[Noisebridge-discuss] tv broke...

[Mike Schachter]

I agree with Brian that we really do need a good portable
presentation system for the Church and Turing classrooms,
maybe I'll look into doing something about that when I get
back, unless some motivated person(s) beat me to it.

I wasn't going to mention it, but yeah, the only time I saw
that tv being used, someone was playing some bullshit
video game on it. That combined with the note urging people
to "clean up after yourself, mom isn't here" or something
to that effect really didn't scream "Please don't touch this
sensitive TV" to me. It screamed "Do whatever the fuck
you want with this TV because it's not being used for any
worthwhile purposes, so if you spent 20+ hours in the past
week preparing for a presentation that you gave for free to
a bunch of willing people who donated money to noisebridge
in return, nothing bad will come of it".

Also it's pretty fucking heavy and was doing nothing but
taking up space on Wednesday.

  mike



On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Brian Morris <cymraegish at gmail.com> wrote:

> * A reliable presentation system is very much needed for the success of
> several groups and meetings at Noisebridge.
>
> * The last of three projectors is clearly dying if not already dead. When
> the projector goes down in the middle of an event it can really screw things
> up. Some people (like Mike) work very hard on preparing their presentations
> and make substantial contribution to the space thereby.
>
> * The TV was originally announced on the discussion list as available for
> people to use / try with due care and caution.
>
> * The TV was set up in the Library space apparently as a game machine.
>
> * The TV was moved aside from that spot during cleanup apparently a few
> weeks ago.  If it was in especially fragile condition that was not obvious.
>
> * A person had a gaming computer that was used for other purposes and was
> not fragile and was coerced to remove it a few months back even though a
> bunch of people said it was useful and not in the way.
>
> * The TV makes a very nice presentation system much better than the
> projector ever was.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Mike Schachter <mike at mindmech.com>wrote:
>
>> It's never broken on me before, but I'll be happy to wack it
>> liberally in the future.
>>
>>   mike
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Robert Fletcher <lobatifricha at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> FWIW, the projector will come back to its senses if you give it a loving
>>> whack.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Mike Schachter <mike at mindmech.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Man I'm sorry, it was the tv that said clean up after it
>>>> because their mom wasn't around. It was kind of a
>>>> critical situation and I wasn't thinking straight, I promise
>>>> to never touch it again.
>>>>
>>>>  mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Zach . <organic_unity at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> are we talking the large 42" one that I repaired?  that would really
>>>>> suck.  plz dont mess with it, I put my name on it so people could talk to me
>>>>> in an event like this.  It has some unique modifications.  I'll look at it
>>>>> soon...
>>>>>
>>>>> Zach
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On *Thu, 6/23/11, Mike Schachter <mike at mindmech.com>* wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Mike Schachter <mike at mindmech.com>
>>>>> Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] tv broke...
>>>>> To: "<noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>" <
>>>>> noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
>>>>> Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 4:32 AM
>>>>>
>>>>> Some perseverance was necessary to give the SVM workshop
>>>>> tonight, first the projector in the Church room shit the bed, so
>>>>> with the help of Brian and Rich (?) and Al we took the large TV
>>>>> and set that up in it's place.
>>>>>
>>>>> The TV worked awesome... for like 5 minutes. Then it shut off
>>>>> and would not turn back on. Perhaps a capacitor blew? My
>>>>> sincere apologies, I'd try to troubleshoot it myself but have to
>>>>> leave for vacation soon. If it's any consolation the ML group
>>>>> raised $24 and it's in an envelope in the donation box...
>>>>>
>>>>>   mike
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