Frustration and being on-topic (was: Seriously OT: Firearms (was RE: Interesting show on the Computer Garage)

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sun May 6 20:39:45 2001

On Sun, 6 May 2001, R. D. Davis wrote:
> > I've been wondering why Windoze was left off of the list. While it is
> > seldom deadly, it has caused more pain than all of the rest combined.
> Yes, I agree about it having caused more pain. However, could one not
> use a broken Windoze CD-ROM as a weapon? Could one not the software
> itself to frustrate and annoy someone to death? For example, a
> criminal trapping a UNIX hacker in a small room with only a PeeCee
> running Windoze for some indefinite period of time.

The only fatality that I know of from computer frustration was from serial
interfacing. It did involve a firearm and a computer over ten years ago,
so does that bring the thread ON-topic?

The first time that I ever saw Windoze on CD-ROM was V3.00 in August 1991,
so it won't be on-topic for another few months. I think that V3.10 (beta)
was only on floppies until 1992.
Received on Sun May 06 2001 - 20:39:45 BST