Student Arrested for Clock 'Bomb'

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JasonPratt

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October 28, 2015, 01:37:49 PM Last Edit: October 28, 2015, 01:40:43 PM by JasonPratt
Am I remembering correctly that Clock Boy did get around to meeting Obama? Left for Qatar a few days after that?

I didn't just dream that, right? He went stargazing with President Obama, after all the evidence indicating he was at best merely hoaxing having "invented" a clock?

{checking internet}

THIS WAS NOT A FEVER INDUCED HALLUCINATION! :o

I wonder if he brought the clock, and if so whether he brought it in just the same state it was when it 'went off' in class. And whether he set it to 'go off' unexpectedly at the astronomy event.

Because that would be hilarious.


Update: no, apparently the disassembled suitcase clock was still impounded until four days after the event.
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Arctic Blast

#211
October 29, 2015, 10:13:45 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 28, 2015, 05:44:58 AM
FWIW, I think Qatar is fairly Westernized. It's not as progressive as, say, Dubai/UAE, at least to my knowledge (which is limited more to Dubai since my company has offices there), but it's not Mecca or Syria or a more extreme environment. (Even Dubai isn't entirely Western and you have to watch your step there, but it's still pretty relaxed compared to other Arab countries.)

From what I understand, Qatar, Dubai, and the UAE have certain 'zones' where things are a lot more open. Basically, it's in those designated areas that you'll find bars and other things of that nature, since those are the zones where most Western business interests are located.

BanzaiCat

#212
October 30, 2015, 11:31:30 AM
You're correct, AB. My company has a huge presence in Dubai. I haven't made it there yet but several on my team have been there.

Though, you really don't want to mess with the cops there.

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#213
October 30, 2015, 01:39:24 PM
kind of hard to outrun a Veyron...  :P
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#214
October 31, 2015, 01:20:32 PM
Considering how small some of those countries are (Dubai and Qatar, not the UAE), I would be interested in seeing GTA VI or a more police-oriented sandbox game set there.
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October 31, 2015, 02:07:21 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 30, 2015, 01:39:24 PM
kind of hard to outrun a Veyron...  :P

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steve58

#216
November 23, 2015, 01:59:59 PM
Ahmed the inventor fake bomb maker is suing.  I hope the school/district counter-sues, but that might be considered too politically incorrect...

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/11/23/clock-kids-family-demand-apology-15-million-in-damages/
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November 23, 2015, 02:38:47 PM
Quote from: steve58 on November 23, 2015, 01:59:59 PM
Ahmed the inventor fake bomb maker is suing.  I hope the school/district counter-sues, but that might be considered too politically incorrect...

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/11/23/clock-kids-family-demand-apology-15-million-in-damages/

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steve58

#218
July 01, 2016, 09:52:11 AM
He's baaack...

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After a nine-month stay in Qatar, Ahmed Mohamed returned to Texas this week with a deeper appreciation for his religion and a thicker skin. 

...

Ahmed knows what he wants to accomplish next: finish school in Qatar, attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and double-major in physics and electrical engineering.

...

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20160629-clock-boy-ahmed-mohamed-on-life-in-qatar-what-he-s-learned-about-hate.ece

So he's going to continue his indoctrination schooling in Qatar, and then go on to learn how to make really, really big bombs clocks... :-\
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Boggit

#219
July 01, 2016, 10:16:02 AM
$15 million damages?  :o Is that really the quantum of his loss? It seems an excessive claim to me, having regard to the background fears of terrorism. Did the School act properly? No. Were the police OTT? Maybe. But at the end of the day, what really was his loss? Is the claim proportionate to the damage he's suffered? I don't think so.
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#220
July 13, 2016, 07:46:29 AM
Quote from: Boggit on July 01, 2016, 10:16:02 AM
$15 million damages?  :o Is that really the quantum of his loss?

Of course it's not. But they know they have the school district by the PC short hairs, so they're going to push for whatever they can milk out of the system.

And this is why our school systems suck...they're so, SO afraid of getting sued over any little thing.

bayonetbrant

#221
July 13, 2016, 08:14:18 AM
well, when they get sued, the damages come out of taxpayers' pockets, so in that regard, I can understand why they're so cautious.  The problem is that the courts won't tell idiot glory-hounds looking for lottery-sized 'damages' to kiss off.
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#222
July 13, 2016, 08:33:22 AM
Someone has to fund the kid's future terrorist plots.  :uglystupid2:
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#223
July 13, 2016, 08:44:10 AM
He'll get a "Free-Ride" at Obama University.
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steve58

#224
January 11, 2017, 09:53:27 AM
Quote from: steve58 on November 23, 2015, 01:59:59 PM
Ahmed the inventor fake bomb maker is suing.  I hope the school/district counter-sues, but that might be considered too politically incorrect...

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/11/23/clock-kids-family-demand-apology-15-million-in-damages/

Lawsuit dismissed.
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