[Noisebridge-discuss] A test of Excellence

[Martin Bogomolni]

> As well as the "DO NOT HACK note, could you put an expiry date for the
> unhackability and a contact number (mobile) on the item?

Crap.  Good point, that would have been a very good idea.  Too late
now to modify without pointing out what the items are.

Certainly, all my items (and my shelf as well) have my Google Voice
number on them and other easy contact information.

I highly recommend people do this to items they have at Noisebridge.
A simple label with "Belongs to Martin, Please return to my shelf,
XXX-XXX-XXXX" does go a long way.

> That's actually what many of us have found to work, and continue to recommend
> people to do if they want to be go against the tide, and be able to
> still exert some control of items in the space. I'm actually
> interested if people do call numbers if they're moving stuff.

I've been called once or twice, to ask if someone could use something
that was on my shelf.   One was my Super Nintendo (for chip music),
and the second time was when someone wanted a couple ATmega 168 chips.

> I'm less interested if people pay attention to a blind assertion on an item
> that might be out of date, or assert something that may not be true
> (and interestingly, in this case, isn't actually true, but a white lie
> for the purposes of an experiment.).