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Frustrated man takes his computer out back and shoots it eight times

Lucas Hinch of Colorado Springs could face a penalty after shooting his ill-performing computer eight times.

Hinch was detained very briefly for discharging a firearm and cited, but a judge will decide what kind of penalty (if any) he receives.



"He was having technology problems, so he took it to the back alley and destroyed it," a police spokesman noted.

"He got tired of fighting with his computer for the last several months," added police spokesman Jeff Strossner.

Apparently, Hinch's computer would not reboot and the standard ctrl+alt+del features were not accessible to him.

Man executes his computer in alley behind his home. Cited for discharging a firearm in city http://t.co/eI8P54l4vI via @CSPDDutyLt

-- Springs Police (@CSPDPIO) April 21, 2015

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 22 Apr 2015 20:59

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• 8 comments

• harrynutz

  The computer had it coming :)
  

  23.4.2015 01:37 #1

• Mysttic

  It's very relaxing. 20 years ago I took mine out to a baseball diamond (it was broken beyond repair and it was too old to bother replacing parts) so I took an aluminum bat to it. I made sure to have all the parts inside unscrewed so I could play baseball and then I took hard blows to the chassis. I did clean up the mess afterwards. I also made sure nobody was around at the time I did it, as I didn't want to explain to the cops my fits of rage at a machine.

  23.4.2015 08:48 #2

• thatBeatsguy

  I guess this is what is called Rage Against the Machine.
  

  23.4.2015 09:16 #3

• hearme0

  Originally posted by thatBeatsguy: I guess this is what is called Rage Against the Machine. :)

  23.4.2015 11:44 #4

• Interestx

  Looks like a Dell Dimension.
  Poor old thing.
  Mine (albeit with several upgrades) is still going strong, great PCs in my opinion ;)
  

  23.4.2015 19:49 #5

• ivymike

  He missed the power supply, LOL.
  

  23.4.2015 20:38 #6

• DXR88

  i wonder if the bullet pierced the heat sink. the aluminum they use is pretty good at stopping projectiles.
  

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  26.4.2015 14:11 #7

• KillerBug

  Originally posted by Interestx: Looks like a Dell Dimension.
  Poor old thing.
  Mine (albeit with several upgrades) is still going strong, great PCs in my opinion ;) Yeah...but it doesn't count as "still going strong" when you have to replace all the capacitors yourself.
  
  Originally posted by DXR88: i wonder if the bullet pierced the heat sink. the aluminum they use is pretty good at stopping projectiles. That all depends on the projectile. I've seen what a 10MM auto does to solid steel plate...but then I've also seen a 45 ACP bullet bounce around inside a beer can rather than punch through the back side (to be fair this doesn't happen much).
  

  
  

  27.4.2015 15:44 #8