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.
I gave the bottom of the keyboard one good smack with the machete and look what it did!!
This is a nice pile of rubble that was left after the destruction of the computer was completed…
This is the back side of my computer after it got shot… a few times
Aw man, that front panel got destroyed
target practice…
or you can crush them
Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
