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

[William Mikrut]

I am not saying we shouldn't be looking over our shoulders... i am just
saying,  its sad 'anyone' has to.

It's the 21st century... it shouldn't be this way... for anyone...
On Sep 16, 2015 7:19 PM, "Brian Blake" <random.rodder at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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