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triviagasm

You Have Ten Seconds To Reach Minimum Safe Distance


Science fiction has always had a dark obsession with destroying things, and spaceships are a constant target. When not worrying about enemy ships fragging them to pieces, crews have to worry self-destruct sequences, on-board bombs, lousy construction, bad driving, and suicidal commanders who seem hell-bent on piloting their ships to certain death in what we like to call "shipicides." Damn the photon torpedos! Set the engines for ramming speed in our picks of the best ship sacrifices in science fiction.
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11:20 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Kevin Kelly
55,239 views, 67 comments

Latest by n/a: For once I'd like to see a admiral or captain slap the nearest subordinate who cheers when a genocide occurs. This is a awesome, horrible thing that they do, and should at least be considered in silence by pious people, who more »

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Israeli Bomb Disposal Robot Has a Terrible Job Cleaning Up After Humans

Yesterday in Israel, a bomb disposal robot inspected the scene of a suicide bombing at a shopping mall in the town of Dimona. The bot is remote controlled, and used an articulated arm to remove the jacket of the alleged bomber to be sure he doesn't have more explosives on his body. Want to see what else the robot does as it finishes its inspection of the area? (Warning: Images of a corpse may be disturbing.) More »

7:00 AM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Annalee Newitz
7,639 views, 143 comments

Latest by antimatty: @ManchuCandidate: i am not at all disturbed by this. this is war. this is life, and this has been happening since the dawn of humanity. corpses are just a part of life. more »