[Coco] OT - Kid gets arrested for building a clock

[Brian Blake]

You know, after looking this device over, I can see why someone might panic
at first glance. It looks like it could be a suitcase bomb. In this day and
age, regardless of skin color or religion, I can see why someone might
overreact.

It's sad, but, that's the state of this world.

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On Sep 16, 2015 7:56 PM, "K. Pruitt" <pruittk at roadrunner.com> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark McDougall" <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au
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> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 4:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] OT - Kid gets arrested for building a clock
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> On 17/09/2015 8:45 AM, Michael Graham wrote:
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>> I wouldn't even call that a homemade clock.  Scroll down to the picture,
>>> and it looks like it's literally a factory-made alarm clock taken out of
>>> it's original case stuffed inside a new one.  Okay, it does look like he
>>> cut and spliced the power cord and maybe wired in a different
>>> transformer, but that and the case are the only 'homemade' things I
>>> notice about it.
>>>
>>
>> It's lucky he didn't make a smart watch, or he would also be facing a
>> lawsuit from Apple! ;)
>>
>> Regards,
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>> |    Mark McDougall    |  Error: witty remark not found!
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> He'll probably get invited to visit Apple. He already has an invitation to
> visit Google according to the updated story at the original link.
>
> Due to social media the kid caught everybody's attention all the way up to
> the president. Apologies have been issued and any pending charges have been
> dropped. He is going to get to meet with NASA scientists now.
>
> The kid was arrested in a NASA t-shirt. How clueless are the adults in
> this town?
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