A Colorado man was given a ticket by police this week for shooting his balky computer eight times and "killing" it.
Police say Lucas Hinch, 37, had become "fed up with fighting his computer for the last several months," so he took it outside and repeatedly blasted it with a handgun.
Hinch said he didn't realize he was breaking the law, but has no regrets. "It was glorious," he said.
Now here is a good reason to own a gun.
I wonder if helping mine off the edge of a roof would be considered assisted suicide.. I mean, every time that silly blue screen comes up I could swear it's asking for help as it always says... 'System Dump'
ReplyDeleteI can see the dude now... each round releasing piled on tension... by the time he had emptied the magazine I am quite sure he could, with a smile on his face, kick back in a lounge chair with a cold one.... until the cops showed up anyway... At least they didn't shoot him as seems to be the rage today. Maybe humans automatically have universal empathy with respect to... devices.
Only a matter of time though before some smartass machine pleads its case before the supreme court asking for relief from the bigotry towards digital devices....and wins.
"Bigotry towards digital devices." I love it. Got me to thinking, computers as targets at your local rifle range, a sure crowd pleaser.
ReplyDeleteYeah... replacing that black silhouette that is clearly the invention of an oppressive population....
DeleteWhen I first heard this story I thought it was Louman fed up with me again.
ReplyDeleteThe Denver police ruled it a justified shooting as the computer was a windows machine. Apparently the man has said he would purchase an Apple machine as soon as possible. The police released him as they knew he would have no further issues.
DeleteAnother happy ending in the land of Hick and POT.
The will be the next case.... Apple prejudice… clones as second hand citizens and MSDos bashing….
DeleteAnd those who oppose my 16th generation Ipod marrying your daugher!
That's good, there was someone in the old MW group who threatened to pistol whip me because of something I posted. Some take these blogs way too seriously.
ReplyDeleteNow here is a constitutional question for you. If as I am always told, the second provides God given rights for the citizens to defend the person, the State and the Country. Which clause either in the Second or even in the Constitution covers the willful destruction of an entity capable of faster problem solving that the combined intellect of the population of the United States. If you can find no provision, perhaps the constitution should be fed into the computer and the result ratified by the States and even perhaps by the Supreme Court. This my friends would be called progress.
ReplyDeleteA little tongue in cheek, Cheers from Aussie
In case your not aware, the constitution is just a historical document used to awe the kiddies on tour in Washington.
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DeleteTongue in cheek perhaps but I have no doubt that the many twisted forms of empathy that some embrace, equating digital processing with humanity would truly be of a 'progressive' mindset… What we must always remember is that the coded bit of hardware that argues its case for equality is non the less simply a piece of coded hardware…. Hum… not unlike the products of our public school system… maybe they do have a case…
DeleteThe Constitution? Oh that silly thing.
DeleteSince our computers are largely made in China or Japan, how about deporting them as illegals. Does the Constitution allow citizenship for computers, mine doesn't have a green card.
DeleteComputers cannot get green cards but they can vote in Democrat precincts.
DeleteSo what, if a dead person can vote why not a computer?
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