[Noisebridge-discuss] Explosion at Noisebridge this morning?

[Marnia Johnston]

So, in all seriousness, what happened? In plain english, no jokes. Somebody
turned something on and it blew up?

2009/4/1 Aaron Muszalski <sfslim at gmail.com>

> Most Esteemed and Honorable Noisebridge Ancestors,
>
> We are writing from the future to alert you to a possible
> chronosynclastic shockwave which may reach you sometime in the next 13
> - ψ hours (Sorry about the imprecision. The temporal calculus affinity
> group hasn't been able to consent on a single value for the wave
> function yet.) This shockwave - something of misnomer, really, as it
> more accurately a boson ripple caused by the premature collapsing of a
> series of temporal wave functions - may cause minor damage localized
> around the spatial coordinates of the wave's point source, in this
> case the original "83c workdesk". For it is upon this cherished
> artifact that our TimeBridge will first be activated.
>
> The TimeBridge - a QuantumAduino powered
> chronosynclastic-infindibulator we purchased in kit form from Babbage
> Fried (Limor's grandson) - was momentarily switched on during our
> weekly meeting by an overzealous board member, who felt rather
> strongly that the people in the TimeBridge's target era* should also
> be included in the consensus process regarding the device's
> activation. Needless to say, Intelligence Appelbaum has been
> appropriately reprimanded for his actions, and has been denied use of
> his vatbody (and all other physical manipulators and IO systems) for
> one month.
>
> Please use this advance warning to vacate NoiseBridge for the next 13
> - ψ  hours. If this is not possible, we suggest that you at least keep
> fire extinguishers on hand, and operate your individual computing
> clouds on atmospheric nanopower only, rather than connected to the
> main feeds. The Wikipedia corpus on boson ripples also mentions that
> cell damage in vatbodies and other biological entities may be
> minimized by increasing the amount of temporal buffer molecules in the
> bloodstream, such as ethanol. The corpus goes on to suggest that this
> can effectively be achieved by ingesting a substance referred to as
> "beer". So, if you have any "beer" on hand, you may wish to drink it.
>
> Our apologies for any disturbances this will have caused. Consensus
> discussions surrounding any further activations of the TimeBridge have
> been tabled until next week's meeting. If all goes well, hopefully we
> will have met you all by now.
>
> Most sincerely,
>
> NoiseBridge ChronoSIG members
>
>
>
> * Late 2008 - early 2009 - the historic period in which NoiseBridge
> was founded, thus planting the seeds for the global hacker revolution
> of the 2060's and the global anarchist utopia it brought about.
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