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From: don on 17 Jan 2010 11:43 Spehro Pefhany wrote: > 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 As has been stated many many times. The terrorists have won. Americans no longer trust each other. No even children. Was this country tittering on the edge of blood lust for so long we can no longer see the good in anything or anyone. This America is now a third world country, with an economy to match. The common enemy here is each other. don
From: Jim Thompson on 17 Jan 2010 11:52 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 ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: krw on 17 Jan 2010 12:51 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:44:57 GMT, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On a sunny day (Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:02:20 +0100) it happened Falk Willberg ><Faweglassenlk(a)falk-willberg.de> wrote in ><hiuj89$ij3$1(a)news2.open-news-network.org>: > >>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!) > >I think it is the red. That's what they want you to think, but in reality the protagonist is always color-blind. <cut to commercial>
From: krw on 17 Jan 2010 12:54 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:52:16 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com/Snicker> 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 ;-) You'll never stack enough NEA members in a pickup to do any good.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 Jan 2010 13:00
PeterD wrote: > > 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?) Why? If you don't want it read on the plane, drop it off at their counter when you land. Especially if you look like a madman and have already caused problems for the crew. -- Greed is the root of all eBay. |