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I couldn't disagree more. Schools & cities both ought to live in fear of lawsuits to stop this kind of nonsense from occuring as a kneejerk reaction and give common sense an opportunity to prevail.
Living in fear might be too strong. There needs to be a monetary deterrent discourage abuse. For example, the Internet often claims police brutality will drop if the settlements were paid from their pension.
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I wasn't sure what you were talking about, with respect to the other side of the story, but after searching ran across this article: http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2015/09/17/reverse-engin... Not sure how I missed it, but if anyone else did as well, it really looks like he just moved the guts of an old clock into a new casing. He didn't really design any circuitry at all.
Yeah well, fuck it. I'm officially done with controversies on the Internet. I thought I was done already, but I fell for that one. Hell, I was even considering participating in "build a clock in support of that boy" Hackaday action (job stood in the way). That's why I keep complaining about manipulative and lying media. It really fucks up our society. Thanks for posting the link. It's really good.
But why are such important details left out of every media account?
For the clockmaker sympathizers: What educational value is gained by taking an exisitng clock out of its normal casing?
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It sheds light on the issue in that his parents likely orchestrated the whole thing.
So this is your argument? 1. He got a bit overexcited about his electronic puttering. 2. something goes here 3. It must be a scam. I'm not sure what goes in the blank for you, but man, it must be a doozy.
Obviously Ahmed was aware enough of this to try to make the briefcase look less suspicious by wrapping it in wires which is generally how I try to make electronics in a brief case less suspicious.
A few years ago in the winter I had an issue with the electronics in my car so coming home from Reno, I pulled the climate control panel out of my car so I could manually connect the wires to make the heat go.
I ended up going across the border like this, and ended up explaining to the border guard the wiring of the car to assure her that nothing was amiss.
The border guards suspicions were naturally raised because most people don't even know how to pull the panel out let alone jerry rig their own climate control system.
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That's not his argument at all; he's claiming that his parents orchestrated it, not that he "got a bit overexcited." The internals of another clock were put into a box. That's not electronic puttering.
> The internals of another clock were put into a box. That's not electronic puttering. Then maybe you're a lot better at electronics than I am, but that would have qualified for me when I was 14.
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> The internals of another clock were put into a box. That's not electronic puttering. Then maybe you're a lot better at electronics than I am, but that would have qualified for me when I was 14.
You don't think his talk about soldering and "inventing" is a little suspicious considering what he actually did? Unscrew the back of a clock and put it in a box?
Well, first off: you don't know what he actually did unless you see it up close. A couple of grainy photos won't show much.
And secondly: No, absolutely not. Unequivocally not.
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> Using the term rent-seeking is a bit over the top unless you really believe this entire thing was staged. I'm currently inclining to believe that, but that's beside the point. The whole nation stood in their defense, they got so high up the chain that even POTUS got interested personally, and now they're suing for $15 million?! Rent-seeking is a little light word for that IMO.
It is rent-seeking I guess if you think they will actually get $15 million, and don't think they deserve a dime. I think there should be some kinda of punitive damage for the school because of their actions. I don't think it's $15 million. I also don't think a jury will award $15 million. And more likely the case may be thrown out or the school district will just settle to make it go away. People in this thread are a…
I don't think so. Personally, if they got awarded $15 million, I would be pissed off at the jury. I'm angry at the kid's family for having the chutzpah to ask for that much money.