[Noisebridge-discuss] no actual theftiness and not from the donation bins

Tue Oct 9 23:59:26 UTC 2012

The lock donation would be a great help, thanks!

But Wow, I didnt realize how much stuff was being stolen...this is really lame.  Jake, did you ever see those laptop batteries you donated?  I mean seriously, who is crazy enough to wheel out a 50lb box of *broken* laptop batteries! whattheshiznit.  The lead acid batteris I donated to Martin got snagged too I guess.  

I was wondering where the lasercutter laptop went.  thats whack, esp since me and Evan spent that time fixing it awhile back.
I forgot to mention the RAM too--- Ive been donating lots and lots of ram sticks the past couple months, and as far as I know they are ALL gone :/

but Im going to donate a shnazzy AMD x2 for a terminal at NB...it needs some ram but I have to check what kind.  I think terminals are the way to go though- easier to bolt down and harder to steal than laptops.  Also less valuable.  I can setup a lot more terminals but I could use some help if someone wants to volunteer and team up with me putting on locks and such.  Hobbling around the space with my cane looking for working mice (no, not the ones eating our food) is no bueno for chronic pain.

Also, I strongly suggest we have ONE and only ONE machine with windows (gasp!! to the wrack with him immediately!!)  for many pain in the ass reasons that I can't get anyone to listen to.  Begging programmers to search the linux netherworld for rare printer drivers and other such nonsense has been a painful waste of time for me and I'm sure other people.  and a machine with Mac OSX would be good too.  Lordy, something that regular software supports.  The rest can be hacked and programmed away.  Now, I'll go put on my asbestos cement suit for the flamming I shall incur..

Organization of the hack shelves I think would be most excellent too...this would help find out what is missing and save a lot of headache for us hackers.  I think whoever keeps leaving heavy boxes on the floor with all the wires to trip over should get Consenso thrashing of the buttocks.

Zach

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From: Eric W. Rasmussen <ewr at majortek.com>
To: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net 
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2012 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] no actual theftiness and not from the donation bins

I'll donate the locks. I have a bag of them.

On 10/08/2012 08:59 PM, Jennifer Mann wrote:

Regarding the laptops that run the CNC, laser cutter, etc. ...  would it be worth spending some Noisebridge funds on a couple of laptop lock cables ($13 ea.) to keep them from wandering off next time they are replaced?  Or were those already in use and cut through? 
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>I just joined Noisebridge, and I love that it is a very open and trusting place.  However, I think there are a few inexpensive precautions that could be implemented that wouldn't be seen as unfriendly, just as assuring that general-use items will be there when someone needs them.
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>- Jenn
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>On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Martin Bogomolni <martinbogo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>... AND one of my macbooks (one was returned, eventually)
>>... AND a sled of chips
>>... AND a small miniITX machine.  Old, but serviceable
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>>The fact is, if it's valuable and on a member shelf .. these days
>>there's a good chance it's gone.
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>>I thought about bringing one of those plastic storage bins with a
>>lockable top and putting it on my shelf space.   I'm still thinking
>>about that solution.
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>>-M
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>>On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>> Actually, there has been theft.  Maybe not of the donations bins (i disagree
>>> that presence of proper collection precludes the possibility that people are
>>> sticking their hands into an unmonitored unlocked box of cash by the door)
>>> but of laptops.
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>>> Laptops have been disappearing from the member shelves and elsewhere.
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>>> Everyone knows about the lasercutter laptop that was stolen by some tweaker.
>>> Not everyone realizes that the CNC machine laptop has been stolen THREE
>>> TIMES.
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>>> The first one was the one we took to toorcamp - it had been donated by
>>> Carlos just before toorcamp.  It was stolen a few weeks after toorcamp, i
>>> believe.
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>>> Then I gave Hao another laptop to use as the CNC laptop, and he put it on
>>> his member shelf.  Before he got it set up and running, I gave him another
>>> laptop to use as CNC machine (to use whichever worked better) but then both
>>> were stolen, from his shelf.
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>>> That, coupled with the disappearance of a lot of valuable and useful
>>> materials from the hack shelves, is plenty of proof to me that theft is
>>> happening.
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>>> -jake
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>>> Danny / O'Brien wrote:
>>> Oh, as you were then. I checked the black bin, and it was in there. Mea
>>> culpa.
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>>> No-one will, of course, remember this email when they tell each other
>>> enthusiastically how money is going from the bins.
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>>> Anyway, all my other points are EXCELLENT, and we should probably be more
>>> organized about this. I will defer doing anything about this until somebody
>>> harasses me though.
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>>> d.
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>>> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Mitchel McAllister <xonimmortal at
>>> yahoo.com>wrote:
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>>>> I have been taking the money out of the pink box and putting it in the
>>>> metal box, as was requested by a member, after I expressed concern that
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>>>> hasp on the pink box was broken.
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>>>> I haven't seen people taking things from the bins, but I have seen
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>>> people
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>>>> tossing things from bin to bin.
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>>>> - Reverend Mik ------------------------------ http://www.prismandink.com/
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