11-year old "engineer" needs counseling
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From: ehsjr on 17 Jan 2010 15:58 J.A. Legris wrote: > On Jan 16, 5:53 pm, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>On a sunny day (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:43:26 -0700) it happened don <don> wrote >>in <HeGdne8ObvOX3M_WnZ2dnUVZ_jhi4...(a)forethought.net>: >> >> >>>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated-sch... >> >>US has turned into a bunch of paranoid schizofrenics. > > > No, the U.S. has turned into a place where there's a reasonable chance > of being harmed by crazies using anything from handguns, to assault > rifles, to homemade bombs. What do you have in mind by "reasonable chance"? > When confronted in the classroom with an > unrequested homemade device about the size of a bomb, What is "the size of a bomb"? Ed > bearing wires, > what would you do - ask the kid to demonstrate its safeness? > > -- > Joe
From: krw on 17 Jan 2010 16:11 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:02:14 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Falk Willberg wrote: >> >> J.A. Legris schrieb: >> > On Jan 16, 5:53 pm, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> On a sunny day (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:43:26 -0700) it happened don <don> wrote >> >> in <HeGdne8ObvOX3M_WnZ2dnUVZ_jhi4...(a)forethought.net>: >> >> >> >>> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated-sch... >> >> US has turned into a bunch of paranoid schizofrenics. >> >> "A vice principal saw the student showing it to other students..." >> Terrorists show their bombs around? >> "... *empty* half-liter Gatorade bottle with some wires and other >> electrical components..." >> >> > No, the U.S. has turned into a place where there's a reasonable chance >> > of being harmed by crazies using anything from handguns, to assault >> > rifles, to homemade bombs. >> >> Common sense. And common sense (Hollymood movies) teaches, that >> cylindrical objects are not batteries but dynamite and the wires are >> used to ignite the dynamite. >> But it is also general knowledge how to deactivate any bomb: Wait for >> the counter to go down to 00:05 and the cut the *blue* wire. (Never cut >> the red wire!) > > > That's why I only use green wire for projects. No red or blue wire = >no bomb. That's what Joerg needs to do. No red wires, no blue wires, no *phut!*. >> BTW: Are cars allowed near U.S. schools? > > > Some high school kids drive to school. Don't all high schools allow this?
From: krw on 17 Jan 2010 16:12 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:05:46 -0800, Fred Abse <excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:54:37 -0600, krw wrote: > >> You'll never stack enough NEA members in a pickup to do any good. > >You will if you cremate 'em first ;-) We're going to need a bigger pickup!
From: krw on 17 Jan 2010 16:13 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:27:35 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >krw wrote: >> >> You'll never stack enough NEA members in a pickup to do any good. > > > Offer them high paying jobs in Haiti. They are too stupid to live >through the next earthquake. Already done with California. I guess I'm just too impatient.
From: krw on 17 Jan 2010 16:15
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:46:31 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:08:57 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> > >> >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:28:37 -0800, "Joel Koltner" >> >> <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> ><don> wrote in message >> >> >news:HeGdne8ObvOX3M_WnZ2dnUVZ_jhi4p2d(a)forethought.net... >> >> >> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated-school-chollas-view/ >> >> > >> >> >That's sad. I wonder what "school policies" he supposedly violated? >> >> > >> >> >A guy I'm acquainted with was telling me the other day that he build a Xenon >> >> >flash bulb driver circuit from Popular Electronics back in the '80s, took it >> >> >to school, and tried to convince his "friends" to touch the output terminals >> >> >while he hit the trigger button. :-) >> >> > >> >> >I suppose these days you'd get expelled for that sort of thing... >> >> > >> >> >When I was in high school I built various "photogate" sensors and timers... >> >> >the photogates were made out of PVC piping (cheap, strong, and readily >> >> >available); no doubt that'd get you in trouble today too. >> >> > >> >> >Make Magazine must be considered terrorist literature by now... >> >> > >> >> >---Joel >> >> >> >> This demonstrates what is fundamentally wrong with our school systems. >> >> The educational "elite" think they know better than anyone else about >> >> anything. They make arbitrary stupid rules and exhibit no capability >> >> to apply some reasonable judgment. We parents need to take the school >> >> system back from these terrorists. >> >> >> >> I'll supply the pick-em-up truck ;-) >> > >> > >> > Too cheap to spring for the rope? >> >> Rope and/or chain provided free of charge... and free "refills" ;-) > > > Use a bigger truck so you get more DPG! (Drag Per Gallon) :) In California or Vermont (The Queen Mountain State) sure. |