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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."
To say Burning Man is a bunch pot-smoking, naked hippies is unfair. A more acurate desciption is: A group of young bored teenagers, and a group of clueless, irresponsible and tragically unhip 20-somethings brought together by a lack of culture so deep they've donned the cultural tendencies of "Hippies". Or at least what they understand to be hippies by watching TV and movies, or reading the same LCD-laced pamplets and novels passed around for generations. They gather each year for a big f-ing party, presented under the guise of some vague, political and/or enviromental agenda, which is rarely addressed. Money is gathered for the cause all over the world but is simply used to fund the next year's party.