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Computer demolition

By · May 23, 2008, 3:44 AM PST · billdetwiler

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  • Notebook...be gone!

    If your computer pushed you too far, would you retaliate with a hammer? Lighter fluid and a match? How about firearms?

    As these pictures attest, some users gleefully embrace the destruction of sophisticated electronic equipment, whether driven by vengeance or by the simple pleasure of smashing a component to smithereens.

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  • Machete practice

    I gave the bottom of the keyboard one good smack with the machete and look what it did!!

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  • Burn...baby...burn!

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  • Shattered remains

    This is a nice pile of rubble that was left after the destruction of the computer was completed...

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  • Target practice

    This is the back side of my computer after it got shot... a few times

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  • Yes, that's a log splitter

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  • More target practice

    Aw man, that front panel got destroyed

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  • target practice...

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  • PC pancakes

    or you can crush them

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Notebook...be gone!

If your computer pushed you too far, would you retaliate with a hammer? Lighter fluid and a match? How about firearms?

As these pictures attest, some users gleefully embrace the destruction of sophisticated electronic equipment, whether driven by vengeance or by the simple pleasure of smashing a component to smithereens.

&copy Webshots - spyder8legs

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