Hey Bill, There has been an update to the story: It was a Dell that got shot. And the police computer that froze was a Gateway.
http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P724_0_1_0 On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 05:30 PM, Bill King wrote: > > Below is the text of a story on yahoo news. I'll bet it was not a > Mac... > > Bill King > > > Strange News - AP > Enraged Computer Owner Shoots Up Machine > > LAFAYETTE, Colo. - George Doughty hung his latest hunting trophy on > the wall > of his Sportsman's Bar and Restaurant. Then he went to jail. > > The problem was the trophy was Doughty's laptop computer. > > He shot it four times, as customers watched, after it crashed once too > often. > > He was jailed on suspicion of felony menacing, reckless endangerment > and the > prohibited use of weapons. > > "It's sort of funny, because everybody always threatens their > computers," > said police Lt. Rick Bashor, seconds before his own police computer > froze at > police headquarters. > > Doughty was released Monday evening after spending a night in jail and > is > due in court Wednesday. > > In police reports, Doughty said that he realized afterward that he > shouldn't > have shot his computer but at the time it seemed like the right thing > to do. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
