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Don't you hate it when co-workers play practical jokes with your work computer while you are away from your office or workplace?

Well, OK, admittedly this is not a person's work computer, but rather one of two old Laptops that fell into our mits. The idea was to use them to surf the net in our workshop via wireless connection.  This proved to be unobtainable so we took the next logical step; we destroyed them. Slowly. Alone. In the rain.  Sorry, got a little Hemmingway there for a second. So, once having decided the two laptops were destined to be scrapped, we asked ourselves "What happens to a Laptop screen when shot by a Paintball Gun?"

It's interesting to note the first few shots taken at a distance of 3 feet from the screen did NO damage! After backing up to 6 feet, five shots produced a nice design, but not as much color as we had hoped. So, we shot the screen again. Then again. Then some more.

Tiring of the results, I garbbed my 12 Gauge Slug Rifle and produced this nice hole. Well, OK, that's not true. Actually we wondered what would happen if we tried to drill a hole through the screen. Turns out you get a glowing hole.

The second computer produced a more colorful result which poses some unanswered questions. For example: Is the reason some Laptops have brighter screens because they have more computer color dust in them, or were the different results just random luck? We went with random luck.

If you decide to try this at home, please follow any safety guidelines you can find online about drilling holes through Laptops. And remember. We are trained professionals. Not in this field, but if you need a Pizza delivered, we know how to drive and have licences that permit us to do it.