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39. which post would you like me to reply to?

Reply to JI7 (Reply #36)

Sat Sep 19, 2015, 12:26 AM

Sep 2015

I'll do it next

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interesting-- the article makes a good case for the old Micronta clock... mike_c Sep 2015 #1

Thanks for posting this. MohRokTah Sep 2015 #2

Then there's knee-jerk acceptance of anything one happens to come across kcr Sep 2015 #3

Yeah, well I'm an engineer as well. cheapdate Sep 2015 #4

He doesn't actually appear to have wired anything, he seems to have taken a commercial clock PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #29

So what? cheapdate Sep 2015 #35

Well said. I totally agree! mimi85 Sep 2015 #37

Oh yeah, because nobody but a guy who posts on DU is going to notice this fbc Sep 2015 #38

This isn't a "story". cheapdate Sep 2015 #45

There's an entire electronics hobbyist movement out there fbc Sep 2015 #48

The collective "electronic hobbyist" movement cheapdate Sep 2015 #50

Petty is the only word that describes this entire line of thinking. yardwork Sep 2015 #77

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #64

Pam Geller and company are pushing the claim that this is a hoax Gothmog Sep 2015 #87

Somebody seems to be reaching hard to blame the victim pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #5

+1 nomorenomore08 Sep 2015 #26

No, the victim is the child. I am blaming all of us. fbc Sep 2015 #41

He said it was a clock. He did explain. yardwork Sep 2015 #78

I refused to participate in Pam Geller's attacks on this young man Gothmog Sep 2015 #89

Wow, just admit you think he is a terrorist and get over with it. nt Logical Sep 2015 #6

When I was that age moondust Sep 2015 #7

Utter nonsense. Attributing deep logical thunking skills to a 14 year old..and reverse engineering Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #8

Fred, you and I agree! artislife Sep 2015 #27

Yes, but...isn't it possible that...? cheapdate Sep 2015 #33

No, this is wrong. fbc Sep 2015 #40

So what? cheapdate Sep 2015 #42

So, you suggest that we should all join in on the lie? fbc Sep 2015 #44

Is this your blog? zappaman Sep 2015 #47

nope fbc Sep 2015 #49

No, I suggest that as fully grown adults cheapdate Sep 2015 #53

Why was he handcuffed, taken for questioning and unable to call his parents? uppityperson Sep 2015 #58

If he made it out intentionally as a hoax bomb... Lancero Sep 2015 #9

Not to mention the clock was carried to the police station along with the illegally detained child!? Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #10

This is what I'm thinking, too. yardwork Sep 2015 #14

Oh it's an internet blog? sarisataka Sep 2015 #11

Ya know what an essential component of a fake bomb is? Adrahil Sep 2015 #12

Fail. n/t DefenseLawyer Sep 2015 #13

It's awful that so few "writers" know anything about adverbs these days. OilemFirchen Sep 2015 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #51

bull & shit. spanone Sep 2015 #16

Normally I admire someone taking a position that flies in the face of public opinion. randome Sep 2015 #17

At 14 my Dad disassembled a clock, repaired it and put it back together csziggy Sep 2015 #18

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"a bunch of loose wires"? IDemo Sep 2015 #20

If I accept this then i must suppose that Ahmed Downwinder Sep 2015 #21

Now there could be much more simple explanation fbc Sep 2015 #24

The fact remains that nobody thought it Downwinder Sep 2015 #25

why did you ignore all the other replies ? JI7 Sep 2015 #28

I was out for a few hours fbc Sep 2015 #30

that still doesn't explain why you ignored the many earlier responses and just responded to this one JI7 Sep 2015 #32

It doesn't look like a movie bomb. yardwork Sep 2015 #75

The sad part is that you view the negative responses here as prima facie evidence that alcibiades_mystery Sep 2015 #22

How would we even know? This was a straight up hit and run. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2015 #23

I understand his point but apparently at NO underthematrix Sep 2015 #31

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #34

why are you doing this ? you ignored all the replies which dispute the OP JI7 Sep 2015 #36

which post would you like me to reply to? fbc Sep 2015 #39

Poor guy just got locked out of his own thread. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #93

Something's ugly here, alright alcibiades_mystery Sep 2015 #43

OP fail. zappaman Sep 2015 #46

What a STEAMING FUCKING PILE this post is hatrack Sep 2015 #52

Got that right. n/t cheapdate Sep 2015 #54

Yes, it is. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2015 #55

I see the bigots have found a way to rationalize white privilege. Rex Sep 2015 #56

Speaking as a former 14-year-old nerd, MannyGoldstein Sep 2015 #57

I'm guessing this is the jealous teachers blog. mackerel Sep 2015 #59

Dude. Iggo Sep 2015 #60

How the clock was wired was the least important part of this story. Jappleseed Sep 2015 #61

Ye gods TubbersUK Sep 2015 #62

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you're an expert on what a bomb looks like? hobbit709 Sep 2015 #65

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It usually helps if you know something about the subject if you make pronouncements hobbit709 Sep 2015 #67

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You would probably panic at this. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #69

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Well, you're half right about being a wit. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #71

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Aren't we special. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #73

But then it would be easier for you treestar Sep 2015 #81

Then why didn't they evacuate the school among other things? hobbit709 Sep 2015 #86

I agree that was what they should have done first nt. treestar Sep 2015 #88

Can you point to the explosives... ya know, the bomb part? Adrahil Sep 2015 #83

Yes, a bomb with a power chord. Exactly. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #92

Soooo...it's about ethics in electronics journalism? Dr. Strange Sep 2015 #74

LOL! Subtle... I LIKE IT! nt Adrahil Sep 2015 #85

That's the alluring power of the Strange. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #94

Blaming the victim DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2015 #76

Meh Depaysement Sep 2015 #79

I don't agree with you but did have the thought treestar Sep 2015 #80

I'm betting Bill Maher picks up on this bullshit article. Paladin Sep 2015 #82

Wow. ellie Sep 2015 #84

This fails to understand the statute in question, at best jberryhill Sep 2015 #90

Um, yeah he did. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #91

The real story is the overreaction by the bigoted assholes at the school alarimer Sep 2015 #95

3 people recommended this piece Capt. Obvious Sep 2015 #96