by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:29AM (#61720567)
This seems like an article that would had been on Slashdot over 20 years ago. Back at that point it would had been really cool. However with cheap hardware like the Raspberry Pi, Common 3D Printing, and rather large SSD Storage that is cheap, small in size and can run at a decent speed. It isn't that interesting anymore, as it would be most teenagers hobbyist day project to make one of these.
Back 21 years A Potato Powered Web Server [slashdot.org] was actually a much bigger deal, as it was difficult to get a low powered equipment to run such an advanced software at the time. But today it just seems like a middle school science project.
If it was someones kid who did that, I would say that is really cool, and let him talk about it and show me how it works. If it was that is the kids father with an engineering degree who made it. I might say it is kinda cute, then go and get a beer.
For the most part, this type of thing wouldn't had made any attention at all. Except for the fact the Kid was racially profiled and assumed to be causing problems were he was just being a curious kid.
What he actually made isn't that impressive. Kids have been doing these things for a long time, however if your school is going to have you taken out as a terrorist for learning stuff that isn't dangerous, and the teachers were too stupid to see that, that makes news.
If you go back and read what happened - he claimed everyone assumed he had a bomb, but no one thought that - if they thought he had a bomb, they would have evacuated the building, instead they picked up his 'bomb' and walked it down to the principal's office and sat next to it for hours.
True, However we don't post how exceptional every-time a carpenter uses dovetail joints. Sure dovetail joinery takes some skill and it is a sign of a good craftsman. However it isn't something that we need to publish as something exceptional.
The Simpson TV is a cleaver bit of Art, and probably was a fun project, however it isn't anything really exceptional that is pushing any sort of boundaries.
Old school Slashdot... But not really impressive. (Score:0)
This seems like an article that would had been on Slashdot over 20 years ago. Back at that point it would had been really cool. However with cheap hardware like the Raspberry Pi, Common 3D Printing, and rather large SSD Storage that is cheap, small in size and can run at a decent speed. It isn't that interesting anymore, as it would be most teenagers hobbyist day project to make one of these.
Back 21 years A Potato Powered Web Server [slashdot.org] was actually a much bigger deal, as it was difficult to get a low powered equipment to run such an advanced software at the time. But today it just seems like a middle school science project.
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If it was someones kid who did that, I would say that is really cool, and let him talk about it and show me how it works.
If it was that is the kids father with an engineering degree who made it. I might say it is kinda cute, then go and get a beer.
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Like designing an LED alarm clock? [wikipedia.org] LOL
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For the most part, this type of thing wouldn't had made any attention at all. Except for the fact the Kid was racially profiled and assumed to be causing problems were he was just being a curious kid.
What he actually made isn't that impressive. Kids have been doing these things for a long time, however if your school is going to have you taken out as a terrorist for learning stuff that isn't dangerous, and the teachers were too stupid to see that, that makes news.
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Imagine how dangerous this kid could be if he learned the true history of this country [nytimes.com].
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Yeah. Shit.
Good thing he didn't add a ticking sound module. They may have shot him where he stood.
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He added nothing - he removed a radio shack alarm clock from its plastic case and put it in a small tool box/case.
The technology he mastered was unscrewing the screws on the case.
Apparently, that plus his ethnicity entitled him to a full-ride scholarship to an engineering school.
BTW, he was an (academic) at-risk student, struggling to pass his classes.
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If you go back and read what happened - he claimed everyone assumed he had a bomb, but no one thought that - if they thought he had a bomb, they would have evacuated the building, instead they picked up his 'bomb' and walked it down to the principal's office and sat next to it for hours.
That's not how schools handle bomb threats.
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I hear you, especially given how far past its prime the series is.
Still, a fun thing to do. Just because saws and hammers are ubiquitous we don't condemn the creative endeavors of a craftsman carpenter.
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True, However we don't post how exceptional every-time a carpenter uses dovetail joints. Sure dovetail joinery takes some skill and it is a sign of a good craftsman. However it isn't something that we need to publish as something exceptional.
The Simpson TV is a cleaver bit of Art, and probably was a fun project, however it isn't anything really exceptional that is pushing any sort of boundaries.
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Yes but it's news for nerds, a fun thing, and a story that doesn't attract any political sniping for and against he who shall not be named here.
Dang me, they oughta take a rope and hang me. I feel nervous even mentioning that. Mod me troll.
Re:Old school Slashdot... But not really impressiv (Score:4, Insightful)
Everything doesn't have to be some kind of fundamental advance. Sometimes things are noteworthy because they're fun.