Clocks don't tell time, people do.
Clocks don't tell time, people do.
RealMiniParker wrote: "I made it just like one of my dad's, except I couldn't find the gray clay he uses."
One report said he wasn't going back to that school. He's transferring.
Grizz wrote: I like the part where the people yelling the loudest about profiling and judging a book by its cover are using this opportunity to judge the entire state of texas by the actions of one person. In reply to That_Renault_Guy: No i'll agree with you there, that part is extremely stupid.
We also crap on California, Flordia, Chicago, New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia.
In reply to Appleseed:
Don't forget Canada and most of the southeast.
Don't worry, up here in Canada, we judge all of your country by the reality tv stars we get to see.
In reply to Trans_Maro:
Well, we judge you by Justin Beiber and Celine Dion.
I judge you guys by the Frizzy Haired Tool.
T.J. wrote: In reply to Trans_Maro: Well, we judge you by Justin Beiber and Celine Dion.
Keep in mind you took them from us and we don't want either of them back 
So when he brings it to the White House isn't it going to be sort of awkward when the Secret Service takes it to make sure it's not a bomb? 
In reply to HiTempguy:
Fair enough. i suppose as a country we deserve them and you guys deserve to be rid of them.
What's been bothering me is: If they thought it was a bomb, why didn't they evacuate?
Did I miss something? The bomb squad evacuates parks and blows up unattended toy pony's linky why didn't they evacuate the school and blow up the alarm clock?
Hungary Bill wrote: What's been bothering me is: If they thought it was a bomb, why didn't they evacuate? Did I miss something? The bomb squad evacuates parks and blows up unattended toy pony's linky why didn't they evacuate the school and blow up the alarm clock?
Good point!
Which lends much credence to the notion the school and the police were playing games.
In reply to Hungary Bill:
I saw something about this, several people in the comments said that their school went into lockdown during a bomb scare, not an evacuation.
But I'm pretty sure the bomb squad would be called either way.
From what I've read he was suspended for making a fake bomb. If things went down the way that article leads you to believe, then it does sound fishy. But, the media can't report things without spin so it might not be malicious as they'd have you believe.
nderwater, let me get this straight, because policy wasn't followed, that is a clear sign of malice on the schools/police s part?
Haha, ok dude. Notice how the school was fully aware of the UK students activities? Notice how the US students teacher that he first showed the clock to specifically told him to not show it to anyone else at school? And for some reason it started beeping in the middle of class with a different teacher?
Very different situations.
On the bright side the kid should be able to turn this issue into a promising career as every tech company on the planet just invited him to visit them. Hopefully he who laughs last laughs best...
HappyAndy wrote: Man times have changedWhen I was in highschool chemistry 2 we discussed trinitrotoluene in detail for several days,along with some other notorious volitle compounds, and although we didn't make a sample, it was clear that it wasn't impossible to do at home. Me and a friend did try to make black powder in his dad's garage. It sort of worked too, I guess we'd be on the no fly list today.
Post 9/11 I made black powder, napalm, and thermite for chemistry 2 projects. The thermite worked exactly how it should....through a SBC block, through the asphalt, and turned the sand underneath into glass. 
A friend of mine basically had a mini brewery/distillery in the same class. Our instructor was awesome.
It looks like a MegaSquirt.
No wonder they arrested him.
SVreX wrote: It looks like a MegaSquirt. No wonder they arrested him.
Can you imagine what would have happened if he HAD brought a megasquirt to school? Pretty sure we would be pulling forces out of the middle east to deal with it.
NOHOME wrote:SVreX wrote: It looks like a MegaSquirt. No wonder they arrested him.Can you imagine what would have happened if he HAD brought a megasquirt to school? Pretty sure we would be pulling forces out of the middle east to deal with it.
I don't know what a valve cover racer is, but wasn't someone here denied entry on a commercial flight because he had one in his luggage?
HiTempguy wrote: nderwater, let me get this straight, because policy wasn't followed, that is a clear sign of malice on the schools/police s part?
One aspect of policy not being followed, maybe, But all aspects of it ignored? That says they never thought it was actually a bomb, especially putting it in the police car without getting the bomb squad on the case.
Turns out that Ahmed is not only not a bomb-maker, but he's also not a clock-maker: the clock was basically just a "case mod" - the guts were removed from an off-the-shelf clock and put into a different case:
http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2015/09/17/reverse-engineering-ahmed-mohameds-clock-and-ourselves/
Ahmed's clock originally looked like this:
This kid has to build something properly awesome now to redeem himself!
Well, THAT'S not gonna work. We can't have bomb makers who don't know anything except how to DISMANTLE a clock.
Easy there, Datsun, you'll give Tom Clancy a boner.
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