Cracked Archive - Tech
7 Memes That Went Viral Before The Internet Existed
In the very likely case that you're on the Internet right now, you already know what a "meme" is. But you may not realize that the concept -- a meaningless phrase, image or joke getting repeated endlessly for no reason at all -- predates the Internet generation by a long shot.
- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- April 11, 2011
5 Soviet Space Programs That Prove Russia Was Insane
The thing about the Iron Curtain is that we'll never fully know what crazy shit went on behind it during the Cold War. And that's too bad, because the little hints that leak out really make it look like these people just did not give a shit.
- By Evan V. Symon
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- April 06, 2011
The 7 Most Needlessly Terrifying Pieces of Heavy Machinery
If you never dreamed of driving a huge tank fitted with a giant chainsaw while growing up, then congratulations on having been a well-adjusted kid. As for the rest of us? Well, people like us grew up and built these machines for real.
- By Brian Thompson
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- April 01, 2011
If The Internet Disappeared: Pornography Finds A Way
The hottest new club in New York: Rule 34.
- By Gladstone
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- March 26, 2011
The Good The Bad and the Ugly of Video Games [COMIC]
The spectrums for success and failure for ten different aspects of gaming.
- By Winston Rowntree
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- March 20, 2011
The 6 Most Ingenious Misuses of Military Hardware
War is serious business. Life-and-death stuff. Brutal, bloody and unrelenting. But who says it can't also be fun?
- By Karl Smallwood, Tony Pilgram
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- March 16, 2011
6 New Anti-Pervert Technologies (We Really Shouldn't Need)
Technology is really only there to help people put their dongs into other people, or to prevent others from getting unwanted dongs put into them. This eternal technological sex conflict is called the Great Pervert War, and here are the latest weapons on both sides.
- By Mark M., Paul K Pickett
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- March 13, 2011
The 6 Stages of Smartphone Ownership [CHART]
From love to hate, and back to love again.
- By Stephen Cook
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- March 10, 2011
6 Bad Ideas in Video Game Mash-Ups We'll Probably See Next
or years, game companies have been combining games that make money in order to make even more money. Occiasionally this works out pretty well. But with 'Marvel vs. Capcom 3' hitting shelves and selling pretty briskly, game designers will be trying to cram even more blockbusters together into the same universe.
- By Christina H
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- March 07, 2011
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