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Ukrainian Computer Destruction Championship

Posted by michael on from the foot-pedal dept.

Alien54 writes "Over 300 self-confessed computer addicts have participated in a competition in the central Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya to destroy their own hardware in a spectacular fashion. The event, dubbed the "First Open Computer Destruction Championship", was organised by a local FM radio station with the professed aim of raising young people's awareness of the dangers of spending too much time in front of a computer."

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  1. Re:I hope they were wearing HAZMAT suits by jwang · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sigh... please think before you post.

    What makes you think that CD-Rs have cyanide in them? They use cyanine or pthlalocyanine dyes. cyanine != cyanide. In fact, they are completely different chemical compounds.

    Enough FUD already.

  2. Re:Ukrainians can't afford to do this. by parkanoid · · Score: 2, Informative

    I would imagine "their own" meaning "hardware they owned" (as opposed to event-supplied), not their main rigs. Then again, who knows.

  3. Re:Ukrainians can't afford to do this. by Lossenelin · · Score: 3, Informative

    I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the country as poor, coincidently enough I was talking to my Ukrainian girlfriend about computers a few days ago and back when she was living in Ukraine most of her friends had some good hardware (as did she) a bit off topic but interestingly enough, she was the only one in her circle of friends who didn't run Linux, its an incrediably popular OS over their.