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more about #bomb Curves: Engineers are great, and if I wanted the ideal terrorist, I would pick an engineer too, because they get things done. From personal observation, I w... more » PaddyDugan: Last time I flew, the wife and I shared the 3rd seat with a young Muslim engineer. He was a very nice young man and he did not kill us at all. True ... more » Kaiser-Machead: 99.99999% of terrorists are also buttfuck insane, and their buttfuck insanity can warp their engineering expertise, and may cause them to do erratic, ... more » frigg: I think that's a misleading study based on a misleading sample. Saying "half of all known 'violent jihadists' reach higher education and 44% of them a... more » ggranum: Not just engineers. BAD engineers. That's important. Good engineers a: wouldn't build bombs that fail to go off b: would be able to get jobs, prevent... more » valkilmerisawful: I'm an engineer twice by now and I've never had any crazy thoughts. Sure, I'd love to do something else besides engineering, and I've only been at it... more » aerospaceman: male engineers get little poon because they are nerdy and boring. Islamic radicals get little poon because of their twisted beliefs. See the commonal... more » jepzilla: The challenge isn't getting them to become suicide bombers. It's getting them to blow up airplanes instead of marketing and management conventions. more » Lazarus511: "All of the engineers I know are just alcoholics. " We're drunks Matt. Everyone knows engineers hate meetings. more » pseudorocket: It's harder for engineering students to get laid. That's why. Harder courses at school, less chances to party & less selection to choose from among ... more » Archie-Tekt: My Theory: Engineers go into Engineering for the prospect of a job and money when they graduate. They spend all of their time studying and doing nerd... more » gemcosta: Way to tell me that the semester I graduate with my EEL degree more » enlargedhousecats: You know someone's gonna make the reference if they hear anything relating to TF2 (engineer) and here it is. more » Monty: Another key characteristic of terrorists is they all tend to be assholes. Unlike engineering, I don't think they go to school for that, though - but ... more » AmishJohn: All the jocks and fratboys partied and engaged in assorted debauchery; the engineering majors had to study. This had major repercussions later. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I work with the engineers. I have people skills. more » iElvis: That header image really needs a NSFW tag. more » Lazarus511: Thx Matt. You just put me on Homeland Security's watch list. more » m4ximusprim3: luckily, most of them seem to be really shitty engineers. I mean, seriously? An underwear bomb? more » einsteinsquandry: I shudder to think of what will happen when Dilbert gets fed up with the Pointy Haired Boss. more » -
#terror
Why Lots of Terrorists Are Engineers
The underpants bomber was an engineer. So were eight of the 25 terrorists involved in 9/11. In fact, half of all known "violent jihadists" reach higher education, and 44 percent of them are engineers. Uh, that looks like a pattern. More » -
#terror
Meet Underwear Bomb: The Latest, Stained, Patted-Down Crotch of Terror
First there was the shoe bomb. Now Al Qaeda has taken it to the next level: Yesterday's failed terrorist attack was supposed to be delivered by a suicide bomber with the payload sewn into his underpants. More » -
#wifi
Wi-Fi Thief Causes Bomb Scare With a Tape-Covered Router
A resourceful Pennsylvania man waterproofed his router using a box and tape before sticking it onto his windowsill to use a nearby library's wi-fi. Too bad that he taped the gadget up so well that it looked like a bomb. More » -
#weapons
This Is Probably the Cruelest Bomb Ever Invented
Once upon a time in World War II, British scientists conceived what may be the cruelest bomb ever developed. Inside the bomb, there were needles like these. Poisonous needles which would have been released in a cloud of death. More » -
#weapons
30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
Smile, you GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator you! Or like I like to call you: Mr. Holmes, the 30,000-pound (13.6 metric tons) precision-guided bunker buster. That's 25,000 pounds heavier than the largest bunker-buster available. More » -
#kaboom
Israel Has Nukes, US Army Confirms
Good news people! The US army has confirmed that Israel has their very own circumcised version of Dr Manhattan's schlong. Sources estimate a collection of 200 to 400 nuclear warheads. More » -
#weapons
Secret Kinetic Rocket Fire Balls Can Create Hell Anywhere
They are secret. They are kinetic. They are made of rubberized rocket fuel. And they fire up destroying absolutely everything they come across, bouncing through bunkers, filling buildings with extremely hot flames, obliterating everyone and anything inside with fierce heat. The Pentagon officially calls them "kinetic fireball incendiaries". Other people call them kinetic rocket fire balls, and the way they work make them absolutely terrifying weapons. More » -
#bombingtulsa
F-16 Pilot Drops Bomb on Tulsa, Accidentally
So, ok, everyone makes a mistake sometimes, but few of us have ever dropped a bomb from our fighter jet by accident, as happened late last week in Tulsa. Luckily, it was a dummy practice bomb, filled with nothing more exciting than a smoke charge, and apparently it wasn't the pilot's fault. But it did still drop right through one guy's apartment. Miraculously no one was hurt, though the unlucky guy himself is still a little amazed by it all: More » -
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#design
USB Bomb is Bursting With Storage Space
Joel Escalona, the same dude that brought us the Seven alarm clock concept is back with a design for a USB bomb-shaped storage device. I can definitely see where he came up with the design—bombs are cool, the cord makes for a great fuse and the size of the device itself would mean that it could potentially hold a massive amount of data. But what would keep this sucker from rolling off your desk? Since it is only a concept, we will probably never know. [Joel Escalona via Pan-Dan via Techabob]
