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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    01:53 AM

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    I'm having a hard time understanding how popping three bullets there would have helped in any circunstances... anyone care to share some thoughts?
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    01:57 AM

    @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: two theories: 1) she pissed them off and they took it out on her computer 2) they tried to detonate it by shooting it, which they often do do.
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    01:34 AM

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    Clancy, use the remote.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    12/16/09

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    I'm guessing they heard her voice for about 3 seconds, were driven totally insane, and her laptop was the casualty.
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    Image of Spoony Bard Spoony Bard
    01:26 AM

    @Segador: Damn you, sir. You made me click on the video.

    By Thor's Hammer, this man speaks the truth.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    12/16/09

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    I wonder whether they were actually concerned about the laptop concealing a bomb, or if the officer interviewing her was so annoyed by her responses and "smirk" (in the girl’s own words) that the officer literally went ballistic—an abuse of power, to be sure, though somehow more understandable than the official story.
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    Edited by iplaudius at 12/16/09 10:43 PM iplaudius was starred iplaudius was unstarred
    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/16/09

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    I had what must have been the first macbook in Israel. I took it over there with a five (5) MB harddrive (10 MB drives were available, but that would have been complete overkill and an embarrassing display of consumption) The drive sounded like it was making loud popcorn when it read and wrote. I was half prepared for them to completely destroy the external drive, and to take the computer itself apart and hand it back to me in pieces, but, nothing happened at all. I specifically remember not being a smartass as I we through customs tho.

    Oh! And one of, if not, the, first walkman in mainland china. I got off the plane with it strapped to my body. A military officer came up to me, told me to stop where I was, and then called a truckfull of soldiers over who surrounded me like in Midnight Express, machineguns, the whole shebang. They instructed me to unfasten it and leave it on the ground and then took me into custody. 4-5 hours later, they did return it to me, completely destroyed, but someone had at least made some kind of effort to reassemble it. I traded the parts for a hat.

    Yours Truly,

    Uncle Zeligman
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    Image of rkor123 rkor123
    12/16/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: My family brought a PowerBook to Israel in 1995. I'm trying to figure out what model it was, but it had a tiny grayscale screen. We brought it so my dad could use "email" and check the news back in the states.

    Also, we have relatives in Israel with the last name Zeligman, perhaps we're distant cousins!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/16/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Good thing it wasn't a Zune, or you wouldn't be commenting right now.
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    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    12:57 AM

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Your Walkman story is freaking hilarious. I still have mine kicking around in the closet. I'll trade it for your hat! Anyway, I guess Walkman was manufactured in Korea.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    01:53 AM

    @rkor123: I'm sure it was pretty novel even in '95. Anytime someone saw mine and knew what it was they would ask if I was a "graphikayee" because it was only the advert. people who had them. Yup, mine was grayscale too. I put it up for sale finally on the phone company's computer bulletin board (no internet to speak of then) and some doctor brought his daughter like a 100 miles to see it and then paid me double what I paid for it new. As for cousins, we're definitely cousins, but not really through the Zeligmans... I was just making a stupid Woody Allen jokerance.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    01:54 AM

    @Kaiser-Machead: I feel like I should understand that :)
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    01:55 AM

    @hilikusopus: Sony??
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    12/16/09

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    Ha. And they missed her hard drive. Funny, I did more damage to my MacBook with a glass of water than they did with an AK.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/16/09

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    Steve Jobs is half Syrian. God, those Israelis will stop at nothing!
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    12:59 AM

    @raincoaster: But an Apple can also be seen as a reference to Adam and Eve. And with one small bite taken out of it, surely it was a book filled with sin and clearly a risk to everyone.
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    Edited by SpyMagician at 12/17/09 1:00 AM SpyMagician was starred SpyMagician was unstarred
    Image of Dutch_Touch Dutch_Touch
    01:59 AM

    @SpyMagician: Only problem with that theory is that in Judaism they don't believe in "the original sin"... just adding my 2cents...
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    02:40 AM

    @Dutch_Touch: Are Christians taking over the IDF? Now THERE's a story!
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    12/16/09

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    center mass...
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    Image of Deckard Deckard
    12/16/09

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    You don't mess with the Zohan!
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/16/09

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    It's refreshing to hear positive news about an Israeli settlement.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/16/09

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    They were .50 Caliber mad at that laptop.
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    Image of mergedwarrior mergedwarrior
    02:10 AM

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming:

    I was wondering that myself, I was expecting that if they fired .50 cal at it it would've actually been "esploded". Especially after 3.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    02:15 AM

    @mergedwarrior: I'm just glad those are 3 less bullets for people.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/16/09

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    If I go to Israel, I'll bring my old Inspiron. Chances are the bullets would ricochet and kill everyone in the room.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 12/16/09 10:18 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of EpiphyteCorp. EpiphyteCorp.
    12/16/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Approved
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    01:01 AM

    @Kaiser-Machead: No doubt an Inspiron 8600, amirite?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01:15 AM

    @Nintenboy01: 8200, but you were close lol
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    04:38 AM

    @Kaiser-Machead: Man, that thing was a tank
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    Image of Deckard Deckard
    12/16/09

    In reply to Israeli Authorities Will Reimburse Girl After Shooting Holes Through Her Laptop
    Here's $1,000, now go buy a PC, or we'll shoot your iPod too.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/15/09

    In reply to 'I'm Sorry, But We Blew Up Your Laptop'
    Well that will teach her not to deface a work of art with an Elektra the Assassin sticker.
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    Image of Mr.V. Mr.V.
    12/15/09

    In reply to 'I'm Sorry, But We Blew Up Your Laptop'
    I'm surprised nobody asked the following yet:
    -What real evidence did they have to think the laptop was a bomb?
    -Why didn't they x-ray it?
    -What's wrong with simply disassembling it with a robot or something? Less of a risk of "taking people's shit for no reason and shooting it."
    -Has she filed an official complaint to the government? If I were here, I'd make a huge fucking deal of it.
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    Image of LVP LVP
    12/15/09

    @Mr.V.: It's Israel. They shoot first and ask questions later.
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    Image of Mr.V. Mr.V.
    12/15/09

    @LVP: Yeah, the 'Israel' explanation seems to be pretty much it.
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