[Noisebridge-discuss] personal computers at Noisebridge (was Re: Missing Green Bike /w Red Grips.)

Joel Jaeggli joelja at bogus.com
Sat Feb 5 20:44:10 UTC 2011


On 2/5/11 2:00 AM, seidos wrote:
> i kind of wonder if gaming enthusiasts (addicts?) need to hit some kind
> of brain chemical limit before they can tear themselves away from
> playing in order to learn how to create.

16 bit alu built in minecraft

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug

> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Dr. Jesus <j at hug.gs <mailto:j at hug.gs>>
> wrote:
> 
>     On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:56 PM, rachel lyra hospodar
>     <rachelyra at gmail.com <mailto:rachelyra at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > Right now That Computer is front & center, hooked up to the
>     kinect, where
>     > someone is working on making the kinect talk to the robot wheelchair.
>     > Incidentally, when I came in around 7:30 a few people were
>     computing quietly
>     > in turing.
>     >
>     > Let's disconnect the two conversations a little: A. use of the
>     space for
>     > gaming, and B. a tool/resource being left for common use but still
>     privately
>     > owned.
>     >
>     > Examples of A that are positive to me exist, as well as some that are
>     > negative. Maybe we could try establishing community excellence
>     guidelines
>     > about gaming so that those who love it, who are many, are not
>     slighted?
> 
>     I'm not going to judge other people who are gaming at the space, but I
>     have shown a few people like Aerie and Doug the PC hardware basics so
>     they could make intelligent decisions about upgrading their gaming
>     rigs without getting ripped off by the retail stores.  They probably
>     wouldn't have any motivation to learn that body of knowledge if they
>     weren't actively gaming.
> 
>     Speaking of which, I never heard any complaints about her and her
>     friend quietly playing WoW on their laptops.  They easily got at least
>     10 hours a week in for a while, then I guess they disappeared a few
>     months ago.  Clearly there's something different between them and what
>     Isky's doing.
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