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DB2018 Prize Showcase #4
November 7, 2018 at 09:00 AM PST
Posted by Ash

Desert Bus for Hope 2018 starts in just 48 hours!

You can now view all the live, silent and giveaway prizes on our fancy new site!
Donations are open, so go donate early and give us a head start! 

We know you can barely contain your excitement, so here’s one last prize showcase with a write up that would make Cave Johnson proud!

Aperture Laboratories Test Unit 99 Problems

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“Since making test participation mandatory for all employees, the quality of our test subjects has risen dramatically. Employee retention, however, has not. As a result, you may have heard we’re gonna phase out human testing. There’s still a few things left to wrap up, though. The bean counters told me we literally could not afford to buy seven dollars worth of computer workstations, much less seventy million. Bought ’em anyway. Plugged ‘em in and realized we already lost the IT staff. And guess what? Without IT staff they are just empty computer cases!

Still, it turns out they’re a great computer case. So now we’re gonna see if people want these cases for scientific testing purposes. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Let’s all stay positive and do some science. That said, we actually only have the one remaining case as our testing was less that fruitful. Now keep in mind this computer case does light up! This was supposed to be for a secret testing chamber but, like I mentioned before, we seem to have lost our IT staff. Talk about having problems. My assistant Greg says that this case can be used for a liquid cooled gaming system but also just lights up on its own.

Personally, I’m more concerned with what it can do to lemons, but Greg seems to think that’s pointless.

Greg also wants me to point out that this computer case comes with a dimmer switch so you can adjust the brightness, has a power brick for 110v AC that converts the awesome electrical power to 12v DC, and has cable adapters with extension cables so it will work off a computers power supply. Apparently, you need to supply even the computer power supply. “Greg, what is even the point of this case if they have to supply a power supply?” He says that a real computer builder will be picky about the parts that go into the case and they are the ones that will conduct the true science. Pish posh! Seems not only does the case light up, oooh fancy, but each side has our logo. One is painted on and the other appears to be etched right into the glass! In case you’re interested, there’s still some positions available for a bonus.

Again: all you gotta do is let us disassemble you. We’re not banging rocks together here. We know how to put a man back together. Just have no clue how to make a real computer I guess. And I am done. Continue testing.”

Donated by Patrick Holmes
Since the first Portal Lightbox (42 Universal Answer), Miach (Me ock) has focused on refining his design. Much like Tony Stark does with his Iron Man suits. Now he brings you the Aperture Laboratories Test Unit 99 Problems computer case. He has incorporated his lightbox design into a ready to use computer case and added a few extra touches. He is always challenging, himself to expand his abilities and this is the next generation for his craft.

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