revenge

Sunday, February 21, 2010
Business

Foxconn Workers Don’t Get Mad, They Get Even (By Burning Their Factory Down)

9:00AM Kyle VanHemert | There’s a lot of hostility swirling around Foxconn these days. First, Foxconn security dudes assaulted a photograph-snapping reporterin China. Now there’s a report that workers at a Mexican Foxconn factory burned the joint down after being forced to work overtime. More »
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Robots

iRobot Gets Revenge On Former Employee By Selling His Stolen Robot Design

11:00AM Sean Fallon | The story between iRobot and former employee Jameel Ahed has everything: military robots, betrayal, lies, stolen plans, lawsuits, big money, private investigators and destroyed evidence. But up until now there was one critical element missing…revenge. iRobot has completed that final act in this real-life drama by stealing back the “Negotiator” robot that Ahed made with their stolen plans and marketing it to police forces and other safety organisations around the country. More »
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Random Stuff

Rogue Escalator Takes Out 20 People At a Tokyo Convention Centre

8:00AM Sean Fallon | Beware the next time your ride an escalator at the mall folks. It appears that they are beginning to stage an organised revolt against their passengers. First an escalator chewed up this poor bastard, then one dished out some payback after some tool disrespected it with a joyride. But that was just a warm up because the escalators appear to be getting bolder. Most recently, a rogue escalator took out 20 passengers in a Tokyo convention centre when it inexplicably started going in reverse. More »
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