Cracked Archive - Tech
5 True Stories That Prove You Shouldn't Piss Off The IT Guy
In some offices, the IT guys wield more power than the owner of the company. And if you want proof, just look at what happens when they get pissed off.
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800 6 Terrifying Emergency Escape Pods (That Aren't Worth It)
We tend to think of escape pods as a science fiction trope: They jettison off of Star Destroyers or launch out the top of giant mechanical spiders just before Will Smith destroys them with a pun. But they're not all fictional: When everything has gone to hell, when the ship is sinking, when the shuttle is exploding, when that natural disaster is be
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- By Greg Taylor
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5 Tiny Computer Glitches That Caused Huge Disasters
There are certain jobs where making the same mistakes can cost companies billions of dollars, and sometimes costs people their lives.
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- By Robert Evans
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The 5 Most Mind-Blowingly Huge Machines Built By Science
Right at this moment, scientists and engineers are in the process of building -- or using -- instruments that look like the engine for a Star Destroyer.
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- By Josh E
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The 6 Types of People Selling Stuff on Craigslist [CHART]
The Internet's trailer park garage sale.
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- By Stephen Cook
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5 Energy Crisis Solutions Clearly Designed by a Supervillain
Sure, these potential power sources we're tapping into would normally be considered ridiculous, cartoony or just plain evil. But are they worse than coal?
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- By Kenny Thompson
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5 Criminals Who Pulled Off Major Crimes With Only a Phone
When we think of criminals, we tend to think of two types: The street-level thug committing his crimes with a gun or a fist, and the upper-level management, dictating orders to the thugs below. But there's a third type: The guys who picks up the phone and decide that crime sounds like a fun thing to do today.
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- By Jason Edward Harrington
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5 Unintentionally Hilarious Soviet Versions of Good Ideas
Naturally, the results were often ridiculous (but kind of awesome).
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- By Xavier Jackson
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5 Sci-Fi Medical Procedures We'll Have in Our Lifetime
Let's take a moment to marvel at the fact that we're not too far away from having fiction turn into reality.
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- By Pauli Poisuo
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5 Sci-Fi Ad Techniques That Are About to Make Life Creepier
You've seen hundreds of ads today -- how many did you actually remember? Don't think for one second ad execs are going to let that continue.
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- By Dwayne Hoover
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4 Idiots Who Show Up Wherever Religion Is Discussed Online
Charting the only four online viewpoints when it comes to religion.
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- By Matt Gallagher
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6 Real World Spy Gadgets Straight Out of the Movies
It's almost as if the spy world pays attention to Hollywood, simply saying, 'Yeah. Yeah that'll work.'
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- By CRACKED Staff, Eric A.
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6 Images of Abandoned Weaponry You Won't Believe Are Real
What happens when you get bored of your new toys? You just toss them out in the middle of a field somewhere. Who cares that they're worth a billion dollars and took dozens of years of intricate design and revision.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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5 Mind Blowing Things Crowds Do Better Than Experts
There's nothing stupider than a crowd. Take an average, intelligent person and put him in an emergency and he'll likely remain calm and await instructions. Put him in a crowd and he'll start screaming, looting and overturning cars. Right? Well ... not really. That's why we have crowdsourcing.
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- By Kenny Thompson
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5 Sci-Fi Technologies People Achieved By Hacking the Kinect
Kinect turned out to be a virtual puppy petting machine and awkward wedding-dance simulator. But some particularly handy people took a look at the Kinect and saw the true potential.
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- By Augusto Corvalan
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