It's not so much 'shooting his computer' as 'firing a weapon in a public place'. There're lots of reckless endangerment laws around. Of course, since he warned everyone that he was going to do it, and even to cover their ears, I wouldn't be too surprised if the charges are dropped. That said, it's still stupid to unload a few bullets into a computer in a public place where Bad Things could happen to bystanders just because you're pissed off at it. -- Michael Vieths Foeclan at Visi.com On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, gkrueger wrote: > I don't mind the fact that he "executed" his Dell laptop, I mind the > fact that we are so wacked as a society, that this guy is in jail for > shooting his computer. We need to get a grip on reality! > > > B_o_B wrote: > > >Thursday, March 6, 2003 @ 5:02:48 PM Central Standard Time > > > >I thought the group might like this one. > > > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/29617.html > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list