Destroying your computer has a competition?
Ukraine hosts computer destruction championship
Appetite for destruction
By John Leyden
Published Monday 29th September 2003 12:56 GMT
More than 300 sledgehammer-wielding, mouse-kicking Ukrainians took
part in a competition last weekend to destroy computer equipment in
the most spectacular way possible.
The First Open Computer Destruction Championship, held in the central
Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya, were organised by a local radio
station and designed to raise awareness about the perils of spending
too much time in front of a PC, the BBC
reports.
There were three main events: chucking a keyboard, kicking a computer
mouse, and the "creative destruction" of computer monitors.
Ironically, winners in each category received computer equipment as a
prize (but you probably guessed that already).
Competitors told Ukrainian TV that the event helped purge them of
computer angst.
Radio engineer Yevhen Hrytsenko, who threw his keyboard an impressive
40.2 metres to win that event, said he felt "liberated from computer
addiction".
"Just recently I busted my monitor at home. I was so angry at it,
luckily I didn't destroy the keyboard, so I could throw it here
today," he said.
Eastern Europe, and the Ukraine in particular, was a breeding ground
for the sport of mobile phone throwing, which has now spread
internationally.
Anthropologists are yet to explain why a country with one of the
lowest GDP (annual income per head) figures in Europe could spawn such
a passion for abusing hi-technology equipment.
If you're tempted to abuse your PC, check out our guide: 102 ways to
kill your computer. �
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Ukrainian Girl Terminates ATM!
Ukrainian teen fights the Rise of the Machines(TM)
14-year-old terminates ATM
By Lester Haines
Published Wednesday 13th October 2004 10:27 GMT
A 14-year-old Ukrainian girl has struck a blow for humanity in the war
against belligerent technology by completely destroying a Yalta cash
machine - with her bare hands.
The plucky freedom fighter took on the avaricious ATM after it
swallowed her cash card. In the ensuing battle, the youth - described
by police as "looking like she couldn't hurt a fly" - caused �4,500
worth of damage to the Privatbank dispenser. The unnamed girl told the
press: "I just got angry and couldn't control myself after the machine
took my card. I train regularly at a local boxing club to keep fit - I
guess I must have learned a few things."
Absolutely. If the young lady in question would like to contact El
Reg, we have a few bits of obstreperous kit which would benefit from
an application of the "Ukrainian Handshake" - starting with the UK's
murderous cyberloos. �
posted by Vic. @ 8:42 PM 1 comments
Free Energy ElectroPower Source for sale!
Ukrainians punt free energy generator on eBay
Self-destructing 'electro power source'
By Lester Haines
Published Monday 3rd July 2006 15:42 GMT
Here's one for the technically-minded among you to ponder: a Ukrainian
"free energy electro power source" which has popped up on eBay.
Quite how the 100kW+ wonder machine works is anyone's guess, and the
vendors are remaining pretty tight-lipped on the matter. It doesn't
run on petrol or diesel, but does consume 1200m3 of air per hour.
Quite remarkably, in can apparently operate simultaneously in a
vacuum, which attests to its hi-tech capabilities.
There are, nonetheless, a couple of clues as to the possible power
source. First up, the blurb carries this dire warning aimed at
preventing purchasers from investigating the machine's innards: "With
the purpose to provide technology safety, the case of electric power
station will be closed, and at its unauthorized opening electric power
station will be self-destructed."
Secondly, the same outfit is punting rather a lot of ex-military
Geiger counters.
Long-term readers may remember that back in 2004, the Ukrainians
admitted they had somewhat absent-mindedly mislaid hundreds of nuclear
missiles. Based on the available evidence, we have pointed the UN's
nuclear watchdog in the direction of this auction, where they can get
an example of the electro power source right now for a mere �143,600.
And, if the chaps from bomb disposal are able to get the cover off the
thing without taking out an entire city, the truth of the wonderous
generator may soon be revealed. �
posted by Vic. @ 8:40 PM 0 comments
Oh those Ukrainian Women...
By LUKAS I. ALPERT, Wire Services - New York Post
A Ukrainian woman was busted trying to smuggle drugs inside her
vibrator.
"She told us she had put the drugs there because she thought no one
would ever think of touching it,
let alone looking inside it," said a Ukrainian border-police
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