Actually, that cable was taken for one of the movie screens. We borrowed the one from the screen by the kitchen. Agreed on the foosball table.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:53 PM, rachel lyra hospodar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rachelyra@gmail.com">rachelyra@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><p>I think the immediate root of the consternation was that they borrowed a VGA cable from the public terminal near the door, rendering it inoperable. That and alcohol consumption on rubin's part, I would guess.</p>
<p>I have no real horse in this race but I do hate the hell out of the foosball table.</p><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 4, 2010 12:29 PM, "Liz Henry" <<a href="mailto:liz@bookmaniac.org" target="_blank">liz@bookmaniac.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> On 10/3/10 8:46 PM, Robert Fletcher wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> Regarding the official details of Zergbridge, we meet every Saturday at 3pm,<br>>> do programming and video game development until 6:30 or 7, and then we<br>>> proceed with the slaughtering of innocent zombies. It's all on the wiki.<br>
>> My apologies for the noise violation, Jason--we should have been more aware<br>>> of our surroundings. It's definitely a priority now to keep ourselves in<br>>> the same room and keep the noise at a reasonable level.<br>
>> <br>>> --Robert Fletcher<br>>> <br>> <br>> That seems like a reasonable answer.<br>> <br>> Playing games together is creative and performative, even if it doesn't<br>> result in a giant robot. I like the game playing aspect of Noisebridge<br>
> and think it is defensible as a community use. My son watched the<br>> zombie-killing for a while last weekend. He was impressed and kind of<br>> inspired. He also read for hours in the space as part of Scott's<br>
> readathon party, including a long while in the DJ Booth/ tea room, and<br>> was not bothered by the LAN party noise. I was reading and writing and<br>> working on the other side of the space, and was also not bothered by any<br>
> particular noise.<br>> <br>> In fact, I like to see the space used, lively, and full of people. Such<br>> community uses bring people into the space, which is a good goal. It<br>> means they become familiar with it and might use it for other purposes,<br>
> or get more involved in future. That's a good thing!<br>> <br>> [drama]<br>> So Rubin, I haven't made any giant badass robots lately. I come in to<br>> Noisebridge and use the electricity and Internet. I pay dues, and I<br>
> clean up a bit extra or wash some of the dirty dishes when I come in to<br>> make a small contribution to the community space. I talk with people who<br>> come in and give them tours and am a nice person to hang out with.<br>
> Hopefully that is enough to fucking justify my occasional presence at<br>> Noisebridge and I don't have to come build a flaming space robot with my<br>> cock in order to prove myself. Your email about this annoys me directly<br>
> because you are setting yourself up as the arbiter of legitimacy, which<br>> is fucking bogus.<br>> [/drama]<br>> <br>> Where is the actual conflict here? Is someone wanting to use the<br>> classroom during the time Zergbridge people are there, and it's a prime<br>
> time for classes? Is the Internet speed noticeably affected for other<br>> folks while they're going? Is there actual effect from scarcity of any<br>> kind? If so, deal with those issues directly by talking to the people<br>
> and coming up with some ideas or asking them to pay a little extra<br>> towards the cost of expanding bandwidth. Maybe some of them are already<br>> members, anyway. If they aren't pulling their weight in other ways as a<br>
> group, maybe some of the Zergbridge folks could make some conspicuous<br>> effort to clean up, take out the trash, or do some other unglamorous<br>> work for the space in addition to whatever else they do as community<br>
> members. Talk to people and suggest they contribute more, rather than<br>> attacking a group and making these sweeping statements about how the<br>> space should or should not be used.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>
> <br>> <br>> - Liz<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Liz Henry<br>> <a href="mailto:lizhenry@gmail.com" target="_blank">lizhenry@gmail.com</a><br>> <a href="http://bookmaniac.org" target="_blank">http://bookmaniac.org</a><br>
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