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  Computer crashing, Ukraine-style
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ContributorServo 
Last EditedServo  Sep 27, 2003 09:06am
CategoryAmusing
News DateSep 27, 2003 12:00am
DescriptionOver 300 self-confessed computer addicts have participated in a competition in the central Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya to destroy their own hardware in a spectacular fashion.

The event, dubbed the "First Open Computer Destruction Championship", was organised by a local FM radio station with the professed aim of raising young people's awareness of the dangers of spending too much time in front of a computer.

The competition comprised three main events - throwing a keyboard, kicking a computer mouse, and the most popular, the "creative destruction" of computer monitors.
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