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Computer Crash Reactions Examined

Posted by timothy on from the tim-just-swears-a-lot-and-shoots-things dept.

dankinit writes "MSNBC has an amusing story about research showing how people react to computer crashes and losing data. Among the numbers, 7% of those surveyed hit the computer, 13% yell at first, and another 13% try to "sweet-talk" their computer. The article also has results from a study done at the Univ. of Maryland. In that study, "One restaurant manager who was so upset with his laptop that he threw it into deep fryer. That destroyed the laptop ... and deep fryer, too.""

4 of 573 comments (clear)

  1. First curse! by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn computer, and I thought I had frist psot, but somebody was faster!

  2. Office Space (gangster) Style by amorformosus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    PC Load Letter? What the **** does that mean?

  3. Earlier today by WormholeFiend · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I went to my bank's ATM, and the lady in front of me was arguing with the machine.

    "That's not TRUE!"
    "WTF do you mean, insufficient funds?!"
    "I did put it in!"

    For a second I had a flashback of that movie Slapshot when the guy inside the vending machine opens the door...

  4. Mine doesn't. by abb3w · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    We have no reason to lose a single keypress from the user.

    And if you consider it important enough to spend money on, you can buy a gadget to insure exactly that. (Thanks to Dan Rutter for his reviews of this and other cool geeky toys.)

    --
    //Information does not want to be free; it wants to breed.