[Noisebridge-discuss] The point of Noisebridge, we're shooting a hacker to Singapore

[aestetix aestetix]

I suggest asking Antonio about this when he returns :)

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Gardner <gbickford at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Rubin,
>  Perhaps you could sell this a bit more for people like me that may
> not be involved enough to understand the benefits of a 24 hour trip.
> All the hippy shit aside, I perceive long journeys with short stays as
> a waste of resources. So you may understand how, when I read your
> email, I felt as though it was as a plea for more resources while
> standing on a current mis-management of resources. What does Antonio
> hope to accomplish within 24 hours of being there that he could not do
> over the internet and why is he only staying 24 hours?
>
> Thanks,
>  -g
>
> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
> > Out of tonight we raised money, about $1000, then decided through a
> > group vote conducted by a fucking robot that we would send a man by the
> > name of Antonio to Singapore for 24 hours with the money raised. There
> > were about 100-200 people involved in this vote.
> >
> > This is by far the stupidest and most awesome thing to come out of our
> > hacker space.
> >
> > I have gotten a hold of the hacker space out there, Hackerspace.sg. We
> > just got done with a 30 minute Skype session with ruiwen from the space
> > and they are so ready to accept Antonio.
> >
> > Sadly there isn't much money left over for Antonio to complete this trip
> > with. He still requires money to eat food, transport himself to the
> > hacker space, and possibly buy a best to sleep in for a night.
> >
> > He needs your help! Can you get him money before he flies out tomorrow?
> > Can you promise me money before he flies out tomorrow?
> >
> > If you can email me back and give me your word that you're willing to
> > give me some amount of money to give him to tomorrow before he gets on
> > his fucking plane, I will bust ass tomorrow to get to SFO and hand him
> > cash before he flies off.
> >
> > Email me fucking now!
> >
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> > rubin at starset.net
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