us Enraged US man shoots his malfunctioning computer

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Enraged US man shoots his malfunctioning computer

 

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."

Source: BBC News

 

Hum doesn't live in Colorado, does he? 

[+Zagadka Subscriber²]

I've thrown a computer out a 4th floor window, but that was more of a planned execution for it.

 

/shrug

[Jub]

Perfect use for a weapon. Why else keep them at home?

[Fraud OS 11]

Was it running Windows 8 or Windows 10?

[neufuse Veteran]

uh it's been a very long time since ctrl alt del has been used to reboot computers, unless you are still in an OS that doesn't override that interrupt... when was the last time in a modern OS did you reboot with that?... I can't even remember, windows 3.11?

 

 

oh and the article is giving me an internal server error, but love the error page ha...

[Sszecret Veteran]

Yep, that'll solve the problem. 

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Was it running Windows 8 or Windows 10?

No, it was running XP.

[LimeMaster]

Was it running Windows 8 or Windows 10?

Nah, it was probably Windows XP.

 

Edit: Frank beat me to it. Also, here's some information that you may want to add to your site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_XP

[+therealDamien Subscriber¹]

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

 

 

 

must of been running windows 98 or below.

 

because those commands dont reboot the computer anymore. it brings up option screen.

[neufuse Veteran]

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

 

 

 

must of been running windows 98 or below.

 

because those commands dont reboot the computer anymore. it brings up option screen.

I thought windows 95/98 ctrl+alt+del brought up a small task manager asking what programs you wanted to close and said press it again to reboot

[+therealDamien Subscriber¹]

I thought windows 95/98 ctrl+alt+del brought up a small task manager asking what programs you wanted to close and said press it again to reboot

your right.

 

but still that doesnt work that way with newer operation system.

[Nick H. Supervisor]

That must have been satisfying. I'm usually threatening to drop a troubled laptop from the 4th floor, although I've yet to go through with it.

[TAZMINATOR]

Hum doesn't live in Colorado, does he? 

 

I think he lives in PA which he said it in 2008...  but I could be wrong or he might have moved by now.

[techbeck]

I punched the screen of a spare laptop I had and shattered it once.  No big deal, we had laptops at work we were getting rid of so I got a new display.

[Liana]

It must be awful to get so emotional over something so trivial that you would destroy your own property like that.

[Melfster]

The piece hardware that I would  most like to crush is HP printer.   

[DocM]

It must be awful to get so emotional over something so trivial that you would destroy your own property like that.

A quarter stick of dynamite is more fun.

[FloatingFatMan]

A quarter stick of dynamite is more fun.

 

Not as much fun as 100lbs of anfo...

[TAZMINATOR]

The piece hardware that I would  most like to crush is HP printer.   

 

LimeMaster would like to see a video of that.

 

 

He likes to watch the smashing videos.

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

He likes to watch the smashing videos.

this he will love this

 

 

 

smashing pumpkins YO

[TAZMINATOR]

this he will love this

 

 

 

smashing pumpkins YO

 

[webeagle12]

Was it running Windows 8 or Windows 10?

 It was DELL and it was windows 8.  I would shot it too..

[timster]

Was it running Windows 8 or Windows 10?

Vista, still with Dell bloatware

[Torolol]

since the man said "Crtl+Alt+Del" to reboot doesn't works,

so the computer must be installed with at least XP or newer.

[HawkMan]

The piece hardware that I would  most like to crush is HP printer.   

 

Good thing you never used any Lexmark, Brother, Epson, Samsung or other brand printers then