Thursday, October 16, 2003

BBC NEWS | Technology | Odd mishaps cause computer grief

BBC NEWS | Technology | Odd mishaps cause computer grief: "A man so angry with his laptop that he shot it has topped an annual league table of the oddest computer mishaps. "

Yahoo! Travel - Woman, 80, knocks out rat

Yahoo! Travel - Woman, 80, knocks out rat: "BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A supermarket rat which had dodged a host of poison traps got its come-uppance when an 80-year-old shopper knocked it unconscious after it tried to steal her cheese, a Belgian daily says."

Monday, October 13, 2003

Wedding party shoots down plane

Wedding party shoots down plane: "BELGRADE (Reuters) - A two-seater sports plane on an unauthorised joyride was apparently shot down by mistake when it flew over a Serbian wedding party where guests were firing guns into the air, local media have reported.
Two men were reported to have sustained serious injuries when their aircraft burst into flames and crashed near Kraljevo, central Serbia.
'I heard shots from a wedding party which was very close to the crash site. Then I saw the plane in flames. It was shot in the left wing,' witness Zoran Vukadinovic told reporters on Sunday.
'A few moments later, while attempting a crash landing, it was caught in overhead power cables,' he said.
Local media said neither of the men held a pilot's licence.
Firing guns into the air at weddings and other celebrations is common in Serbia. "