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Terminator 4 Starring Christian Bale, coming May 22, 2009
eonline.com — So much for Judgment Day. The Terminator has been assigned a new target: May 22, 2009. That's the date Warner Bros. has scheduled to unspool its heavily anticipated Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, per the trades. The sequel, which will also serve as the first installment of another planned trilogy in the fabled man vs. machine sci-fi tale, picks up ...More ( Media )
Automated killer robots 'threat to humanity': expert
yahoo.com — So the military is continuing down the totally inevitable path of computer-controlled autonomous robo-warriors capable of fighting deadly human battles on our behalf -- and out come the naysayers like U of Sheffield prof Noel Sharkey, who, at The Ethics of Autonomous Military Systems conference in London, decried the bots' self-determined killing abilities as "a threat to humanity" -- especially ...More ( Military )
Bunkers: Home Cave Construction
magmineserv.com — Nothing says survival like a cave under your house. But how do you go about getting your own cave built? We did some searching and came across Magorian Mine Services (MMS), a commercial cave builder specializing in high-profile underground wine caves like the 14,000 square foot Vineyard 29 cave pictured above and in the thumbs. Using primarily non-blasting tunneling methods ...More ( Survival )
Killer Robot Shoots Man Dead on Driveway
news.com.au — An 81-year-old man has shot himself dead with an elaborate suicide robot built using plans downloaded from the internet. The Gold Coast man, who lived alone, left notes of his plans and thoughts as he struggled to come to terms with demands by interstate relatives that he move out his home and into care. He spent hours searching the internet ...More ( Survival )
Doomsday fears spark lawsuit over collider
msnbc.msn.com — The builders of the world's biggest particle collider are being sued in federal court over fears that the experiment might create globe-gobbling black holes or never-before-seen strains of matter that would destroy the planet.More ( Survival )
Another Terminator component ready
spectrum.ieee.org — Seems like robotics sure are hot these days. Here's yet another development in what's shaping up to be the beginning of SkyNet.More ( Tech News )
CERN to Morons: Large Hadron Collider Won't Destroy Earth. Morons.
newscientist.com — Contrary to the somewhat feverish claims laid out in an recent lawsuit, when our favorite particle-smashing, Force-finding Large Hadron Collider is switched on soon it will not result in the destruction of life as we know it. Such claims are "complete nonsense" say the scientists at CERN (and everywhere else,) in response to the suit. They should know: it's their ...More ( Survival )
Are We Running Out of Water?
rd.com — Here's another uplifting Saturday story. Droughts and half-drained reservoirs raise an ominous question: Is America running out of water? After all, when it comes to another vital resource, oil, we can at least imagine a world powered by solar panels, windmills, and other energy sources. But water is one substance we can't live without.More ( Survival )
20 Ways the World Could End
discovermagazine.com — My fav is rogue black holes! We've had a good run of it. In the 500,000 years Homo sapiens has roamed the land we've built cities, created complex languages, and sent robotic scouts to other planets. It's difficult to imagine it all coming to an end. Yet 99 percent of all species that ever lived have gone extinct, including every ...More ( Survival )
David Fincher's World War Z
thedeadbolt.com — World War Z is a riveting collection of various accounts from around the world. The bad zombie fiction in film or literature often ignores the human aspect of watching your neighbor turn into a brain-eating freak, but it's the people of World War Z that make it so fascinating. And David Fincher is the perfect director for this adaptation.More ( Survival )
Duck and Cover: Its the New Survivalism
nytimes.com — Survivalism, it seems, is not just for survivalists anymore. Faced with a confluence of diverse threats a tanking economy, a housing crisis, looming environmental disasters, and a sharp spike in oil prices people who do not consider themselves extremists are starting to discuss doomsday measures once associated with the social fringes.More ( Survival )
When Technology Fails:A Manual for Self-Reliance & Planetary Survival
amazon.ca — Looks like a good sh*t hits the fan read. First the book gives a superb presentation of WHY one should be more aware and preparedand then HOW one should go about this. The scope of this book... is thorough. Not only is the information presented well, but a solid bibliography can carry the student as far as he desires in ...More ( Media )
What The World Will Look Like When We're Gone
dailymail.co.uk — Welcome to Planet Earth: Population 0. This is what our world would look like without people. The images were created to illustrate what would happen if human life ceased tomorrow, if, for whatever reason, mankind was obliterated. The question it raises is: how long would the remnants of our civilisation remain?More ( Survival )
Awesome Post Apocalyptic Sony PS3 Adswatch!
It's a shame that these Dali-inspired adverts, made by the Chilean advertising agency BBDO Chile, probably won't be put into circulation outside of South America. But that's also a good thing. We can't help but feel that while these images ...More ( Media )
12 Ways To Prepare For The Next Great Depression
io9.com — Our economic future could be even bleaker than you expect and last year was the moment to unleash your inner survivalist. If the financial system suffers any more crises of confidence, credit gets even tighter, and the fed falls into a liquidity trap, we could be in for several hardscrabbling dystopian years.We've compiled a few suggestions for things you can ...More ( Survival )
World Population to Hit 6,666,666,666 in May
livescience.com — To many people, this means nothing. But of course 666 refers to the Beast in the Bible. Heaven knows what ten sixes means.So sometime in between May 1 and June 1, the gaggle-of-sixes milestone will be passed. (I say gaggle rather than googol, which is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. I could also have used a gazillion or a ...More ( Media )
Could Welsh scientist end our universe?
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk — COULD a Welshman be responsible for ending the world, then the entire universe? As bizarre as it sounds, that is what a federal court in the US will have to decide in June. Two American citizens say the ?2bn giant particle accelerator which will begin smashing protons together at Cern (The European Centre for Nuclear Research) near Geneva this summer ...More ( Survival )
How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
blog.wired.com — You've found out how to take down 500-foot monsters, and learned the secret to terminating Terminators. Now it's time for the utimate challenge. How you should arm yourself to survive a zombie apocalypse? Step one, Know Your Zombies.More ( Survival )
remo_williams added 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Burning through Oil....watch!
Cool picture showing oil usage around the world
More ( Survival )China most polluted place on Earth ?
nbc11.com — Here's some scary shots of China and the pollution created from our gluttony of shit we don't need. Makes you think..More ( Survival )