I can throw down $20, being unemployed and shiznat, and being the person who checked all the damn furniture already.<div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Will Sargent <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:will.sargent@gmail.com">will.sargent@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I will match you $70. It's better than checking my seat every time I sit down.<div><br></div><div>Will.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Danny O'Brien <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danny@spesh.com" target="_blank">danny@spesh.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div class="h5">So, we talked about the b*db*g situation at the last meeting. The general consensus seemed to be that we don't have any definitive evidence of bedbugs, we have some evidence (including checks by people who have had bedbugs, and the bedbug sentry) that there *aren't* bedbugs, and an unknown but clearly non-zero number of people worrying about bedbugs (for instance, the iOS developers appear to have moved elsewhere until the rumors have abated). <br>
<br>There was also a consensus that without strong evidence, it's not right for NB funds to be spent on a problem that may not exist.<br><br>I continue to offer $70 of the $175-$250 amount to conclusively prove one way or another, via scent dogs. Lots of people have said "oh that sounds like a good idea" but haven't actually offered to pledge any money. If you are worried about this sort of thing (or not worried, and would like to quieten everyone who does worry) <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bedbugs" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bedbugs</a><br>
<br>I am trying to think of more interesting ways to gather this money, because my suspicion is that those who are convinced either way are content enough to wish to spend money on something they already feel is self-evident, and no-one else cares.<br>
<br>Here were some of my abandoned ideas:<br><br>1) A bedbug bounty! $50 for the first bedbug. Cons: no proving a negative, may encourage people to bring bedbugs *to* NB for cash prizes<br>2) You can specify your own convictions when pledging money. If the test proves you incorrect, you pay double, and the remainder goes to people who judged correctly to defray their costs. Or Noisebridge. Cons: increases disincentive to put money in for some, may be illegal gambling.<br>
3) Off-shore Cypherpunk Hansonesque Electronic Ideas market in the Carribean, in which contracts that cash in the event of a positive bedbug result and balanced against contracts that cash in event of no bedbug proof. Cons: probably would end up involving "bitcoins".<br>
<br>The only alternative is you pledging money. So pledge! <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bedbugs" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bedbugs</a>
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