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The Tech of Burning Man

Posted by Hemos on from the peering-under-the-hood dept.

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."

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  1. Boligatory South Park Quote by Relic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hippies. They're everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad.

    1. Re:Boligatory South Park Quote by Keebler71 · · Score: 4, Funny
      Ok, I'll admit it: although I had heard of Burning Man, I was only vaguely aware that it was some sort of festival. So of course I looked it up at wikipedia.

      Seemed like a pretty straight-forward hippie festival; I'm cool with that. Then I get to this part:

      Commerce Free Event. No cash transactions are allowed at Burning Man... The only commerce that has been allowed are sales of coffee and ice at Center Camp, which benefit the local Gerlach-Empire school system...Besides this, participants must buy tickets to attend the event. Tickets are sold through the Burning Man ticket website.

      At this point my irony meter pegs and I giggle incessantly through the remainder of the article.

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    2. Re:Boligatory South Park Quote by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny
      At this point my irony meter pegs and I giggle incessantly through the remainder of the article.

      Dorm room hippie: Fuck capitalism, man. Who needs that shit, when we can all just share the wealth, you know? Live off the land and pool our resources and shit.

      2nd dorm room hippie: Hey man, can I get a dime bag?

      Dorm room hippie: Sure man, $25.

      2nd dorm room hippie: Thanks.

      Dorm room hippie: It's like Huey Long and Karl Marx said, we should just share everything, man--just work together, you know?

      -Eric

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  2. Work safe or not work safe by BiAthlon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are naked hippies work safe?

    1. Re:Work safe or not work safe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Depends on your line of work.

      If your job involves naked hippies, then, yes, it's fine.

      Also, if your job involves lots of naked hippy chicks, I would like a job interview.

    2. Re:Work safe or not work safe by orthogonal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Are naked hippies work safe?

      Most of them are so un-photogenic, your boss can't reasonably claim you had an prurient interest in them. And given the hairiness and man-boobs, you often can't even tell the women from the men.

      It's as safe as looking at photos of some Stone Age tribe in National Geographic. Except, in this case it's a tribe of "Aging Stoners".

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  3. Yikes! Pagan rituals! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uh. Ever considered that the whole burning man thing has its roots in paganism...

  4. oh man by Naikrovek · · Score: 4, Funny

    dudes they are going DOWN. 1400 pictures, many of them on the front page! HAHA FEEL THE WRATH!

    "Burning Man"? no: "Burning Servers"!

  5. Peace, love, by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 4, Funny

    and Linux.

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  6. yeah, I know by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 4, Funny

    This group of hippies is different, man ... they're deep ...

  7. &@%$# HIPPIES! by Turbofish · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's all just a bunch of tree-hugging hippie crap!

    (Sorry, had to get the Cartman quote out of my system.)

    Seriously though, who really cares about a bunch of brain damaged losers trying to save the world one reefer at a time?

  8. A discussion I once had by ifwm · · Score: 4, Funny

    It went something like this

    Acquaintance: "Hey I went to Burning Man last week!"

    Me: "Why?"

    Acquaintance: (stunned by my question) "It's BURNING MAN!"

    It's so clear now.

    1. Re:A discussion I once had by ifwm · · Score: 4, Funny

      "It is entirely possible that for some people it is of a sufficiently cool magnitude as to be self-evident as to why you'd go"

      I agree, but we were talking about Burning Man, so I don't really see how that applies.

  9. "You Must Be This Cool To Attend This Event" by Petersko · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why taunt the slashdot dweebs? Most would feel out of place there even after taking the various pharmaceuticals available onsite. It's a party, and we know how well geeks do at parties.

    Imagine two people arguing through a thick mental fog of ecstasy, pot and a little ketamine over the question of which linux distro is more secure out of the box. Somebody would be bound to pants you.

  10. Burning man caused global warming by Hao+Wu · · Score: 3, Funny

    All that carbon released more than makes up the difference saved by hybrid cars and conservation.

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  11. Re:I'm missing something by dr_dank · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope my submitted story about the Sears Catalog having almost naked ladies gets approved now.

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  12. Re:It's what you make it by Jethro · · Score: 3, Funny

    and no, I didn't do drugs there (apart from a few random joints and lots of alcohol).

    So what you mean by "didn't do drugs" is that you did, in fact, do a lot of drugs?

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  13. Brum brum brum!!! by Dogtanian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Have _you_ gone to burningman?

    No, I think he went to Birmingham by mistake; that's why he was pissed off.

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