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Industry In Kazakhstan Looks Like Armageddon

9:00AM April 10, 2011 | Kwame Opam

In the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, hellfire begets progress. What you’re looking at is metallurgical grade silicon, or raw molten silicon ready to be used in the auto industry for things like electrical steel. Or, you know, Terminators. [English Russia]


News

Japan Quake Aftermath Remains Hellish: Aftershocks Expected, Towns Disappear, Volcano Erupts

7:30AM March 14, 2011 | Jack Loftus

A car perched precariously on the roof of a small hut. Streets packed curb to rooftop with debris. An unnamed victim’s hand, reaching out from the mud. More »


10 Creepy Machines From Robot Hell

6:00AM May 23, 2009 | Sean Fallon

When machines behave deadly, they are forced to spend eternity tortured by robots like these 10 monstrosities.


Gadgets

10 Reasons We’re Doomed: Black Friday Edition

1:01AM November 29, 2008 | Adam Frucci

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Today is Black Friday, a day dedicated to our basest and most pathetic inclinations. The day after giving thanks for all that we have, we turn around and jump through horrible hoops to accumulate more at the insistence of sleazy, desperate retailers. It’s a nice summation of everything wrong with this country and the holiday season, an appropriately named cancerous mark on our calendars. Our behaviour today is the sort of thing an alien race would use as justification for our destruction. Let’s run through the specifics, shall we?

AU: Just a note guys – even though we don’t have Black Friday (or Thanksgiving) here in Australia, think of the Boxing Day sales here and you’ll get the same sort of idea as to why we’re doomed.

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