Bombs in briefcases are something from a bad action movie...
> On September 22, 2015 at 3:53 PM George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't doubt there was prejudice based only on his name, but you know > what I think of when I see a clock in a briefcase? A damn bomb! What he > did was as dumb as painting over or taking the orange muzzle piece off > of a water gun and then running around town with it. You're gonna get > shot by the cops, dumb ass. > > Maybe that's un-PC of me. I don't give a shit. > > On 9/22/2015 5:34 PM, Sean Heskett wrote: > > I saw a teevee interview with the kid and honestly he seemed like the > > super nerdy kid (like myself) who would disassemble stuff and > > reassemble it to make it better or "more cool". He really did not > > seem provocative or anything. He was super excited to show off his > > "invention". Granted to us "expert" adults his invention seems like > > just a repackaging but give the kid a break, he's 14 and has probably > > just learned about electronics and such. That was my take on the > > revere engineering article and the news interview. > > > > 2 cents > > > > -Sean > > > > On Tuesday, September 22, 2015, Chuck McCown <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > That reverse engineering article lead me to wonder if the kid was > > trying to be provocative. > > *From:* Bill Prince > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 22, 2015 4:17 PM > > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Hmmmm > > Hmmm indeed. > > > > When I saw that (maybe 2 seconds of viewing time) on the evening > > news, I came away with two things. One, where's the alleged > > explosive? and Two, that's not even a MacGiver'ed clock, it's > > merely a commercial "clock" that's been partially disassembled. > > > > My conclusion? The teacher and the police are idiots. > > > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > > On 9/22/2015 2:00 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > >> > >> > >> http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2015/09/17/reverse-engineering-ahmed-mohameds-clock-and-ourselves/ > > >
