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    The Best Collection of Engineering Disaster Photos You've Ever Seen
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    07/10/09

    In reply to The Best Collection of Engineering Disaster Photos You've Ever Seen
    I could use some of that national-award-winning grouting in my shower.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/10/09

    In reply to The Best Collection of Engineering Disaster Photos You've Ever Seen
    Ah... oh, well... you know. I don't want to sound clichéd.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/10/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: It's a catastrophe?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/10/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: An unfortunate event?
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    Image of Briareosdx Briareosdx
    07/10/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: It's a tragic mishap?
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    07/10/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: an oh shit moment?
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    Image of Waywocket Waywocket
    07/10/09

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    Where do they explain #5? It looks like somebody just accidentally made a hole in the world.

    Or possibly some kind of gargantuan burrowing creature recently made itself known.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/10/09

    @Waywocket: Mole people, obviously.

    I still remember the terror learning about sink holes produced when I was a kid.

    Basically whatever was supporting the top layer of land (water/soluble rock like limestone) is gone and whatever is on top is swallowed up into the shadowy abyss, usually without warning.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    07/10/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Apparently the region of South Florida where this happened is known for sinkholes, and it didn't help that they piled a bunch of toxic waste on the ground.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/10/09

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    This, plus yesterday's "California is about to fall into the ocean" post, makes me very scared all over again.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    07/10/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: only if you live in california. oh....right. sor' crashed. hope you know how to swim!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/10/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: *shakes fist* Grrrr!
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    07/10/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: *tosses arm floaties* these might help.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    07/10/09

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    Engineering has always been about failure and learning from it. Not excusing it away or pretending it didn't happen.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/10/09

    @ManchuCandidate: You bet. Educated guesses, then watching something explode, and then figuring out WHY it asploded is what makes engineering so damn fun. It's even better when you get electrocuted a few times. It's refreshing!
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/10/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: This reminded me that today is Tesla's birthday! There's a man who understood electrocution.

    "Tesla was robbed" is right up there with "Han shot first" on my list of Thing More People Should Know.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/10/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Every time I hear Edison I just think, "douchebag". Seriously, today's Tesla's birthday? I think it's time that I got dial up the old variac and give myself a good old 120VAC jolt.
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    07/10/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Yup. Check out the Google Logo
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    07/10/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: My celebration plans will involve attempts at Death Ray construction.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/10/09

    @Log1c: Nerd boner! Oh gods!
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    07/10/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: I think we should all celebrate by watching The Prestige.
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    Image of driggity driggity
    07/10/09

    @Log1c: I was very happy when I saw that on Google this morning. I watched a pretty good documentary on Tesla a couple of weeks ago but I can't remember what channel it was on. Might have been through DirecTV on demand.
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