6 May
2001
6 May
'01
4:39 p.m.
On Sun, 6 May 2001, R. D. Davis wrote:
The only fatality that I know of from computer frustration was from serial
interfacing. It did involve a firearm and a computer over ten years ago,
so does that bring the thread ON-topic?
The first time that I ever saw Windoze on CD-ROM was V3.00 in August 1991,
so it won't be on-topic for another few months. I think that V3.10 (beta)
was only on floppies until 1992.
I've been
wondering why Windoze was left off of the list. While it is
seldom deadly, it has caused more pain than all of the rest combined.
Yes, I agree
about it having caused more pain. However, could one not
use a broken Windoze CD-ROM as a weapon? Could one not the software
itself to frustrate and annoy someone to death? For example, a
criminal trapping a UNIX hacker in a small room with only a PeeCee
running Windoze for some indefinite period of time.