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Cosmic_Music		2005-06-04 09:22:27 AM

It's brilliant, but is it worth sacrificing the possibility of ever having a girlfriend? Nerd.

Radioactive Ass		2005-06-04 09:36:01 AM

Gaboo		2005-06-04 10:07:10 AM

Okay, that is dorky as all hell- but damn it, I want one.

Quick1		2005-06-04 10:22:47 AM

Just make sure tht isn't the first thing a girl sees when you bring her back to your apartment.

/I still want one

Funsucker		2005-06-04 10:32:38 AM

That is so dorky that went it around the world and became cool again.

Flan		2005-06-04 10:37:06 AM

Gaboo: Okay, that is dorky as all hell- but damn it, I want one.

Agreed. That is awesome.
Even better, I showed my wife, who wants it too.

randomaccess9999		2005-06-04 11:16:05 AM

Too much freetime?

/I like it

texcritic		2005-06-04 11:19:43 AM

All that effort and the wires just dangle out like some tampon strings? Ruins it. Needed to have wires transit through the body and down a wing to a floor plug.

FLMoose		2005-06-04 11:55:47 AM

Next someone will do a mod ike that using the USS Enterprise

Dr.Knockboots		2005-06-04 12:22:43 PM

nerd.
but damn thats cool.. and i too want one

FLMoose		2005-06-04 12:41:38 PM

Dr.Knockboots: but damn thats cool.. and i too want one

Hey! You're getting a DLP Projection big screen TV. Don't push your luck with the wife!

FLMoose		2005-06-04 12:42:24 PM

Oh and did I mention NFL Sunday Ticket?!?!

HaywoodJablonski		2005-06-04 01:03:20 PM

Cool as hell, geek

uclajd		2005-06-04 01:38:57 PM

I don't find this nerdy at all.

pshaw		2005-06-04 02:19:16 PM

Even the operating system he's running is the Dark Side!

bmihura		2005-06-04 04:09:19 PM

Funsucker writes:

That is so dorky that went it around the world and became cool again.

Hehe, I'm stealing that phrase.

TennesseeTuxedo		2005-06-04 04:10:57 PM

Just make sure tht isn't the first thing a girl sees when you bring her back to your apartment.

The man built a TIE fighter-computer desk... for his living room... do you really think that's gonna be a problem?

chad_beaverwood		2005-06-04 04:11:26 PM

Sorry, I gotta have room to have lots of papers and books on the desk beside the computer.

Maybe something along the lines of a cruiser?

whorehopper		2005-06-04 04:11:43 PM

The CD Rom pops out the bottom? Up top, through the desktop would be more functional and asthetically pleasing.

XellDx		2005-06-04 04:12:10 PM

He can use it to go to truelovewait.com and show them how for him, their cause is lost.

tedZilla		2005-06-04 04:12:46 PM

I don't know...that chick in the stormtrooper outfit might throw a hump his way :)

/very cool
//let's see the X-wing now

Shiftless		2005-06-04 04:13:01 PM

Ugh. That's not a case mod. It's a piece of crap with a computer inside it.

Make the wire management a bit more classy and don't use cardboard on the wings and I might be a bit more impressed.

Shrugging Atlas		2005-06-04 04:13:36 PM

Pretty cool!

Would have been even cooler if it was a TIE Interceptor.

/happy nerd

Motormouth		2005-06-04 04:13:46 PM

Cosmic_Music:

It's brilliant, but is it worth sacrificing the possibility of ever having a girlfriend? Nerd.

He just needs to find a female who likes star wars as much as he does then they can get jiggy on the desk ; - )

N. S. Radieaux		2005-06-04 04:15:31 PM

We're nearing both a

and a nerd trifecta!

Fark It		2005-06-04 04:16:49 PM

jojo		2005-06-04 04:20:26 PM

Forgot to mention, when seated, it is also a weiner warmer....can be modified into blowjob machine for that lonely dork who will never ever get any because he spends all his time on dorky projects.

\think it's cool,wants one.

Fark It		2005-06-04 04:20:47 PM

Try #2, mods please delete the last one

vince316		2005-06-04 04:21:41 PM

Everyone knows a true nerd doesn't run Windows.

Asteroid Jay		2005-06-04 04:24:11 PM

He made something I can't make so I'll call him a nerd.

godiluvbeer		2005-06-04 04:28:52 PM

ok...that's just farking cool. i think i want one but i agree that a TIE interceptor would be WAY cooler.

LineNoise		2005-06-04 04:32:17 PM

Ive been wondering what dave barry has been doing with his time off....

Frank Anthrax		2005-06-04 04:32:30 PM

godiluvbeer: i think i want one but i agree that a TIE interceptor would be WAY cooler.

I see your interceptor and raise you a clawcraft.

TennesseeTuxedo		2005-06-04 04:32:32 PM

He made something I can't make so I'll call him a nerd.

Here, let me amend that for you;

He made something I wouldn't make because everyone would call me a nerd.

There, that's better.

CygnusDarius		2005-06-04 04:32:33 PM

Cool.

technicolor-misfit		2005-06-04 04:33:33 PM

Shiftless - Ugh. That's not a case mod. It's a piece of crap with a computer inside it.

Make the wire management a bit more classy and don't use cardboard on the wings and I might be a bit more impressed.

Awesome... who knew the thread would reveal someone even nerdier than the guy who built this thing.

You just out-comic book guy-ed the comic book guy.

findthefish		2005-06-04 04:36:28 PM

wow...that would be great for a porn set

/mind is always working

jcblack		2005-06-04 04:38:10 PM

"Cute", and that's about it. Sure, he has a giant sized tie fighter, but who wants to sit with blinders on both sides? It's like sitting in a cubical.

GCD		2005-06-04 04:38:35 PM

NNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSS!!!

mach5potato		2005-06-04 04:38:55 PM

I'm not a Star Wars fan at all and I want one of those. Very cool!

mr.awesome		2005-06-04 04:41:49 PM

I am dying laughing at technicolor-misfit's response to Shiftless's comment

BrotherAlpha		2005-06-04 04:41:54 PM

Flan: Even better, I showed my wife, who wants it too.

You are a very, very, very lucky man.

TinyPrancer		2005-06-04 04:45:30 PM

"It's brilliant, but is it worth sacrificing the possibility of ever having a girlfriend? Nerd."

Yes because posting witty comments on a website called Fark gets you laid.

margarine of error		2005-06-04 04:45:35 PM

I hear E-Bay calling

jim45804		2005-06-04 04:55:14 PM

ratpack		2005-06-04 04:56:04 PM

TechnicolorMisfit wins everything.

LumberBaron		2005-06-04 04:56:24 PM

Dave Barry makes elaborate, Star Wars themed case mod. I am not making this up.

haineux		2005-06-04 04:56:39 PM

still doesn't look as cool as a Macintosh.

Pope_Urban		2005-06-04 04:58:16 PM

Man, his girlfriend is going to be totally impressed when she sees that thing. Nothing makes a girl hotter than having furniture in your apartment that makes you look like a 10-year old with a little bit of disposable income.