Seriously OT: Firearms (was RE: Interesting show on the Computer Garage)

From: Brian Chase <bdc_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sun May 6 21:52:58 2001

On Sun, 6 May 2001, R. D. Davis wrote:
> On Sun, 6 May 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) 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.

Well, if the hacker is any good and the indefinite period of time is
long enough, the scenerio should result in the creation of yet another
UNIX-like operating system.

-brian.
Received on Sun May 06 2001 - 21:52:58 BST