Fourteen Year Old Student Arrested For Bringing Homemade Clock to School

[Mahigan]

It's not a hoax bomb. The kid was wearing a NASA T-Shirt when he was arrested. He built a homemade alarm clock and brought it to school to show his friends. I used to do things like this myself when I was younger, being a geek and all, and I turned out pretty well (obtaining an electrical engineering masters degree).

I had a Chemistry set, Microscope, Electronic kits, Telescope and MANY books growing up. I took electronic products apart and built new devices with them. I took PCs apart and put them back together when I was 7 or 8 years old. Construx and Lego's were a big part of my life.

Texas is a land of fear-mongers (HardOCP comes to mind). It doesn't mean that all Texans are like this... but wow... racism and hate is big over there.

 

Hats off to this kid

[Mahigan]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/obama-invites-suspended-muslim-teen-to-the-white-house/ar-AAenDFU?ocid=ansmsnnews11

 

Well then.

 

Good.

 

I don't particularly like Obama, that being said... that kid deserves to be recognized. Any kid who strives to learn how to build things has the potential to change the world.

[Rune]

Obama just tweeted him offering him an opportunity to bring his "hoax bomb" to the White House.

Mark Zuckerberg has apparently invited him to facebook headquarters as well.

https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10102373304096361?pnref=story

[MrStraightface]

It's not a hoax bomb. The kid was wearing a NASA T-Shirt when he was arrested. He built a homemade alarm clock and brought it to school to show his friends. I used to do things like this myself when I was younger, being a geek and all, and I turned out pretty well (obtaining an electrical engineering masters degree).

I had a Chemistry set, Microscope, Electronic kits, Telescope and MANY books growing up. I took electronic products apart and built new devices with them. I took PCs apart and put them back together when I was 7 or 8 years old. Construx and Lego's were a big part of my life.

Texas is a land of fear-mongers (HardOCP comes to mind). It doesn't mean that all Texans are like this... but wow... racism and hate is big over there.

 

Hats off to this kid

 

Everyone knows that, but the school failed to use rational thinking skills.  That is the point of the quotes around "hoax bomb".  That's what the police said it was believed to be.

[Mikjul]

 

 

Sadly we are seeing way too much of this lately

[Guest]

Repost...

[Mikjul]

Repost...

Where?

[Guest]

Reposteroni: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/450821-fourteen-year-old-student-arrested-for-bringing-homemade-clock-to-school/

 

Instantly assumed this was in Tech-News, didn't even notice the video... 

 

As you were sir. 

[Mikjul]

God damn it the video has been up an hour

[Bschro4]

I once brought my raspberry pi to work, glad no one saw it....I will no longer bring it out in the public anymore

[Guest]

Where?

 

Dunno about the video, but the news is.

[Hman1250]

 

 

Sadly we are seeing way too much of this lately

America...

[Mug]

Yeah, that's pretty west tbh

[TroubleKlef]

Okay I've seen several posts now mentioning the kid was wearing a NASA t-shirt. Are NASA t-shirts only given out by NASA or something that makes it such an oddity that he's wearing one?

[Guest Generallee]

 

 

Sadly we are seeing way too much of this lately

 

WELL IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN ALLAHU AKBAR

 

MURICA TRUMP 2016

[SeanAngelo]

reposted so many times*

 

*about the news

[Rune]

Okay I've seen several posts now mentioning the kid was wearing a NASA t-shirt. Are NASA t-shirts only given out by NASA or something that makes it such an oddity that he's wearing one?

No. But in general, one does not wear shirts of something they do not support and as far as beliefs go Nasa is pretty honorable. Not really something you would see a terrorist in, I think...

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Sadly we are seeing way too much of this lately

easily could have posted here. http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/450821-fourteen-year-old-student-arrested-for-bringing-homemade-clock-to-school/

already been a repost here : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/450981-14-year-old-texas-boy-arrested-due-to-homemade-clock-that-he-brought-to-school/

[Mikjul]

When i was a kid i got bullied in school so in my bag was a bread knife, bullying stopped instantly, these days you bring a painting you did of a WWII aircraft and the PO PO will shoot you for re-imagining a war.

 

BTW my story is no joke, it's called scare tactics, it works.

[Mug]

When i was a kid i got bullied in school so in my bag was a bread knife, bullying stopped instantly, these days you bring a painting you did of a WWII aircraft and the PO PO will shoot you for re-imagining a war.

 

BTW my story is no joke, it's called scare tactics, it works.

It's also called carrying an offensive weapon, which could have got your parents arrested...

[TroubleKlef]

No. But in general, one does not wear shirts of something they do not support and as far as beliefs go Nasa is pretty honorable. Not really something you would see a terrorist in, I think...

 

I see the reasoning but one must be careful with assumptions.

[Mikjul]

It's also called carrying an offensive weapon, which could have got your parents arrested...

In the UK? no.

 

Law was different in the 90's.

[Mug]

In the UK? no.

 

Law was different in the 90's.

Interesting, a friend of mine did the same but it was a penknife and his parents had to both take a 2-hour class after appearing in court.

 

Really quite surprised that the same didn't happen to you (btw, fellow 90s kid here, but I started school in 1998)

[Mikjul]

Interesting, a friend of mine did the same but it was a penknife and his parents had to both take a 2-hour class after appearing in court.

 

Really quite surprised that the same didn't happen to you (btw, fellow 90s kid here, but I started school in 1998)

LOL i did this in 99 just before high school, maybe i am wrong then, but it never went anywhere near that far, it's perhaps due to the bully being part of s dysfunctional family, not like i was not too though.

[MrStraightface]

Okay I've seen several posts now mentioning the kid was wearing a NASA t-shirt. Are NASA t-shirts only given out by NASA or something that makes it such an oddity that he's wearing one?

 

The point is these idiots in his school can't put 1+1 together to equal 2.

 

He is wearing a NASA t shirt and is carrying around a clock he made himself from scratch.

 

It is obvious he is interested in electronics, engineering and science to some extent.  Unfortunately his heritage has blinded those slacked jawed yokels to these facts.