Perhaps you think your company’s IT department is a pain in the ass. Perhaps you think they are drunk with power on their ability to impose seemingly arbitrary security requirements upon you and your co-workers. Perhaps you are a great big whiner. You could have it much worse, you see. You could work for the […]
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Ron Paul Indie Game Hops And Bops Its Way To Smaller Government
Boy, oh boy, the internet loves Ron Paul. The “I think I can, I think I can” of a GOP presidential candidate never fails to inspire love among his netroots following; and now, Politico reports that an enterprising soul is making an indie video game starring the Texas congressman/presidential candidate/implausibly utopian libertarian idealist. The […]
Why Wouldn’t You Want To Live In A Subterranean Missile Bunker?
Are you a cold war history buff? Do you have a few hundred thousand bucks lying around? Would you like a man cave that can withstand a one megaton nuclear blast? Then 20th Century Castles LLC would like to sell you a decommissioned U.S. nuclear missile silo, cheap. With just a little bit of elbow […]
Top Five Robots Out to Murder You
Let’s get this out of the way early: robots are creepy. Robotics, as a field, is creepy. An entire branch of science dedicated to building increasingly autonomous constructs that are smarter, faster, and stronger than the very creators that have forced them into servitude? Sounds like a great idea! Clearly, humanity’s only chance of survival […]
Karma App Helps You Pick The Perfect Gift, You Clueless Goober
It’s happened to all of us. There’s someone special in your life, maybe a parent, maybe a significant other. It’s their birthday/bar mitzvah/parole hearing and a gift is called for. You love them to pieces, but you don’t have the faintest idea what they might want. Instead of getting them something they actually want, you […]