From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 00:02:01 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 560 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Saturday 08 March 2003 Number 560 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 [os2genau] from the Register: US bar owner executes Dell laptop : Robert Traynor (BobT)" 2 Re: [os2genau] from the Register: US bar owner executes Dell laptop : John Angelico" 3 Re: [os2genau] from the Register: US bar owner executes Dell laptop : Gregory Hicks" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 09:26:27 +1000 From: "Robert Traynor (BobT)" Subject: [os2genau] from the Register: US bar owner executes Dell laptop US bar owner executes Dell laptop By Lester Haines Posted: 06/03/2003 at 12:15 GMT http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/29617.html A bar and restaurant owner from Lafayette, Colorado was jailed earlier this week after pumping four rounds into his Dell laptop, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. George Doughty, 48, announced to patrons of his Sportsman's Inn Bar and Restaurant that he intended to execute the portable. He then disappeared into his office, returning after thirty minutes with said machine and revolver. Warning punters in the bar to cover their ears, he let the Dell have it with four rounds at close range. Doughty allegedly celebrated this orgy of violence by hanging the grisly remains over the bar like a hunting trophy. What provoked the gangland-style execution remains unclear, although it does give new meaning to the phrase "percussive maintenance". Doughty faces charges of felony menacing, reckless endangerment and the prohibited use of weapons. Whether his actions constitute a breach of MS Windows XP licencing terms remains to be seen. Regards, Robert Traynor (BobT). 8 March 2003 9:25 ,-._|\ Robert Traynor (BobT) / Oz \ email rtraynor at optusnet dot com dot au \_,--.x/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 09:39:27 +1100 (EDT) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: [os2genau] from the Register: US bar owner executes Dell laptop On Sat, 08 Mar 2003 09:26:27 +1000, Robert Traynor (BobT) wrote: > >What provoked the gangland-style execution remains >unclear, although it does give new meaning to the >phrase "percussive maintenance". > >Doughty faces charges of felony menacing, reckless >endangerment and the prohibited use of weapons. >Whether his actions constitute a breach of >MS Windows XP licencing terms remains to be seen. > He should have been given a medal for daring to challenge the terms of the licence! I wonder if it was MS who laid the charges? Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG talldad at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au -------------------------------------- PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico .... Windows: where do you want to crash today? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 11:54:09 -0950 (CST) From: "Gregory Hicks" Subject: Re: [os2genau] from the Register: US bar owner executes Dell laptop On Sat, 08 Mar 2003 09:26:27 +1000, Robert Traynor (BobT) wrote: >US bar owner executes Dell laptop >By Lester Haines >Posted: 06/03/2003 at 12:15 GMT >http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/29617.html > >A bar and restaurant owner from Lafayette, >Colorado was jailed earlier this week after >pumping four rounds into his Dell laptop, the >Knoxville News Sentinel reports. > > >Doughty faces charges of felony menacing, reckless >endangerment and the prohibited use of weapons. >Whether his actions constitute a breach of >MS Windows XP licencing terms remains to be seen. > No doubt some creative lawyer will find a twist in the license for this ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------