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Apparently charge him with endangering public safety and drag him before a juvenile court. Or at least that's what the court in Lodz did in the case of its teenage resident, who managed figure out how to interfere with the infrared pulses that control the tram system's switches.
In effect, the boy modified a television remote and turned the city's public transportation system in to his own personal Lionel set -- is that brilliant, or just plain wrong?
From Boing Boing
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Comments
17
Subscribe to commentsJerome_ThomasFeb 3rd 2009 2:28PM
"...is that brilliant, or just plain wrong?" Terrence? You're an idiot. In addition to being a lousy writer.
The StarThrowerFeb 3rd 2009 3:30PM
To the gentleman who said the boy should be let off with a warning and a thank you for letting the tram company know how vulnerable they are, I DISAGREE! At 14, a child knows the difference between right and wrong, and what he did injured 12 people. Fortunately, it doesn't sound like anyone was killed, but that's just dumb luck. It could have been much, much worse, and that may be the last opportunity to teach the child that what he did was WRONG, so that the next time he considers doing something this childish, he stops and thinks about what the consequences might be. He should at the very least, have to do some sort of public service that in some way apologizes to the people whose lives he disrupted, and perhaps repay the city/tram company for their expense.
SuzieJan 14th 2008 4:53PM
Actually, that's plain scary.
Ms. FoulweatherJan 14th 2008 5:17PM
Brilliant. How can I meet him?
lillyrosesJan 14th 2008 5:40PM
They need to get some of these bad a**es jobs here in the US with the defense department or homeland security and get them to direct their energy towards "terrorist". Secondly, if all it takes is a hacked remote control to throw the trams off the questions begs to be answered-are the remote control that powerful or trams security that poor?
DR TIMJan 14th 2008 6:43PM
Hey the kid is a frigging genous, who said Pollocks are stupid......at 14..this is outstanding..to have your own personal Life size train set.. Send the boy a nice hot pot of stuffed cabbage, some perogies(with sourcream) and some Blintzes
RezoJan 14th 2008 9:04PM
I saw stuff like this on an online ebook called "thinkingoutsidemybox.doc" Looks like a good read.
Paul BJan 14th 2008 9:31PM
I got a belt with "brilliant" written all over it !!! Lemme at em' !
shirJan 15th 2008 12:25AM
What a little piece of shit. That kid should be beaten by the township.
ascatalJan 15th 2008 12:50AM
clever kid, its too bad he did not use his skills and cleverness for something constructive
GregJan 15th 2008 1:51AM
It's not the fault of the tram system that this happened, it's the boys fault. It's the fault of the tram system that they didn't prevent it from happening. Same deal on a much smaller scale as the 9/11 attack in NY: terrorist's fault, but why were the aircraft doors not secured 50 years earlier after the first hijacking? No one smart enough to figure it out?
webJan 15th 2008 5:56AM
dont tell terrorists
gYMqUEENJan 15th 2008 6:37AM
This kid needs a job w/ the Dept. of Defense.
But first..he needs an ol'fashioned 80's A** whippin'
Keith J. MohrhoffJan 15th 2008 7:47AM
As a security professional, I would've thought that any such remote access controllers would need to identify themselves to the system with an authentication code. The fact that anyone willing to buy a universal remote and take the time to figure out what 'language' the transit system speaks (the same way you program it differently for different brands of television) means that system was unacceptably vulnerable. The kid should be let off with a warning and a 'thank you' and the system needs to be updated. After all, who's the adults here?
ohsimplyredJan 15th 2008 8:22AM
YEAH KEITH,WHAT YOU SAID!
Don RoweJan 15th 2008 10:18AM
The kid is old enough to know what he was doing was dangerous and wrong and that it could insure people. Put the little shit in jail and let him try to figure how to get out. No punishment equals it is ok to do this sort of thing.
Lynne NeissJan 15th 2008 10:05AM
Hell, a self motivated technical minded teenage boy (who's not in front of a game cube or Wii) that wants to see how things work (not just play with them) sounds like a full ride scholarship to an engineering school to me. Bring him out, I'll be more than happy to be his exchange family! He sounds like a fun, intelligent, ingenious kid. Even Copernicus (another Pole) was persecuted by the establishment and look what he accomplished.