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brains

First-Ever Example of a Computer Hack Attacking People's Brains

Neal Stephenson speculated about computer viruses that could crash human brains in his classic novel Snow Crash, but the technology to do something like that has always seemed (luckily) far in the future. Now, however, computer hackers have created a loophole that lets them do it today. Over a month ago, a group of anonymous people exploited a fairly well-known software vulnerability that allows them to flood web forums with a lot of posts. In this case, however, the posts were on an epilepsy site — and many contained images full of flashing icons explicitly designed to cause seizures. More »

11:10 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,253 views, 44 comments

Latest by rootdown: What's really funny about this is you know that the doughy nerds that thought this would be an awesome thing to do are all totally misanthropic girl-repellent fatties who are going to die alone and unloved. more »

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Martian Invaders Go To Pinball Hell

There's something pulpy and eye-searing about these images of Attack From Mars, a 1995 Bally pinball machine. This guy is selling his machine online, and he's taken insanely detailed photos of every part of the machine, including a hauntingly gorgeous image of the plastic aliens trapped in a glowing red pinball inferno. Click through for more images, but be warned: this machine can cause epilepsy! More »

6:30 AM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
1,354 views, 16 comments

Latest by MercuryPDX: @Go Like Hell Machine: "Attract Mode". Our bar had F14 Tomcat. The flashing cop lights at the top made for quite the "patron freak outs" before we had its attract mode disabled. more »