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

2015-09-20 Thread Instrument Resources of America
On 9/18/2015 10:51 PM, 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

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

2015-09-20 Thread 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

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

2015-09-19 Thread Dan Hollis
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

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

2015-09-18 Thread A. Nonamus
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

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

2015-09-18 Thread Mitch
I'm about half-way there. No problems at all. Installing the cathode resistors is just a little tedious, but I'm almost finished. I have the new repeater working with the second version clock now. I don't think it's recommended, but I used headers under the power supply to make it removable on

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

2015-09-17 Thread Alex
I cant really see why everyone is talking about his 'invention' or how clever he is... now I don't want to knock a fellow (young and upcoming) electronic enthusiast but that is really just a disassembled bedside clock, stuffed in a small suitcase style pencil case for no obvious reason. I

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

2015-09-17 Thread 5-ht
Let's just hope that he used the International Color Code for Bomb Wiring so that any erstwhile hero can easily disarm it at the last second. Mark On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 5:17:55 AM UTC-4, petehand wrote: > > Although nothing should surprise me by now about the insanity of the >

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

2015-09-17 Thread Michail1 via neonixie-l
David, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre the complex and highly planned attack involved a fire bomb to divert firefighters, propane tanks converted to bombs placed in the cafeteria, 99 explosive devices, and bombs rigged in cars. You would have to agree that

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

2015-09-17 Thread Nicholas Stock
Almost finished the first MOD_6no problems yet! ;) Nick On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Michail1 via neonixie-l < neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> wrote: > David, > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre > the complex and highly planned attack involved a fire bomb to

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

2015-09-17 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 15-09-17 05:50 AM, Alex wrote: I cant really see why everyone is talking about his 'invention' or how clever he is... now I don't want to knock a fellow (young and upcoming) electronic enthusiast but that is really just a disassembled bedside clock, stuffed in a small suitcase style pencil

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

2015-09-16 Thread Nick
...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

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

2015-09-16 Thread Instrument Resources of America
On 9/16/2015 8:00 AM, Andy Williams wrote: I saw that on the local news last night. (I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas.) It sounds like the school district is trying to hide behind a general statement about protecting students and the Irving police department is blaming the

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

2015-09-16 Thread Michail1 via neonixie-l
Without going into a long email... We don't know what the device looks like! We don't even know if it was counting down or working at all. A claim is that he couldn't call his parents, because he was being searched the entire time. We do have to realize that his parents were called

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

2015-09-16 Thread Nicholas Stock
If it looked anything like this, then maybe they might have been concerned.. http://www.denkimono.com/products/timer/ However, I'll refrain from making any judgements on what appears to be alarmist and heavy-handed tactics used at the school until all the facts are in...I've personally taken

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

2015-09-16 Thread David Forbes
Andy, Curious, I had the same reaction you got when I brought a home made clock to school as a teen. "Gee, that's interesting!" I had put it in a nice wood-grain box, so as not to arouse suspicion. I did eventually get in trouble by bringing a key to school that would open all the PE combo

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

2015-09-16 Thread David Forbes
Michail, How many children have brought a homemade explosive device to school that looked like a clock, in the history of the world? I've never heard of that happening, ever. On the other hand, I personally have brought several homemade electronic devices to school that were not bombs. The