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Computer crashing, Ukraine-style

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On September 28, 2003, 12:37 AM

Weekend misc. story? This will do...

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.

Read more: [URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3144704.stm]BBC News[/URL].

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  1. September 28, 2003 8:20 AM
    ---agissi--- said:
    Sorry but that sounds really silly.
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  2. September 28, 2003 11:43 AM
    vassil3427 said:
    Oh my ..I pray those were Pentium100's or something...If any of them destroyed any modern hardware they should be shot for their own ignorance....
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