A man in the US city of Colorado Springs faces police action after becoming so frustrated with his computer that he took it outside and shot it eight times, police say.
"He was having technology problems, so he took it to the back alley and destroyed it," a police spokesman said.
Lucas Hinch was briefly detained for discharging a firearm within the city.
He did not realise he was breaking the law when he went "Wild West" on his machine, local media reported.
A judge is due to decide what penalty he will receive.
"He got tired of fighting with his computer for the last several months," police spokesman Jeff Strossner told the Colorado Springs Gazette.
The paper said that Mr Hinch "shot the darn thing" when ctrl+alt+delete - the traditional method used to re-boot computers - "consistently did not work" on Monday evening.
"He was able to wreak the kind of revenge most of us only dream about," the paper said. "The computer is not expected to recover." 
Taken from the BBC website here.
i heard that this morning here in Ga. Sometimes you feel just this way
ReplyDeleteYou're right, Barbara! We don't have guns here but I've wanted to throw mine out of the window a time or two! :oD
DeleteThat is sooo funny! Despite the severity of discharging a weapon in the city etc etc, one can see his point :-)
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Yep ... it was wrong ... but hilarious! Poor man! :oD
DeleteI've never been that mad at my computer, but there have been times when I could have blasted my printer into the next dimension.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm right there with you, Janet. Never tell your printer you're in a hurry! Wrong paper. Wrong size of paper. Doesn't connect. Prints double-sided when you want single-sided ... or vice versa. Printers can be a real pain in the you-know-what!
Deletesometimes I feel like doing the same myself to this blasted machine!!
ReplyDeleteLOL I think we've all been there, Gill! :oD
DeleteI've often felt like throwing mine through the window when it won't do as it's told. Technology is great when it works, a pain in the backside when it doesn't.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Jo. And I don't believe that it's all "human error" either. Sometimes it's the computer's fault!!
DeleteI saw this article when it first appeared, and like you I laughed pretty hard when I read it. I think we've all wanted to do the same at some point or another.
ReplyDeleteI know I have! Probably just as well we don't have guns here! :oD
DeleteHahaha -- and the moral to the story? If you're going to kill your computer, take if outside of the city limits!!! ;-D Thanks for the funny today!
ReplyDeleteLOL Yes, that would be a wise move, Anna! :oD
DeleteI heard Ken Bruce and Lynne Bowles talking about it on Radio 2 this morning. I frequently threaten to throw mine out of the window if it doesn't behave, but now I will have to buy a gun!!
ReplyDeleteLOL I've threatened mine a time or two but never thought of killing it! :oD
DeleteWelcome to America. Something is always getting shot at around here. I've heard of people shooting their TV's!
ReplyDeleteI think it's probably a good thing we don't have guns here. Think of all the computer-cides that would go on! :oD
DeleteHa ha ha - awesome! :D
ReplyDeleteHilarious, eh? :oD
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