Yeah, I guess if you've managed or consulted on one of these 3000s, you'd recall times when even semi-automatic wouldn't be enough. I used to own a Tech Sledge, a gag gift boxed up as a "data processing and technology tool." Just a two-pound wood mallet from the 1980s. A gag that was never used, but enjoyed a featured spot in my old Chronicle office.

About every computer I've owned has earned that kind of rebuke, except maybe the iPad. And that's only a year old, so it's got time to frustrate me still. But the way those yay-os were shooting, I think they needed a mainframe to present a bigger target. Not great if you have to wheel the cannon 20 feet closer to score a hit.

Ron

PS. Tannerite -- yeah, there's an app for that :)

Craig Lalley wrote:

> In the past 30 years, I can think of a couple times I wanted to do what these guys did.  I don't really feel bad seeing a K-class get decommissioned. 
> 
> If it were an A or N-class, now THAT would be criminal.   :-)
> 
> -Craig
> 
> Right now I am trying to find an application for Tannerite.    Don't worry, no videos will be posted.


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