe it is such.]]>Mar 14th 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
All of it is encased in some old ass gateway casing that was left behind by the last crew on a PC that was already sitting on the side of the dock, ready to be thrown out. It's all hooked up on duel 17 inch monitors. It's funny as hell to see that much power in disguise. What do they do with it? Run the "server". Cost to "The U".... a hell of alot.

When no one's looking, get down on the Universities "T1" line and frag bastards on Crysis, and D/L Mass porn and burn onto Blu-ray's Disks to watch back home on their PS3's. The bugged out part, it's all hooked up to lil bitch speakers. The system is a complete dud on the outside. But on the inside, that shit costs more than some cars.

Odds of them ever getting caught, prob. NEVER. Cause their smart about it. They don't do dumb shit like that dude did.

Am I hating, as a matter of fact... not really. I think it's brilliant. It just sucks you can't bring something like that with you home at the end of the day to REALLY enjoy. :-(]]>Mar 14th 2008 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
and I think the real question is, why the hell would he be using wifi for gaming? much less for a server. anyway, my props to any district attorney who actually knows HOW to build a nice gaming rig, most politicians haven't caught on to Windows 95.]]>Mar 14th 2008 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/That dumbass DA... Why did he add the glowing cable, wifi, and high end sound card?!

I wonder if he uses a transparent case and a 7.1 surround speakers setup...

Imagine what the "average" lawyers would do in Rockwall county...]]>Mar 14th 2008 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
Tat said, if he's knowingly squandeing taxpayer money on a gameing rig, shame on him.]]>Mar 13th 2008 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
Hmm, my pc gamer uncle who lives in Rockwall will either think this is really bad ass or be angry 'cause of the taxpayer thing.]]>Mar 13th 2008 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
But.... he could also be the guy that ninja'd our Gruul sheild... bastered.]]>Mar 13th 2008 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
Hahahaha, funniest PA strip from the last few weeks.]]>Mar 13th 2008 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
I used to (still do, in parts) have a clear acrylic case, 50+LEDs, 2 12" cold cathodes, neon--wound cables, 10 fans, "high end graphics card", and a bunch of other goodies on my gaming rig. Sounded like a jet too with my Thermaltake Venus cpu fan (80CF/M our of an 80mm fan...), and now I just lobbed it and a few upgrades into an Antec P180 case. Simple case change, and it looks like a server. Point being that all of that glamour cost me roughly $40 more than if I built it without the showboaty-ness. It was $775 all said and done, actually the acrylic case and LEDs/cold cathodes were cheaper than a lot of server cases I have seen.

My point is, my $2 of my tax money that financed this? Yeah, as long as it had an AMD sitting under the hood, more power to you. Squander that $2. Tell you what, why dont you buy a room full of them. Let the public play. It'll get em off the streets and away from violence (if they don't stab each other with the keyboards to steal each other's game boy's, COUGH Jack Thompson COUGH)

/rant

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That shirt you wore last monday was the last straw for some of us.]]>Mar 14th 2008 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/

read previous comment.]]>Mar 14th 2008 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
AH! WHATS THAT?! OVER THERE!

*runs off, swatting at imaginary bees*]]>Mar 13th 2008 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
;)

Though in reality, that sucks that people's paychecks are getting used to build a gaming rig.

AKBlade13]]>Mar 13th 2008 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
How often do you see jaywalkers in court, their attorney(s) presenting exhibit 13b to a dozen jurors? That's a $200 fine, but a $1000 attorney and great bit of productivity lost by the jurors who had to leave work and family to listen to some insignificant case.

If you want to teach him a lesson, make him return his current PC and get a $300 Dell with a 15" screen.]]>Mar 14th 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 13th 2008 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/Mar 14th 2008 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/district-attorney-on-trial-for-building-monster-gaming-rig-with/
It's not that bad.
If I hated it that bad then I wouldn't have it on computer.

Most people who blast vista haven't used it for a while]]>Mar 14th 2008 4:33AM