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The Tech of Burning Man
Marc Merlin wrote:"Some of you have probably heard of burning man, but most of those
who haven't gone probably don't know that saying that it's just a
bunch of naked hippies meeting in the desert to smoke pot, is a
very unfair description of the event. I have been writing reports of it for the last 4 years now (akin to
the linux show reports I used to do), and my 2005 report is the biggest one yet (1440 pictures, and a fairly complete overview page, showing the highlights) You can also look at the burning man index page (with pictures from the sky), and look at my first 2002 report for a view as a first timer."
Only if you dip them in disinfectant first.
-Eric
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
So Dead-On accurate I'm jealous I didn't write it myself.
Jeezus... "Burning Man"... hasn't anyone driven a stake through that cultural-seachange-icon-wannabe yet? Is Wired still pushing it? Is Wired still being published? If so, are their typefaces and layout design any more legible than they were a decade ago when the mag very nearly mattered?
[palsied twitch overtakes left hand] Man, why do I suddenly have the urge to order something I don't need from Kozmo, down a frappacino double-latte, and code up some push-feed clients...?
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"On the road today, I saw a NIN sticker on a Hummer. A little voice Inside my head said, 'Don't look back. You can never look back.'" - (with apologies to Don Henley)
free love is stupid and irresponsible, they only want your money, plus i'm sure you can hang out with thousands of drunken frat kids in your own town. don't bother unless your some hipster who thinks crapping in the desert is "art".
it's a waste, and pretty much everyone there is too.
The same B&J that dropped a few products because making the product was giving the factory workers RSI?
Because of risks of legal action, which is expensive.
The B&J that started in a garage?
The B&J that makes money off making people fat and getting kids addicted to sugar, giving them diabetes and tooth decay. Yeah, hippies are all about making money on other people's misery.
The same B&J that donates 7.5% of its pre-tax profits to charities?
If they were real hippies, rather than sell-outs, they'd give 100%. But then they wouldn't be millionaires, which is what it's all about in the end.
Jamie Zawinski is a whiney little bitch and a hugely overrated programmer, especically by himself.
http://rareformnewmedia.com/
Why would a hippy want to make millions of dollars? Doesn't that go against the whole anti-profit, anti-success, pro-communist hippy way of life?