A New Hero

I have a new hero, and you may be surprised given his image. He shares at least two attributes with the Python, a ponytail (ok) and a guitar (not ok). However, when my wife came across this news story, she said she thought of Thygocanberra.

When you hear why he is a hero you may be surprised to learn that he has the somewhat placid profession of owning an organic herb and tea store in Colorado Springs. I notice his store has  a website.

This hero is Lucas Hinch, who did what we all want to do with our misbehaving computers. The 37 year old Mr Hinch was cited by Police in Colorado for carrying his computer into an alley then shooting it eight times with a handgun after what authorities said had been a long battle with the uncooperative machine.

Mr Hinch took the 9mm pistol he'd recently purchased on Craigslist out behind Organica Herb & Tea Co., which he operates with his girlfriend, and 'fired 8 shots into the computer,' according to city police, 'effectively disabling it.' The gun was lawful, and in my view he should receive no punishment. The computer was a Dell XPS 410.

The bullets are not closely grouped, but I understand the logic of spreading them around a bit to maximise damage to the computer. Given that most of the computer box is air (especially in a Dell) you would need to hit the motherboard and the hard drive to do real damage.

I have not found any mention in the various news reports of what operating system was on the computer. Nevertheless, my thought was: IT JUST HAS TO BE MICROSOFT. I have done a bit of research and, yes, the Dell XPS 410 shipped with Microsoft Windows XP.

Go Lucas Hinch, my new hero. 

 

Comments

[PythonMagus]

The trick is, make the computer sing, rather than try to sing yourself. And if all else fails, ask me to look at it. Most computers do not misbehave when I stand next to them - well, not twice anyway.