The top 10 evil computers

Foul! HAL was not evil, just misprogrammed!

Same could be said for Jeffery Dahmer, but I still think he was evil. I guess the question becomes one of if there is intelligence involved. If Hal was not intelligent, then it was just a misused tool.

I agree, Hal's the IT! I have to go for Proteus IV for it's creepiness, and I'm surprised anyone voted for Skynet, who wants a fictional enemy that wins on that scale?

The last computer I bought from Dell sure was evil. Possessed by Satan. Had to do an exorcism on the whole hard drive to get it to work. Dealing with it took weeks. I'm still not sure Satan is gone.

jhammond

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It wasn't only your computer. I think it was Dell itself. My son bought one and turned out the power supply, motherboard and cpu fans all crapped out 3 days after warranty. DELL did NOTHING.

Dont know that I would call it EVIL, but I am borrowing my daughters laptop Dell Presario with Vista installed. I have owned/used alot of computers since I started (1963), but this one ranks right up there as a piece of C**P.

i discareded my old PI some years ago , it had today won "best" evil computer had it been today operative , it litterally controlled 3/4 persons dailly from start including myself dos6.22 , win 3.11 were OS for this devil that DOT matrix printer was little devil , it was past , today also our dependency has increased ever to complete , with all that hitech scams, internet hijack , network control , it really scare for internet banking , also new satellite , network connected hanheld devices ,but future will be extremely different , some day mankind will invent a computer that can invent (create) new machines from its own that may will be last inventions from biological man the sciene may depict any hollywood movies .

I think HAL should have been in here too. Of course he is a generation or two older than those who put together the list.

OPEN THE POD BAY DOORS HAL!!!

Bill