[hackerspaces] Irving Texas student suspended for bringing a circuitry-control clock project to school

[Samir Cury]

That reminds me of a similar case with software several years ago --
student was suspicious of digital crime because "he knew too much". What's
even more interesting is that one of the reasons to suspect him was that he
uses a "black screen with white font which he uses prompt commands on".

There are longer versions but here's a short one :

http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/04/14/193217/college-police-think-using-linux-is-suspicious-behavior

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 4:56 AM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> WTF?
>
> This guy needs to be encouraged, not discouraged.
>
> I got the Dallas Makerspace address from hackerspaces.org.  According to
> Google Maps, it's a 22 minute drive to Irving (or a 3 hour 41 minute walk).
>
> I'll email someone there, and see if they can contact Ahmed.
>
> Best,
> Mitch.
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:27:37 -0400
> From: ramgarden at gmail.com
> To: discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Irving Texas student suspended for bringing a
> circuitry-control clock project to school
>
>
> I am at a loss for words. We really do seem to be moving backwards.  I'm
> reminded of the movie Idiocracy and worry that we are actually heading in
> that direction.  How can we make sure to avoid that possible future?
> On Sep 16, 2015 7:16 AM, "Glyn Kennington" <glyn at potatojunkie.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> mindthegoat wrote:
> > The lack of replies here suggests everyone is completely lost for
> > words. In the UK we moan about our education system but you guys are
> > in so much trouble if your country is going so backward.
> >
> > Support Ahmed, the school and police are surely a lost cause.
>
> I'm reminded of something I read years ago, about a student being
> suspended for "hacking" after using "net send".  That was also in Texas.
>
>
> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/04/01/07/1713236/8th-grader-suspended-for-using-net-send-command
>
> It looks like this time round, the police were involved and demonstrated
> a similar lack of clue.
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