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== Notable cases ==
In April 2015, a Colorado man was cited for firing a gun within a residential area when he took his computer into a back alley and shot it eight times with a 9mm pistol.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Enraged Man Shoots Computer Eight Times|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/22/man-shoots-computer-eight-times_n_7119246.html|website = [[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate = 2015-11-03}}</ref> When questioned, he told police that he had become so frustrated with his computer that he had "reached critical mass," and stated that after he had shot his computer, "the angels sung on high."<ref>{{Cite web|title = Colorado man ticketed for shooting his computer; says it was worth it|url = http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-colorado-shooting-computer-20150421-story.html|website = latimes.com|accessdate = 2015-11-03}}</ref> In 2007, a German man threw his computer out the window in the middle of the night, startling his neighbors. German police were sympathetic and did not press charges, stating "Who hasn't felt like doing that?"<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sympathetic police pardon man who threw computer out of window|url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-469022/Sympathetic-police-pardon-man-threw-window.html|website = [[Mail Online]]|accessdate = 2015-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Veneziani|first1=Vince|title=German Throws Computer Out Window, Escapes Fine|url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/07/18/german-throws-computer-out-window-escapes-fine/|publisher=[[Tech Crunch]]|accessdate=2018-02-04}}</ref> In 2006, the staged surveillance video "[[Bad Day (viral video)|Bad Day]]", showing a man assaulting his computer at work, became a [[viral video|viral hit]] on the Internet, reaching over two million views.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Viral Video Breakdown
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