Police excuse angry computer user for outburst
 

Sorry if this has been posted already :1orglaugh

Police excuse angry computer user for outburst

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man who startled his neighbors when he hurled his computer out of the window in the middle of the night, was let off for disturbing the peace by police who sympathized with his technical frustrations.
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Police in the northern city of Hanover said they would not press charges after responding to calls made by residents in an apartment block who were woken by a loud crash in the early hours of Saturday.

Officers found the street and pavement covered in electronic parts and discovered who the culprit was.

Asked what had driven him to the night-time outburst, the 51-year-old man said he had simply got annoyed with his computer.

"Who hasn't felt like doing that?" said a police spokesman.

While escaping any official sanction the man was made to clear up the debris.

Maybe his game wouldn't load

He found out there's no money in SEO.

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Hahaha. Great story. :1orglaugh

I have thought about it a few times! :1orglaugh

I've wanted to do that so many times.

Zango popups did it... I can feel it.

Sounds the sensible and rational thing to do Tom :)

There are country variances which could have been the outcome -

In Nigera someone would have stolen the crashed computer within 10 seconds and rebuilt it - with no evidence left.

In the US the guy would be slammed to the dirt, cuffed and thrown in a jail cell, - followed by a brief court appearance, be remanded for 7 days for a psychiatric report then fined $1000. He would then sue Microsoft for mental stress.

In Somalia crowds would gather and look amazed - "Ah.. that's what a computer looks like and is used for?"

thanks for the news

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