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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.""

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  1. Fuck off by worium-gay · · Score: 0, Troll

    fuck! rodrigo@worium.com.br

  2. Re:Hit F5 by SenFo · · Score: 0, Troll

    First of all, where are the files you're including? By the way, you only need one (stdio.h if you're programming in C). Second, why is x global? Third, you forgot a return statement. Forth, your style is horrible.

    And that's only what I've noticed in the 5 seconds I looked at it.

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    My lame blog.