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F-35B II doing STOVL / VTOL

Oh my god. How much for one of those??? I’ll take two.

Something Awesome This Way Comes - The DTLR

Move over, you Sunday-morning photographers with your pretty DSLRs and gleaming lenses and expensive megapixel collections! This here’s a digital camera for people who know about cameras, and want to look fabulous using one.

The world’s first DTLR:

Meet Carmack.


meet Carmack.

This is Carmack. (Yes, named after a certain John - I’m geeky that way.)

He’s a quiet, unassuming chap powered by 4 cores running at 2.4GHz each. Soon I’ll feed him and make him healthy and get him to run at 3.0GHz each.

Damage:

  • Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz each + Asus P5N-E SLI Mobo - $621
  • 2 x 1 GB PC6400 Kingston HyperX CL4 - 2 x 80 = $160
  • 2 x WD 250 GB HDD (7200rpm) - 2 x 109 = $218
  • 2 x XFX 8800GT XXX 512 MB (o/c at 670MHz) - 2 x 449 = $960 (inc GST)
  • CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 750W - $229
  • Asus Silent Knight II pure copper cooler - $95
  • Antec Nine Hundred casing with insane number of fans - $215
  • MS Windows Vista Home Premium - $169