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Re:Burning a NeXT Magnesium Cube by tawman on Monday November 21, 2011 @02:46PM (#3262518)
I missed that link, but thanks for re-posting it here. The real life photos filled in the gaps of the pictures I visualized in my head while reading the story.

Very cool and I can relate as we all have an old computer case in closet somewhere.

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Re:Burning a NeXT Magnesium Cube by joezydeco on Monday November 21, 2011 @02:50PM (#3262534)
The case in your closet probably is not made of pure magnesium. That was the point of the burn.
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Re:Burning a NeXT Magnesium Cube by inportb on Monday November 21, 2011 @09:00PM (#3263712)
the NeXT case was also not made of pure magnesium
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Re:Burning a NeXT Magnesium Cube by joezydeco on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @05:17PM (#3267655)
Okay, what else was in it? And let's leave things like decals and paint off the list.
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Re:Burning a NeXT Magnesium Cube by inportb on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @06:29PM (#3267934) 

  > magnesium alloy which is specially designed to be difficult to ignite
The story doesn't say what else was in it, but feel free to support the claim that the box was made of pure Mg and not an alloy, modulo things such as decals and paint.
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