The Clock Ticks (Ahmed Mohamed's clock bomb)

[Granite]

I don't have one, but it isn't uncommon to see schools shut down for what they believe to be threats but turn out to be false alarms.

You specifically mentioned things in the news so I was wondering if you had anything in mind.

 

[Quetzal]

You specifically mentioned things in the news so I was wondering if you had anything in mind.

Nah, this could be a textbook case of confirmation bias on my part. "It happened once, so it must happen all the time."

 

[Granite]

Nah, this could be a textbook case of confirmation bias on my part. "It happened once, so it must happen all the time."

Well be sure to let bybee know, the poor dear took offense and piped up when big bad Granite started picking on you.:chuckle:

 

[Quetzal]

Well be sure to let bybee know, the poor dear took offense and piped up when big bad Granite started picking on you.:chuckle:

To be fair, if this forum is the only form of criticism you receive, it is easy to see confrontation everywhere. I try to read every post as if we are having a calm conversation. It helps.

 

[Nathon Detroit]

To be fair, if this forum is the only form of criticism you receive, it is easy to see confrontation everywhere. I try to read every post as if we are having a calm conversation. It helps.

Good point.

 

[Nathon Detroit]

It was in an old pencil box and he didn't KNOW it looked like a bomb doser, that's your assertion. The school ENGLISH teacher should have reacted less and used his brain or got another teacher who KNOWS electronics to look at it. Yes I think his own teacher should have known him well enough to take him at his word, of course to a lot of them it is only a job and they feign interest when they actually don't have any. I found most teachers were power trippers, not only in my day but also when my kids went to school. I don't think much has changed.

Other teachers did look at it and told him not to show to anyone else because it looked suspicious.

Ahmed didn't like that answer and showed to every other teacher he could find.

 

[Nathon Detroit]

And lets be honest..... he didn't even build a clock. He took apart an existing clock and stuck it in a suitcase.

Furthermore.... he did an incredibly crappy job. Heck my 10 year daughter could have made a better clock from existing clock pieces.

 

[Granite]

And lets be honest..... he didn't even build a clock. He took apart an existing clock and stuck it in a suitcase.

Furthermore.... he did an incredibly crappy job. Heck my 10 year daughter could have made a better clock from existing clock pieces.

Eh. Beats heck out of a foaming volcano.:chuckle:

 

[Nathon Detroit]

Eh. Beats heck out of a foaming volcano.:chuckle:

No THAT is something that deserves a swift arrest!

 

[bybee]

Well be sure to let bybee know, the poor dear took offense and piped up when big bad Granite started picking on you.:chuckle:

That would be tiny little rubble as usual.

 

[bybee]

This is part of the critical process. I present an idea, he points out the weak points, I adjust my argument, he presents a counter argument; etc. No hurt feelings here.

Indeed!

 

[StanJ]

Other teachers did look at it and told him not to show to anyone else because it looked suspicious.
Ahmed didn't like that answer and showed to every other teacher he could find.

THAT is NOT factual Knight. Read the real account.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/index.html

He was a victim of racially motivated stereotyping and female paranoia, along with a typically over zealous police force of the same bent.

 

[Nathon Detroit]

THAT is NOT factual Knight. Read the real account.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/index.html

He was a victim of racially motivated stereotyping and female paranoia, along with a typically over zealous police force of the same bent.

The real account?? That story is almost a week old. More info is coming out about this hoax Stan.... ya gotta keep up with the times.

 

[Nathon Detroit]

Let's recreate Amhed's clock in about 20 seconds.

 

[musterion]

There'd be reason to be impressed if the kid had Radio Shacked the components himself. He didn't, as Knight points out. He gutted an existing clock, removed it from its original case and put it into another. One could call that clever or utilitarian, but it is not genuine inventiveness by any stretch.

 

[musterion]

wow

 

[Town Heretic]

A conversation I had with a friend. I'll call him "Bill".

Bill: Why are so many people determined to have something on this kid?

Me: Seems like his religion makes some people nervous.

Bill: Why? Don't they know most Muslims aren't any more violent then they are?

Me: Maybe that's what scares them. lain:

 

[StanJ]

The real account?? That story is almost a week old. More info is coming out about this hoax Stan.... ya gotta keep up with the times.

Well then feel free to post where you're getting your info. I think CNN is pretty reliable.

 

[StanJ]

wow

Already showed BOTH of these were NOT bombs.

 

[StanJ]

There'd be reason to be impressed if the kid had Radio Shacked the components himself. He didn't, as Knight points out. He gutted an existing clock, removed it from its original case and put it into another. One could call that clever or utilitarian, but it is not genuine inventiveness by any stretch.

and do you have a RELIABLE source for this claim?