Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Make a clock, go to jail

[Instrument Resources of America]

Also why wasn't the bomb squad called immediately??   Ira.



On 9/19/2015 4:39 AM, Dan Hollis wrote:

If they really thought it was a bomb, why didn't they evacuate the school?

The fact they did not, speaks volumes.

-Dan

On Fri, 18 Sep 2015, A. Nonamus wrote:

Jeff, that is exactly the problem I have with the incident... none of the adult educators and administrators who saw the device was savvy enough to

realize that this was merely a commercial clock partly disassembled and

placed in a high-tech-looking briefcase. It's fairly obvious from the photo that there is no significant quantity of any commonly-available explosive

present.

However, Ahmed and his parents should have realized two things: 1. Even

ignoring the race/ethnicity issue, the combination of endemic ignorance and Hollywood influence make installing any kind of clock into a briefcase, or putting one into a somewhat home-made-looking semi-disassembled state with electronic components, a very poor choice for show-and-tell in the current

world climate of terrorism. 2. All else aside, the condition of the

device should rightly be regarded as dangerous (line cord connection with

no entry hole or bushing, chunky tape-wrapped splice, loose components
dangling by their wires and easily moving about including the heavy,
sharp-edged and and conductive power transformer, etc.)

Also, what's the extraneous knotted black wire running through the latch on

the outside of the case for? It could easily be misconstrued as a
tamper-trigger or dead man switch.

On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 9:36:49 AM UTC-7, Jeff Walton wrote:

Way too much speculation here...

People sometimes fear what they don't understand.

Jeff

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