From: Linda (joelinda1@home.com)
Date: Thu May 25 2000 - 18:47:53 PDT
[Here's the link to "Check your own level of PC Rage!":
http://www.pcrage.co.za/questionaire.htm
--Linda]
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/000525-000004.html
South African man shoots PC
South Africa is a very dangerous place to live if you are a computer.
One PC so outraged its South African user that the man took his gun out and shot it -
repeatedly. A colleague who witnessed the IT rage tantrum said the killer shot the
machine "to smithereens" out of sheer frustration.
This wanton attack came to light after a survey by Symantec and South African news
service ITWeb into the growing epidemic of worldwide PC abuse.
Around 43 per cent of South Africans said they got angry when their computer played
up. Two thirds had a "multiple abuse reaction" - 25 per cent swore or screamed at the
offending machine, while another 20 per cent chose to walk away.
However, this was relatively restrained compared to the Brits. Of those who
experienced PC rage, nearly two thirds admitted swearing at their computer and 22
per cent said they hit their computer – with seven per cent causing damage.
According to Symantec, one respondent to the survey got so angry with his PC he ran
over it in his 4WD.
He showed a visiting Symantec consultant round the back of his house "where broken
parts from the old monitor were scattered all over the lawn" after making contact with
the wheels of the vehicle. ®
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