There is absolutely no reason for the man who wrote this article to bash readers this way. If he feels soo strongly about the industry, he should become a crossing guard instead. That way his audience: children won’t argue with him and he can feel
superior for as long as he wants to… Can for once limit his comments to the point at hand? Instead of editorializing his grudges????

Come on.. this was meant as a fun illustration of the way some computer users treat their computers.
Ine that was missed was opening the hard drive and spraying WD40 inside to solve the noisy disk syndrome..

We all make mistakes, but I have seen a few classics, and I only do it for a hobby. I have a sneaking feeling that the examples were not very exaggerated, but hopefully not from one user.

did I miss something?

Depends on if you saw a humor article or a "dangerous and misleading article on computer maintenance<g>

So, apparently, Sander travelled five days forward in time to write that article (which is dated 10/20/2006, while today is 10/15/2006). Did you get a Mr. Fusion for your DeLorean, Sander? Or do you still have to use that plutonium?