Ahmed didn't actually build clock. It's just a disassembled, store-bought clock. (work, bomb)

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by mig1

Exactly, hence, no project/no assignment . . .teacher told him to put it away, then he goes and plugs it into an outlet in his English class, go figure.

So you take it and give him detention

[lvoc]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

Try to bring a similar device to an airplane and see what happens.

I have many times. It is rare that a screen-er even looks. They see prototype electronics reasonably often. You need something that looks like an explosive before you get a reaction. At one point they use to make you turn on a lap top...though I never did figure out what that was supposed to accomplish.

[Kirdik]

Originally Posted by mig1

Exactly, hence, no project/no assignment . . .teacher told him to put it away, then he goes and plugs it into an outlet in his English class, go figure.

Oh, it was a project and he was on an assignment but not for the engineering class. The kid was on a mission.

[PuddingPops]

Originally Posted by mig1

Riddle me this Batman: Why did he plug this contraption into an outlet in his English class?!

Simply to demonstrate to his classmates and teacher that his Radio Shack clock in a metallic case with wires sticking out -- which he brought to class entirely on his own prerogative -- was operating properly and the alarm setting was working. If the left is to be believed, little Ahmed was very proud of his "invention" ... and evidently is not a very bright kid.

[Kirdik]

Originally Posted by pknopp

So you take it and give him detention

Detention does not suffice when you need to find out the motives behind a fake IED.

[lvoc]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

Detention does not suffice when you need to find out the motives behind a fake IED.

But yet again it was not a "fake IED". You do know what the E stands for don't you?

If it was then a law was violated and an arrest would have been made.

[Kirdik]

Originally Posted by lvoc

But yet again it was not a "fake IED". You do know what the E stands for don't you?

If it was then a law was violated and an arrest would have been made.

Apparently you don't know what fake means. You don't need a bunch of red cylinders with "TNT" printed on them to look like a potential bomb.

[swbtoo]

Originally Posted by lvoc

But yet again it was not a "fake IED". You do know what the E stands for don't you?

If it was then a law was violated and an arrest would have been made.

Is this not somewhat like crying 'fire' in a theater?

Bringing something that looks like an IED to the average untrained eye produces similar results, does it not?

I tend to think that might have been the goal.

[PuddingPops]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

Apparently you don't know what fake means. You don't need a bunch of red cylinders with "TNT" printed on them to look like a potential bomb.

Apparently this is what a REAL bomb is supposed to look like. I think it's supposed to have ACME written on the side of it, or clearly it's not real, and anyone would be stupid to have the impression that it even remotely resembles an explosive device.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

Detention does not suffice when you need to find out the motives behind a fake IED.

The motive was to expose ignorance and he succeeded on many levels. Even ones he probably never contemplated