How can I intentionally crash my lappy?

Paul Scott pscott at uwc.ac.za
Mon Dec 20 05:39:04 EST 2010


On 20/12/2010 10:45, mechtheist wrote:
> I am no programmer, but know the rudiments [the rudi'est of rudiments]
> of working with Python.  I have a simple need,  to have a simple
> script/app I can run that will crash my PC.  On my desktops, I can
> always hit the reset, but that is not an option with my laptop.  Can
> anyone tell me of an easy way to guarantee a program will instantly
> kill/BSOD my windows7/64bit laptop?

You could try a forkbomb and execute that via a system call. Not sure
why anyone would want to do such a thing, but there you go...

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