How to Burn a Magnesium NeXT Cube

Saint Aardvark the Carpeted writes "How do you set a magnesium NeXT cube case on fire? It took this guy two years, *two* cases and the cooperation of Lawrence Livermore Lab's burn cell." A seriously bizarre tale, but worth a read if you're curious. And I have one of those cubes in my office... all sorts of fiendish ideas start.

Re:Anodized

[Omnifarious]

I read the whole thing. No mention of anodized anything.

Then you're blind.

Hm...

[steveo777]

Looks a lot like what we used to do with old Apple II's back in Electronics class, only there was more of a BOOM, and less flame.

Ahh, those were happier times.

Can you imagine...

[Anonymous Coward]

...burning a Beowulf cluster of these?

Re:Uh huh huh. Fire. Cool. Henh. Yeah, yeah!

[radja]

as the guy stated.. he's a chemist. and about 80% of all chemists are pyromaniacs. hell.. I should know, I used to be one (a chemist that is.. I'll always be a pyromaniac.. :)

//rdj

Some one had to say it...

[OakLEE]

And I've got karma to burn baby so here goes!

How about a Beowulf Cluster of those. You could light up a city block!

-1 Troll, I await you!

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Here's how it's done

[the_other_one]

1 - Set NeXT Cube up as a server

2 - Post Story link on /.

3 - Pictures tomorrow...

They destroy a cube...

[kypper]

so you slashdot their homepage.

How considerate!

Re:Regarding Heating ...

[Anonymous Coward]

Forget overclocking ... can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these? :-)

Re:Kind of Cool, But Kind of Stupid

[sracer9]

You wouldn't burn down Abe Lincoln's cabin would you?


Dunno. Is that made of magnesium too?

An alternate way...

[V50]

Shouldn't it be possible to use and AMD Athlon to do the same thing to PC? Now that would be entertainment!! :-)

OT: The r and n in 'Burn' merge together on my Mac/iCab and I get the subject 'How to Bum a Magnesium NeXT Cube'...

Re:Burning magnesium

[Faux_Pseudo]

VW engin blocks are fun. We got one once and put it on a fire pit at the beach. We were about 2 blocks away once it got burning and could still feel the heat and it was bright as day out there at 02:00.
"No officer that was here when we got here." "We thought about putting it out but couldn't get close enough."

I think Don MacLean was there...

[sconeu]

And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The Day The NeXT Cube Died...