Cracked Archive - Tech
6 Disasters Caused by Poorly Designed User Interfaces
Until humans learn how to command machines with their minds (or vice versa), we're always going to need some sort of menu, control panel or whatever to interact with our machines and tell them to do our jobs for us. And while most are incredibly easy, some are just plain ridiculous.
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- By John Hillabin
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672 8 Features of the Google Glasses (As They'll Really Be Used)
The video demo of the new Google glasses is making the rounds. We update a few key moments for the sake of honesty.
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- By Sampsa Nuotio
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6 Prank Gadgets That Only a Sociopath Would Actually Use
Fortunately for the people who go their entire lives without ever discovering the difference between a 'practical joke' and 'randomly harming other people just because,' an entire industry has emerged to help them.
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- By Michael Corvinus
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5 Computer Hacks from Movies You Won't Believe Are Possible
When it comes to depicting computer hacking onscreen, it's no surprise that the implausible scenarios Hollywood's tech-challenged screenwriters manage to pull out of their asses don't even come close to resembling the real thing. Except it turns out that, every once in a while, they inadvertently get it right on the money.
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- By Benjamin Buso
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6 Insane Roads You Won't Believe People Actually Drive On
None of nature's obstacles can keep man from going where he wants to go. For evidence, you only need to look at where we've chosen to build our highways, oblivious to all obstacles, elements and mortal danger.
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- By Xavier Jackson
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7 Awesomely Insane Guns People Actually Used
Once we invented the gun, that was pretty much it, right? It's a tube of death, why mess with the concept? Because you're a crazy person, that's why.
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- By Adam Wears, Ben Adelman
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6 Awful Jobs That Must Exist in Video Game Universes
A lot of mail flows in and out of the video game world. Luckily, Avery Edison is there to catch it.
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- By Avery Edison
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6 Car Myths That Cost You Money Every Year
Various rules of thumb for regular car maintenance have been passed down through the generations -- precious wisdom handed to us by our ancestors in order to stave off, for a spell, the ruinous, virgin-eating car repair monster. But many of these rules are, at best, wildly outdated and, at worst, a total waste of money.
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- By Chris Radomile
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5 Famous Space Missions That Almost Ended In Disaster
When it comes to the reality of space, you can't just make up some tech jargon and reconfigure the deflector shields. It involves a lot more effort to think through panic, fire and toxic fumes.
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- By Xavier Jackson
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- 495
6 Terrifying User Agreements You've Probably Accepted
We're not saying that these companies intend to screw you over. All we're saying is that their legal teams have gone to great lengths to reserve the right to ... and to make sure you can't do a damned thing about it.
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- By Erik Germ
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5 Simple Ideas That Could Make Travel (And Life) Way Easier
We're sitting on some pretty revolutionary ways to greatly increase the speed at which we physically move from A to B. What's infuriating is that those breakthroughs are ridiculously simple.
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- By Adam Wears, John Champion
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The 5 Most Insane Original Uses of Famous Products
What's more interesting than how some world-changing inventions were created? The fact that they were created for a completely different, and often stupid, purpose.
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- By Daniel Crow
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The 6 Most Reckless Uses of Radioactive Material
Some people are, let's just say, a little more casual around nuclear material than the rest of us. And by people we mean governments, corporations and just random, everyday dumbasses.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Dustin Koski, Evan V. Symon
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6 Teenage Inventors That Changed The World
Give a kid a car and he's probably going to see how high he can ramp it off something. But that sholdn't negate the fact that some very ambitious teens have changed the world.
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- By Robert Evans, Mohammed Shariff
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8 Apps Designed Specifically for Modern Douchebags
If you're a regular person, your regular-person-shield (otherwise known as common human decency) will repel you from apps like these. Of course, that doesn't mean there isn't a market for these things -- which is most frightening of all.
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- By Benjamin Buso, Dennis Fulton
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