Quote:I haven't been following this very closely until the last few days but I agree that my bull doo meter is ringing loudly in regards to the motivations behind this whole thing. I could very well be wrong but that's my admittedly barely-informed feeling.

 

Your bull doo meter is not off by much.

 

After further review, I'm beginning to wonder a bit myself.  At first I kind of "blew this story off" as a kid interested in the "maker community" that made an innocent mistake.  While that's still possible, I think that there is a lot of dis-information regarding this that is being put out by the media.

 

As I pointed out in an earlier post, this was not something "home made" other than mounting electronics into an enclosure.  Looking at some of the other photos that were in an article that I linked earlier, I don't see where this kid actually "made" anything.

 

Consider the following photo that the article showed and is captioned how he "made" a "USB router".  I see nothing "home made" at all.  It's a picture of the guts of a USB hub (note the words TRAVEL HUB silk screened on the circuit board).  Also, most of the components shown are what are called "surface mount" components.  There is no way that he "made" this.



 

 

 

Also, I'm pretty good at soldering, but there is no way that I can solder something together or even repair something like that using a soldering iron like this one.



 

 

My question is, why does the media keep reporting that this kid "made" this stuff when it's pretty clear that he didn't?  Something really doesn't pass the "smell test".  Why is CAIR involved?  That's pretty much a no-brainer.  Has this kid actually demonstrated any real ability that would warrant a trip to The White House or Facebook HQ?  Not in the least.

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