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

[Brian Blake]

But is it? Kids this age are making bombs in other countries. And fighting
in wars. It's cultural. That doesn't make it right, but, it is a fact.

In this day and age, we've heard all the threats from ISIS, Al Qaeda, North
Korea; you name it, we've been threatened by it. We've experienced the 9/11
attacks and other attacks fron around the world. We've seen movies and TV
shows with devices that look eerily similar to this young man's blow the
loving hell out of a building.

Can we honestly expect someone who knows nothing about electronic devices
to not think the worst at first glance? I'd be willing to bet most people
would look at the RBG2VGA and think it was part of a nuke.

Are all of the preconceived notions fair to this young man? No. But nobody
should be surprised by the reactions of the police or school. Fear is now
ingrained in our society. The hard part will be removing it.

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On Sep 16, 2015 8:08 PM, "William Mikrut" <wmikrut72 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sadly enough... if we look at a highschool kids project and panic its
> something other that what it is...
>
> Then those who set out to instill panic have achieved their goal....
> On Sep 16, 2015 7:02 PM, "Brian Blake" <random.rodder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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:
> >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark McDougall" <
> > msmcdoug at iinet.net.au
> > > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > > On 17/09/2015 8:45 AM, Michael Graham wrote:
> > >>
> > >> 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,
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> |    Mark McDougall    |  Error: witty remark not found!
> > >> | <http://pacedev.net> |
> > >>
> > >>
> > > 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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