Drop the mouse and step away from the PC

jmke · 31st March 2005, 09:43

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"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7329279/

src: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/30/1934250

31st March 2005, 09:43	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	Drop the mouse and step away from the PC 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" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7329279/ src: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/30/1934250 __________________

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