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Colorado man cited for 'killing' uncooperative computer with handgun
Reuters ^ | 4/21/2014

Posted on 04/21/2015 2:03:32 PM PDT by Beave Meister

DENVER (Reuters) - Police in Colorado have cited a 37-year-old man for carrying his computer into an alley then shooting it eight times with a handgun after what authorities said had been a long battle with the uncooperative machine.

Lucas Hinch was cited for discharging a firearm within city limits after officers responded to a "shots fired" call early on Monday evening, the Colorado Springs Police Department said in a statement.

"Investigation revealed a resident was fed up with fighting his computer for the last several months," said the statement, entitled "Man Kills His Computer."

(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; co; colorado; coloradosprings; computers; guncontrol; guns; handgun; nra; secondamendment
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To: Beave Meister

Not Guilty by reason of sanity.


21 posted on 04/21/2015 2:29:58 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Beave Meister

I can relate but it’s better to fix it by running the correct diagnostic program that to kill the computer.


22 posted on 04/21/2015 2:33:54 PM PDT by Republican1795.
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To: Beave Meister

Maybe it really was the blue screen of death.

5.56mm


23 posted on 04/21/2015 2:41:17 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Boogieman
I prefer defenestration, personally.

Is that when you uninstall Windows and go to Linux? Or is that when you toss the Windows computer out the Window? That seems like some sort of a defenestration within a defenestration.

24 posted on 04/21/2015 2:53:29 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Red Badger

M112 block of C4 dual primed ...... I’ve seen me do it....:o)


25 posted on 04/21/2015 2:54:41 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Beave Meister

Remove your personnel info and then leave it at the end of the driveway so it can curse someone else


26 posted on 04/21/2015 2:58:51 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Beave Meister

20 minutes later, he called Tech Support to ask how to get his data off the computer. Then he got mad because he couldn’t get to the data.


27 posted on 04/21/2015 3:01:18 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Beave Meister

May his tribe increase like we all know it’s going to.


28 posted on 04/21/2015 3:02:25 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: Disambiguator

Is that when you uninstall Windows and go to Linux? Or is that when you toss the Windows computer out the Window? That seems like some sort of a defenestration within a defenestration.

That may be a case of double-paned defenestration!


29 posted on 04/21/2015 3:10:08 PM PDT by locountry1dr (Political correctness kills)
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To: Beave Meister

Now that was a real power point presentation.


30 posted on 04/21/2015 3:19:00 PM PDT by muir_redwoods ("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
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To: Stayfree
We took a couple of really old, and heavy, TV’s out to the desert...

Gee. Thanks.

31 posted on 04/21/2015 3:30:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: dfwgator

Musta been Windows 8. Just recently “upgraded” myownself.

I can understand him going ballistic.


32 posted on 04/21/2015 4:33:01 PM PDT by myheroesareDeadandRegistered
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To: bert

Lol


33 posted on 04/21/2015 5:26:30 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: Beave Meister

When my hubby died, I wanted to toss his computer , but I knew that the mother board and hard drive had to be destroyed separately.

The mother board succumbed instantly, but the hard drive was another matter entirely.

Out in the driveway with a hammer, and a sprained shoulder later, I learned why it is called a “Hard” drive.

Had I my current arsenal back then, I probably would have used the same method as this poor fellow!


34 posted on 04/21/2015 6:06:13 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Stayfree

Cray computers are shot with .30-40 Kray.(if you’re cray cray)


35 posted on 04/21/2015 6:43:10 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: GeronL
Was it Windows?

Probably a loose power cord.....

36 posted on 04/22/2015 3:02:56 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Squantos

Justifiable Computacide...........I’d vote Not guilty!...........


37 posted on 04/22/2015 6:08:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Beave Meister

you beat me to it


38 posted on 04/24/2015 4:43:13 AM PDT by cycjec
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