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Title: Brits admit kicking and punching faulty PCs
Post by: Clive on October 20, 2010, 20:47

More than 1.5 million Britons have attacked their computer when it plays up, according to research.

LINK (http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/503891/brits-admit-kicking-and-punching-faulty-pcs)

Definitely not guilty!!

Title: Re: Brits admit kicking and punching faulty PCs
Post by: Simon on October 20, 2010, 21:04

My keyboard gets a bashing on the odd occasion.  :blush:

Title: Re: Brits admit kicking and punching faulty PCs
Post by: sam on October 20, 2010, 23:43

i have! and servers too

Title: Re: Brits admit kicking and punching faulty PCs
Post by: GillE on October 21, 2010, 00:54

I've never physically attacked a computer.  Good grief - could I be turning into a pacifist?

 :eeek:

Title: Re: Brits admit kicking and punching faulty PCs
Post by: Simon on October 21, 2010, 10:16

How is it, though, that a machine can seemingly be deliberately annoying?  I feel that a certain amount of violence is justified for 'training purposes'.  :devil:

Title: Re: Brits admit kicking and punching faulty PCs
Post by: GillE on October 21, 2010, 11:30

I wonder if the number of assaults rose when Micro$oft introduced Vista?

Title: Re: Brits admit kicking and punching faulty PCs
Post by: Rik on October 21, 2010, 11:45

I think they rose yesterday for IDNet customers. ;)

Title: Re: Brits admit kicking and punching faulty PCs
Post by: GillE on October 21, 2010, 12:01

I was wondering why you've not been around as much as usual, Rik.

Title: Re: Brits admit kicking and punching faulty PCs
Post by: Rik on October 21, 2010, 12:06

I was meant to be in Suffolk, Gill, but the agoraphobia got the better of me and we returned home yesterday morning, walking straight into the biggest outage at IDNet I can ever remember.

Title: Re: Brits admit kicking and punching faulty PCs
Post by: Simon on October 21, 2010, 13:43

Since the last one, when you had your phone off... ;) ;D

Title: Re: Brits admit kicking and punching faulty PCs
Post by: Rik on October 21, 2010, 16:11

Timing is everything. ;D