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Computer demolition

By Bill Detwiler October 31, 2005, 4:00 AM PST on Twitter billdetwiler

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Computer demolition

Notebook...be gone!

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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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Computer demolition

Machete practice

Machete practice

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

Computer demolition

Burn...baby...burn!

Burn...baby...burn!

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Shattered remains

Shattered remains

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

Computer demolition

Target practice

Target practice

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

Computer demolition

Yes, that's a log splitter

Yes, that's a log splitter

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More target practice

More target practice

Aw man, that front panel got destroyed

Computer demolition

target practice…

Computer demolition

PC pancakes

PC pancakes

or you can crush them

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