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(Photos) Guy Plays Quake 3 while Computer is being Deep Fried w/Fries!!

hardforum.com — "Eventually, though, the strain of 120 degrees C ambient temperature and the load of Quake 3 caused the computer to overheat and crash. I rebooted it, and it loaded back into windows. Although Quake 3 still crashed when trying to play. At that point, the chips were ready. I turned off the heat, enjoyed my snack"

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  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+832 days later he died from the toxins released from the computer.
  • redDC143C, on 10/12/2007, -7/+65http://duggmirror.com/hardware/Photos_Guy_Plays_Quake_3_while_Computer_is_being_Deep_Fried_w_Fries
  • bbear, on 10/12/2007, -1/+56Like cancer.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+51he Should have over-clocked the Processor to Cook the fries
  • jus1haz2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+48http://duggmirror.com/hardware/Photos_Guy_Plays_Quake_3_while_Computer_is_being_Deep_Fried_w_Fries/

    Becuase pics dont load anymore
  • temporal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+41well that guy certainly got his daily allotment of germanium.

  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+39Because.
  • MoneyShot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34That little "C" after "120" indicates "Celsius"--a more enlighted unit of temperature measurement--which is around 250 degrees F. I generally fry my taters at around 180 C, but I guess 120 would do in a bind. Though, I do prefer mine with sea salt rather than cyanide salts.
  • t3hCyborg, on 10/12/2007, -6/+39I don't get why you fools digg down the mirrors. Who cares if you add the full URL or not? Stop being morons.
  • steveng, on 10/12/2007, -4/+36Mmm... cancer.
  • Crass22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27because this is homebrew in its truest sense.
  • Drull, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26Go back to germania
  • whamdanglers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Do you people have any idea how much trans-fat is in a Pentium processor?!
  • firehydra2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Mmmmm...fried computer chips. Now that's healthy!
  • AcidBath, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15First rule about geek club...
  • DigDugDigger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Some people block their browser from sending referrers in which case DuggMirror won't know which page you want.
  • drgruney, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14I care that it's the full one. The full one will work for everyone. The short one won't.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Wonder how those fries tasted?
  • Jolene, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Yeah, you can actually passively cool your system very well with cooking oil. If he had had a larger body of oil and the motherboard was mounted on something that doesn't conduct heat as well (Like a plexiglass case for instance. Instead of a metal pan.) he could have run that thing like any other normally cooled computer.

    I vaguely remember a "mod" of someone doing something like this. They made a glass (I think) case and poured in something like 15-20 gallons of oil and it ran fine. They had to take off the fan from the graphics card and didn't have a CPU fan and the whole thing was cooled really well. If anyone knows the mod I'm talking about, post a link would ya?
  • matt0baba, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12"HEALTH WARNING way contain traces of Lead, Germanium, Mercury And/Or other Heavy and radioactive metals. "
    * you have been warned*

    IMO i would be more concerned abt the 9 year old lint and dust that likes to collect around fans and ports ..yummmmmm deep fried lint!!!!
  • gabrielsond, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12science!
  • Diggtatorship, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13homebrew :D I can just imagine somebody cooling thier machine with moonshine
  • MSTK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Going to be the best staged e-suicide ever. Because it'd be real.
  • t3hCyborg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I remember what you are talking about... I think this is it.

    http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/
  • CamperBob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Use olive oil. Canola oil will clog the tubes.
  • archlich, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11not to mention assorted other heavy metals...
  • titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Nah, it was probably ToxicFryInfector32.exe still on the Windows 98 HD.
  • geminitojanus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"If he ate those fries he's a dead man walking."

    Contrary to popular belief, you'd have to eat a lot more lead, cadmium, germanium and other trace metals to be poisoned than what's going to come off of a motherboard at 120C, into a 9L vat of oil and then impregnate a handful of fries.

    Now, eating that diet every day for a year might not be a wise idea, but a one-time occurrence isn't going to even phase your system.
  • ImperatorTerrae, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Yeah, invite all the people you hate, a lot. Feed them the fries. Now that's a party...
  • ericnmu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8you must be thinking of doom 3. Q3 is older than the hills. I still have the box for it, its about size of a pizza box.
  • Brennan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Dude, that's like what we were running when Quake 3 came out.
  • bbear, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Did this dumbass really eat those fries?

    Did the lead poisoning from the motherboard soldering add a nice flavor? How about the cancer from the melted PVC wire insulation? Did the motherboard have a lithium battery installed? If he ate those fries he's a dead man walking.
  • kman2k1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6You guys are right. 233 Mhz P2 is the minimum requirement for Quake 3.

    Time sure flies.
  • razei, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Buy Tempura Batter Online
    Variety of Asian Ingredients Ships in 24 hours, see details.

    Free Fried Chicken $100
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    --

    I'm loving the fried food google ads on this page.
  • ynggrsshppr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I'm pretty sure he is aware that "toxicated" is bad.
  • Klisk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The only dumbasses are the people who actually believe he ate them.

    Get a sense of humor.
  • consonance, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10The question is no longer Can you do it? but rather Why would you do it?
  • kman2k1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'm surprised Quake 3 is playable on a 266 Mhz Pentium II.
  • xxrazor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5now lets bring on the fried chicken!
  • johnnybravoh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Nice pad he's got there...
  • vistic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5...and lead solder
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6If this was a Mac, it'd probably be stir fry or steamed broccoli.
  • mcottier, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Smiling French Fries.....Interesting
  • lubacious, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Celcius, my friend.
  • sven007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5i believe it was on tomsharware, but I'm not 100% sure. i do know what your talking about though, and that was a sweet mod.

    edit: t3hCyborg beat me to it, sorry
  • artanis, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6someone beat him to the duggmirror. DUPE!
  • Geekbeard, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Something just seems myocardial infarctionally wrong about frying pre-fab chips (which are already cooked in oil).

  • Leonaken, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5My god, this man is a legend in his own right. I must do this at a lan party sometime.
  • gabeN, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8Umm... I submited this 18 days ago...

    http://digg.com/mods/IBM_has_Deep_Blue_this_guy_has_Deep_Fry

    /dupe nazi
  • thydzik, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4you are right.

    wikipedia states as the most common temperature "375 °F (190 °C)"
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