...also http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34266389
Nick On Wednesday, 16 September 2015 10:17:55 UTC+1, petehand wrote: > > Although nothing should surprise me by now about the insanity of the > American school system, this one touches a nerve. A kid - a young teenager > - made a clock of his own design, took it to school, and found himself in > police custody accused of making a fake terrorist bomb - a "movie bomb". > Maybe it wouldn't have happened if he'd used nixies instead of 7 segment > displays, as then the morons at his school might have asked him what it was > instead of instantly recognizing it as a deadly bomb like the ones they've > seen in Hollywood movies. Way to go, teachers, for discouraging him from > ever doing anything creative like that again. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mW4w0Y1OXE > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4505f7d6-3735-452c-813c-15bcd03871fd%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
