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GliderGuider

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5. You know this how, exactly?

Reply to Reasonable_Argument (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 04:24 AM

Jul 2012

Parts of it weren't complex, but other parts were. Parts of it were cheap, but parts were expensive. Some parts took very little knowledge, others took a lot. Some parts took little skill, others took a lot. Parts of what happened make some sort of twisted sense, parts don't.

He shows up out of fucking nowhere with both the knowledge and skill to rig a boobytrap like that. A trap that he set to go off (with the music as bait to attract neighbors/cops), a deadly trap that almost does its business, and then he just casually tells the cops his place is wired before going completely silent on them?

This whole thing smells.

What was his main doctoral area again?

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An unemployed grad student... [View all] GliderGuider Jul 2012 OP

Highly competent grad students often get quite a bit of funding in their doctoral programs Posteritatis Jul 2012 #1

LOL.... mike_c Jul 2012 #4

That was my experience. All my grad student friends were about as poor as churchmice. nt GliderGuider Jul 2012 #6

we pay 25K greymattermom Jul 2012 #17

I got about 16 for mine Posteritatis Jul 2012 #22

I think this varies widely. JoePhilly Jul 2012 #28

Graduate teaching assistants generally are paid slave wages. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #29

especially if pharmaceutical co's KT2000 Jul 2012 #37

maybe he sold his comic collection on ebay TeamPooka Jul 2012 #2

Um Reasonable_Argument Jul 2012 #3

You know this how, exactly? GliderGuider Jul 2012 #5

Because Reasonable_Argument Jul 2012 #7

And again, you know this how? GliderGuider Jul 2012 #8

Well Reasonable_Argument Jul 2012 #10

It's a fucking miracle I survived my early teens, somewhere I got hold of an old book on fireworks.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #15

Anyone who has read Frank Zappa's autobiography knows how to do some of this stuff. slampoet Jul 2012 #27

All those kids in Vietnam were trained to set those boobytraps. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #38

You do know that someone can study one thing and know about other things, right? (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #23

Yes. It's not just knowledge that's the issue, though. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #24

I think he probably found everything he needed to know on the internet. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #30

Law enforcement is too busy with bigger priorities. Zalatix Jul 2012 #9

word TeamPooka Jul 2012 #11

dont blame them Corgigal Jul 2012 #21

He should have been red flagged. Zalatix Jul 2012 #31

$26000 NIH stipend? datasuspect Jul 2012 #12

Yup. GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #18

Don't his parents own the building? I doubt he was charged rent. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #13

Nearly EVERYONE can liquidate their lives and come up with 3k slampoet Jul 2012 #14

I think your prices are high for used stuff... But your point is good.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #16

Yeah, I was assuming upper middle class and using more east coast prices. slampoet Jul 2012 #25

I's guess he paid for it all by COD.... safeinOhio Jul 2012 #19

He was not an unemployed graduate student. LisaL Jul 2012 #20

Every college student I've known in the past 20 years had at least one credit card arcane1 Jul 2012 #26

"University: CO shooting suspect had federal grant" PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #32

Watch this upcoming right-wing meme... regnaD kciN Jul 2012 #39

Something is strange about this whole thing. sofa king Jul 2012 #33

My question as well. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #36

Credit Cards. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #34

He had a Federal Grant malaise Jul 2012 #35