[Noisebridge-discuss] My pants got pwned @ 5MoF

[John Morgan]

Sorry if you got this message twice, i reply wrong the first time i guess,
since it was showing up as quoted text in gmail, and therefore not
displaying it.

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OK, I've thought about this whole thing a lot...

I could be wrong, but I can't figure out how someone would have been able to
use extreme heat (soldering iron, or hot air) without my feeling it;  I'm
quite intolerant of pain, and slightly paranoid when I'm in the city (I'm
from rural upstate NY originally, and currently live in a back-woods area of
sonoma county).   It really sucks I didn't take a picture immediately
because all the lines were soo perfectly smooth when I first saw it.  The
corners were ever so slightly rounded, it was obviously made using a
Reuleaux triangle. There didn't appear to be a fray at all.  My first
thought when I saw it was that I must have leaned up next to something hot,
but there's no way I wouldn't have felt it, then I saw the slightly rounded
edges, coupled with the burn marks, i can't see it being anything other than
a laser.  You can still see one of the rounded edges pretty well on the back
in some of the pictures I posted...  Sorry they weren't better, my good
camera is MIA.  Also, notice on my boxers, the holes go through the darkest
portions of the material and not the green stripes...Here's all the relevant
details that I can remember:

I had about 3 big Lagunitas IPAs, But i'm a big guy, and drank that over a
long period, I was far from drunk.  I remember turning behind me one time to
see someone kneeling near the floor with what I believe was some kind of
prizm.  It was glowing blueish;  as soon as they saw I was turned around
(and I mean, quick) they took off into the tool room.  I guess I should have
been more suspicious, but I certainly didn't except someone to be burning my
ass with a laser.  It seems I recall seeing a prizm sitting (taped?) near/to
the window coming from the tool room, with a blueish light also coming
though it.  I was sitting near the trash bin/recycling bin, fairly close to
the main entrance / tool room door...

I was the perfect mark for many reasons, I think..  First, I was seated in
one of those folding metal chairs, so i wasn't moving at all.  I'm a big
guy, i could be less likely to feel it due to extra padding, half buzzed on
ripper beer.  I may have been using my laptop at the time, lessening the
chance I was going to get up or move suddenly.  My jean are also dark in
color, excellent for using a laser on.  I was one of the closest people
seated next to the tool room door and here's a very interesting detail...
There seemed to be lots of people stand behind me at one point (presumably
watching 5mof, near the beginning) and then suddenly nearly everyone had
moved to a different spot.  (I even remember thinking to myself... damn, i
took a shower today, i can't stink that bad)

Also, I remember over-hearing someone say, "I wanna see the co2 laser!"

I know people saw this go down..  There was a girl and guy sitting in a
chair almost right behind me (although they mysteriously moved further away
too, by the end of 5mof)

Fess up people, even if you didn't do it, tell us what you saw go down.  I
wanna see a 5mof on how it was done next week!  I'll bring in my pants and
you can gloat ;-)

dr1ce

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Lamont Lucas <lamont at cluepon.com> wrote:

> John Morgan wrote:
>
>> Here's your trophy pictures...
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S423i5-DJDk
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25605356@N08/sets/72157624190001205/
>>
>
> I note that the square hole is about the size of a QFP airflow nozzle for
> the Aoyue surface mount hot air reflow station that's in the electronics
> section.  Any chance you leaned against one of those benches?
>
> I mean, not that someone cutting your pants with a laser from a distance
> isn't an awesome story, but I wonder if you're hearing hoofbeats and
> thinking laser zebras.
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