Riddled computer caches in its chips

23 April 2015 - 02:11 By Reuters

Police have cited a 37-year-old man for carrying his computer into an alley then shooting it eight times with a handgun after what authorities said had been a long battle with the uncooperative machine. Lucas Hinch was cited for discharging a firearm within city limits after officers responded to a "shots fired" call early on Monday evening, the Colorado Springs Police Department said."A resident was fed up with fighting his computer so he took it into a back alley and fired eight shots into the computer with a handgun, effectively disabling it," said the statement, entitled "Man Kills His Computer". ..

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