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2221.0. "computer funnies..." by NZOV01::MCKENZIE (Nuke the Leprechaun!) Wed Feb 08 1989 15:55

    Ok - Time for a few computer funnies...
    
    This topic is for all stories (real and spoof) relating to
    the classic Human/computer Interactions that have occured
    over the years. Newspapers are a great source of such items
    and of course everyone has that favourite personal story
    to tell..
    
    I'll start the ball Rolling 
    
From the Echoes-Sentines [?], Somerset County, NJ, Sept. 17, 1987:
 
GILLETTE RESIDENT IS ARRESTED AFTER SHOOTING HIS COMPUTER
 
PASSAIC TWP. -- A Gillette man was arrested at his home last
Thursday night after he fired eight bullets at his home computer,
according to police.
 
The man, Michael A. Case, 35, of 64 Summit Ave., was arrested
shortly after 11 p.m., at his house, when police said they received
a report that shots were fired.  They arrived at the home to find
a .44 Magnum automatic handgun and a shot-up IBM personal computer
with a Princeton Graphics System monitor.
 
The monitor screen was blown out by the blasts and its inner
workings were visible, Lt. Donald Van Tassel said on Monday.  The
computer, which had bullet holes in its hardware, was hit four times
while four more bullet holes were found in various areas next to the
computer, Van Tassel said.
 
"The only thing he (Case) said was that he was mad at his computer
so he shot it," Van Tassel said.
 
The handgun, which the lieutenant identified as an Israeli Arms
Desert Eagle .44, has "a lot of firepower," he said.  "It's a big
gun."  Case used hollow-point, or dum-dum, bullets, he added.
 
Case was surprised when police arrested him because he didn't think
he was breaking the law, Van Tassel said. "He couldn't understand
why he couldn't shoot his own computer in his own home," Van Tassel
said.
 
Case was charged with recklessly creating a risk and using a firearm
against the property of another, because the house is reportedly
owned by a relative.  The walls were also damaged by the shots,
according to police.
 
He was also charged with unlawful posession of a firearm without a
permit, and with possession of illegal bullets, police said.
 
In addition, Case was issued to summonses, for discharging a weapon
in a restricted area and for discharging a single-projectile weapon,
police said.
 
Case spent early Friday morning in the Morris County Jail and was
released later in the day on $2,500 bail, according to police.
 
A Municipal Court appearance is scheduled for today, Sept. 17.
 
   [Strange.  I just heard a speaker talking about RIFLING THROUGH FILES,
   rather than RIFFLING THROUGH FILES.  Prophetic?  PGN]
 
    
    
    

    Hi, not to be a party pooper or anything...
    
    There is a whole conference devoted to stories like .0.  It's at
    TAMARA::WAR_STORY

    re.1
    
    Is it computer stories??
    
              Matt