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Tech NewsHitler Doesn’t Like the iPhone 4S Either
It didn’t take a lot of time—the obligatory Hitler gets angry about the new iPhone 4S video is out. It’s actually hilarious, going in crescendo. All the references are spot on, but this is my favorite phrase: I want people to know that I’m better than they are. How can this happen if they can’t … Continued
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Tech NewsHitler Reacts to WebOS’ Death
No, these never get old and this one is great. The end is particularly funny—if you’re aware that HP is considering quitting the PC business, that is. https://gizmodo.com/hey-pc-makers-dont-quit-fight-5832629
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Tech NewsPeople Have Been Faking Photographs Since the 1800s
Think we’re the only ones with the advanced tools to tamper with photos. Think again as this craft actually extends back to the early days of photography. Image forensics website FourAndSix has an entire section dedicated to photo tampering throughout history. Believe it or not, some of our most iconic photographs from the 1800s are … Continued
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The Largest Gun Ever Built
Like an Aryan Death Star, the Nazis’ Gustav was the largest gun ever built and didn’t leave much planet where it hit. In 1939, Adolf “Baby Dick” Hitler needed to figure out how to get past the French Maginot line, a 1500km defensive wall of fortifications, tank barriers, artillery and machine gun nests running along … Continued
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Mystery Photographer of the Nazis Found After Online Hunt
A photo album showing never-seen-before photos of Hitler and the Nazis has surfaced with photos dating back to 70 years ago. Its current owner has no clue who the photographer was, but judging by the level of access he was given, he must have been someone.UPDATED The NY Times’ Lens blog has published some of … Continued
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Darren Aronofsky will direct Michael Chabon’s HBO series about Magicians Vs. Hitler
Darren Aronofsky and Michael Chabon working together. Doesn’t that just give you chills? We’re beyond excited about the recently announced news that Aronofsky will be directing the pilot of HBO series Hobgoblin, about magicians who fight Hitler! The pilot is being written by Chabon and his wife, Ayelet Waldman. Variety announced the Chabon Aronofsky team … Continued
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Nazis Filmed the 1936 Olympics in 3D?
Apparently, Nazis were using 3D cameras before any of us thought 3D was dumb. According to Variety, Nazis had developed a ‘sophisticated stereoscopic camera’ to record athletes as they crossed the finish line in the 1936 Olympics. Philippe Mora, a filmmaker who has previously found evidence of Nazi using 3D in propaganda movies, believes Nazis … Continued
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Michael Chabon’s new HBO series: Magicians Vs. Hitler
When he’s not working Disney’s John Carter of Mars script or penning Pulitzer Prize-winning novels, apparently Michael Chabon is pitching alternate-history series to HBO about the magicians that fought Hitler. Which sounds fantastic. According to Variety HBO has picked up Chabon’s new TV show called Hobgoblin, which is about “a motley group of conmen and … Continued
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Great moments in alternate history: World War II
It’s finally here — the biggest alternate timeline of all alternate timelines, the alternate history trope to top all alternate history tropes. Today we look at some alternate histories of the Second World War. Let’s start with one of the most respected works in science fiction, Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning The Man in the … Continued
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Never-before-seen Photos of Hitler’s Bunker and Apartment
If you love beautiful, airy architecture that shelters the body and inspires the soul, you came to the wrong place. These never-before-published images of Hitler’s quarters—at the Reich’s New Chancellery—only show brassy, oppressive interiors that inspire disgust. The photos of the bunker were taken by William Vandivert for Life magazine, just before a mob took … Continued
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Who Stole Hitler’s Corpse? The Truth Revealed
Ever wondered what happened to the corpses of Hitler, Eva Braun, and Goebbels? Russia has just released the official story of what happened after the KGB grabbed the corpses in Berlin. In 1970, the KGB was worried that Hitler’s burial place would become a place of worship for Fascist sympathisers. KGB chief Yuri Andropov — … Continued
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What If Hitler Didn’t Die In The Bunker?
It turns out that Inglorious Basterds‘ alternate death of Hitler may not be entirely impossible after all: Scientists have discovered that the real owner of the famed Fuhrer’s skull is actually female, making everyone ask: What really happened to Hitler? DNA analysis on the skull fragment presumed to belong to Adolf Hitler performed at the … Continued
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Tech NewsHitler Rants About iPod Touch’s Missing Camera
Hitler is not very happy with the iPod touch camera situation. I can’t blame him, actually. He makes a pretty good case, touching all the bases. https://gizmodo.com/why-there-is-no-camera-in-the-ipod-touch-and-why-that-s-5355753
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Real World Brat Destroys Idiot’s Beloved Zombie Magazine, Is Compared To Hitler
I learned something from Real World last night. There are zombie magazines, and destroying them makes you like Hitler. While the comparison’s a stretch, I can relate to the anger. What type of attention-deprived beast would destroy something so precious? Meet Bronnie, he’s the “funny guy” on MTV’s Real World Cancun. You know that “I … Continued
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Why You Can’t Travel Back in Time and Kill Hitler
Click to viewNext month sees the release of Valkyrie, a film about Claus von Stauffenberg, the man who tried to assassinate Adolph Hitler. Plenty of time travelers have had the same idea, although their plan was to kill Hitler before he enacted mass genocide. Their intentions may be noble, but the plans always seem to … Continued
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The Neumann Microphone: Approved By the Beatles and Hitler
NPR has this fascinating piece on the custom microphone building threaded with history of Neumann Microphones. Neumann made the smooth-sounding U47 that the Beatles recorded on almost exclusively on from 1962 to 1970, as did Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, and others. When I say others, I mean Hitler. Before its glorious … Continued
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You Can’t Gestapo The Hitler Clones
With new Indiana Jones and Hellboy movies on the horizon, we’re reminded of heroes who fought supernatural Nazis from time to time. Heck, both Hellboy and Indiana Jones came face-to-moustache with Hitler, and Indy even got his autograph. But not all superheroes are so lucky. Some don’t get to battle the Big Bad himself — … Continued
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