[Noisebridge-discuss] Are people okay with people sleeping at the Noisebridge space?

[Rameen]

We should build a brainwave scanning robot that detects deep REM cycle
frequencies. It can roam around noisebridge scanning people's brains to make
sure they are doing anything but being in deep sleep. The other part of the
robot has a squirt gun. It can be filled with water, dye, predator urine, or
whatever else non-hacker sleeping people don't appreciate squirted into
their brainwave region.

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Al Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com> wrote:

> Simple enough solution: Members-only after hours, and if you can't
> afford membership, after becoming a member put your membership on
> hiatus. We already have a system in place for that.
>
> -Al
>
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Joshua Juran <jjuran at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 13, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Al Sweigart wrote:
> >
> >> Physically hauling away the couches is no problem. I just don't want
> >> to do it if there's a lot of people who think it's an idea that does
> >> more ill than good. What are other people's thoughts?
> >
> > No.  This is not about the couches.
> >
> > Personally, I like having comfy couches to sit on.  It makes the place
> feel,
> > well, comfortable.  To me, getting rid of the couches would be cutting
> off
> > one's nose to spite one's face, an admission of failure to solve the
> > problem.
> >
> > I get the sense that some (such as those advocating a policy of no
> sleeping
> > applied to everyone) are trying to make sure to treat people fairly, by
> > treating them equally, and that *that* is what Christina is calling into
> > question.  It's true that if we allow a double standard then some people
> > will cry foul.
> >
> > But is that necessarily a problem?  I for one give my experience actually
> > being at Noisebridge considerably more weight than the hypothetical
> online
> > rant of some persona non grata about how unfairly he or she was treated.
> >  Maybe such a person's friends might be dissuaded from coming here.
>  Maybe
> > that's a bonus.
> >
> > Are we predominantly egalitarian, or meritocratic?  In a meritocracy,
> > everyone is *not* equal -- contributing earns privileges (and being a
> dick
> > gets you kicked out).  But everyone is entitled to select the level at
> which
> > they contribute.
> >
> >> Getting rid of the couches seems like it would be fairly
> >> non-controversial.
> >
> >
> > "This is why we can't have nice things."
> >
> > Josh
> >
> >
> >
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