High School Student Uses GameBoy to Create Fake Bomb
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The actual reason is, if convicted, he'll be on a terrorism related charge, that will put him on the no fly list permanently. Hell, even if he deals out, he'll probably end up on the no fly list.derelix said:
I'm not sure, but I'm thinking wanting to kill people is part of that pesky "being human" thing.
Nerve gas, sure. But high grade explosives? Enough to do more than foul up the bathroom? That I'm slightly more suspicious of.derelix said:
EDIT: Honestly, I'm not even sure what you'd use IN the game boy to rig up a detonator you couldn't jury-rig off the phone's circuitry.
That's exactly what I thought.Freebird. said:
Seriously, I was like, damn, that kid must be smart!
OT, on a not so smart side, he did it to "boost his popularity?"
Is he fucking retarded?
Oh I'll come join you!Always_Remain said:
OT- You know he succeed, I hate to admit. The kid wants popularity and publicity. Sure he got it in what we see as a bad way. But does that matter to him? No sir!
In some way I wish I could just live with no contact to the media. At least in the outdoors you don't have to worry about the ignorance of the world getting in you life. But sad enough my life has been abducted by technology when I turned 5 and I knew the basics on where to go in a computer for games and stuff.
Stupid, yes.
Did cops overreact, also yes.
Depending on how the 'bomb' looked, it was obviously a joke. If I saw a cellphone, an old game boy with some external wires I would've said, "oh, some prick is trying to be cute" and tear it off and throw it into the trash. Then mention it later at lunch to my friends who'll say, "really? Wow, what a dumb-ass."
Did cops overreact, also yes.
Depending on how the 'bomb' looked, it was obviously a joke. If I saw a cellphone, an old game boy with some external wires I would've said, "oh, some prick is trying to be cute" and tear it off and throw it into the trash. Then mention it later at lunch to my friends who'll say, "really? Wow, what a dumb-ass."
If there's one thing I learned during my army training is that you can make a bomb out of literally ANYTHING. Some of the sappers put together a few "fake" bombs with different ways of being activated and they're really quite clever. We had one exercise designed to teach us how to search property and identify suspicious items. They leave a few things around. I was detailed to a bedroom, found maps, some wires, a cellphone. Left them alone. At the end of the exercise the Corporal who was running it took us into the bedroom I was assigned too and shook my hand. Apparently our section was the only one out of thirteen sections to not set off the bomb. The cellphone, (a flip-top one,) had been hollowed out, C4 and small bolts, (shrapnel,) had been put inside as well as a, (deactivated,) detonator and a circut which was completed by a bubble of magnesium that, when the cellphone was tilted, moved up the glass tube to complete the circuit. It didn't blow up obviously, it just beeped loudly.
So yeah, you can make a bomb out of anything surprisingly easily. If you have the basic bomb-making components, (explosive, detonator, wires, battery) any shell will do and a GameBoy would work perfectly. If i saw a cellphone or a GameBoy with wires sticking out of it suspiciously I would not treat it as a harmless joke.
Stupid kid. They should throw the book and a couple of other things at him.
So yeah, you can make a bomb out of anything surprisingly easily. If you have the basic bomb-making components, (explosive, detonator, wires, battery) any shell will do and a GameBoy would work perfectly. If i saw a cellphone or a GameBoy with wires sticking out of it suspiciously I would not treat it as a harmless joke.
Stupid kid. They should throw the book and a couple of other things at him.
Possibly by making him notorious at school. He must have wanted something cooler than activating the fire alarm at school. But getting negative attention is bad attention. I believe someone will link this to video games just because it included a Game Boy.Bigeyez said: