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From: Jan Panteltje on 17 Jan 2010 10:05 On a sunny day (Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:20:17 +0100) it happened "petrus bitbyter" <pieterkraltlaatditweg(a)enditookhccnet.nl> wrote in <4b530082$0$5700$e4fe514c(a)dreader30.news.xs4all.nl>: > >"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> schreef in bericht >news:hitg2e$vdn$1(a)news.albasani.net... >> On a sunny day (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:43:26 -0700) it happened don <don> >> wrote >> in <HeGdne8ObvOX3M_WnZ2dnUVZ_jhi4p2d(a)forethought.net>: >> >>>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated-school-chollas-view/ >> >> US has turned into a bunch of paranoid schizofrenics. > >Well, think the chance of facing a real bomb is negligible. The real risk is >to be hold reponsible for even the tiniest scratch one sustained while only >looking at the device, followed by American claims :) > >petrus bitbyter I missed an IRA bomb in London by about a minute or so. Your chances of dying in a traffic accident are much bigger. Why they (US) do not grab kids from the streets and start counselling them beats me :-) Indeed their legal system has become a business in itself. Parkinson's law: if a company becomes big enough it will sustain itself,. Did not work for Enron though YMMV. But indeed the shear fear for a lawsuit will trigger these things. Wonder if they have lawyers in Haiti, and who they will blame for that earthquake. IIRC the Chinese killed the school builders when the earthquake collapsed some schools... Maybe they should behead the priests, those did not pray strong enough to prevent it :-) LOL It is the Pope's fault. What a world.
From: Jan Panteltje on 17 Jan 2010 10:07 On a sunny day (Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:55:11 -0500) it happened PeterD <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote in <s596l5hf0q2g4aquie026dkhtce2a23u41(a)4ax.com>: >On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:37:16 GMT, Jan Panteltje ><pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>On a sunny day (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:28:37 -0800) it happened "Joel Koltner" >><zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote in >><WQs4n.51973$er1.24343(a)en-nntp-07.dc1.easynews.com>: >> >>><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 >> >>In high school I once brought a TV tube (CRT) for the physics teacher, >>so we could do experiments with electron beam deflection. >>What implosion danger, on the back of the bike... what wires :-) >>What glass tube? >>He did not want it, dunno why, but we stayed after school with a blackboard full >>of equations about electrons... >>Very inspiring guy. >> >>So, anyways, in these day I would be arrested and counselled for that? >>Or worse, shot in the head first just in case it was dangerous, like they shot that >>guy in the UK from South America who had a backpack? >>Paranoid schizofrenia!! >>And, let's face it, is is all because of GW Bush and his cronies. >>How sick one nut case can make a whole population, how really really sad.. > >No, its all because of Clinton, Bush just inherited the problem. He inherited a defective DNA if you ask me. Look here: ftp://panteltje.com/Bush_a_man_without_vision.jpg
From: Richard Rasker on 17 Jan 2010 09:58 Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > Joel Koltner 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 >> > > When I was in school I took a jar of homemade napalm to show around. > Teachers were quite impressed. > Of course, that was in the 1960s. Some fruits of my highschool boredom: - Dozens of electronics gadgets, with wires sticking out everywhere - Rockets (with toilet paper as the main fuel ingredient) - Tear gas, all sorts of little smoke bombs and stink bombs - Coloured fireworks - Vinegar-and-baking-soda bombs And yes, our garage actually /did/ contain hazardous and explosive substances -- e.g. weed killers and fertilizer. I guess I'd be eligible for life imprisonment if I'd been that US kid and did what I did some 30 years ago ... Richard Rasker -- http://www.linetec.nl
From: Jan Panteltje on 17 Jan 2010 10:14 On a sunny day (Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:49:52 -0500) it happened PeterD <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote in <nm86l5lktgm58qdejbs5d4d4a3vcr72bni(a)4ax.com>: >On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:41:20 GMT, Jan Panteltje ><pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>On a sunny day (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:50:39 -0500) it happened PeterD >><peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote in <a6r4l511glt7gq6ru1m6alo9g9ujirk7cd(a)4ax.com>: >> >>>On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:49:10 -0800 (PST), "J.A. Legris" >>><jalegris(a)sympatico.ca> 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. When confronted in the classroom with an >>>>unrequested homemade device about the size of a bomb, bearing wires, >>>>what would you do - ask the kid to demonstrate its safeness? >>> >>>Did they ask? No... Funny how a bit of communication could resolve so >>>many problems, but instead it full tilt towards the nearest windmill. >> >>LOL >>How nicely you put it :-) > >There was a case where a passenger on an airline filled out a comment >card, sealed it in an envelope, and gave it to the flight attendant. >(Sealed in an envelope, would one expect it to be opened in flight, >since it is addressed to the airline?) > >http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/08/oregon.unruly.passenger/index.html?eref=ib_topstories > >Again, asking "Sir, is there a problem?" would likely have solved the >issue without any other issues. But instead... > I am planning for this: http://www.hollandamerica.com/main/Main.action?WT.mc_id=PPC_HQ_Google_NL No hasle, better servive, better view, better food, more room to move around, just a bit slower and a bit more expensive. I do not want to fly with a nut case as pilot.
From: Spehro Pefhany on 17 Jan 2010 11:11
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:43:26 -0700, the renowned don <don> wrote: >http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated-school-chollas-view/ Electronics components found in his backpack? Where does he think he's living, China? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |