[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: bunk beds at noisebridge?

[Andrew Byrne]

Ah, Dan has been championing these "slacker slappers". Your 'disaster'
could be seen as the correct functioning of the more extreme "scammer
slammers", which the struts have now prevented.-dru
On Apr 16, 2013 7:24 PM, "Danny O'Brien" <danny at spesh.com> wrote:

> I foresee a terrible Triangle Shirtwaist Factory disaster in which
> sleeping hackers collapse on each other, and new Hacker Sleeping Laws are
> passed worldwide to forbid this happening again.
>
> More seriously, I feel like the biggest problem right now is that I was
> promised a cyberpunk glowing podules that would limit sleeping to
> reasonable times, and right now we have some slats with some people
> awkwardly sleeping there like they're the guinea pigs in some terrible
> social experiment (which they may actually be). Happy to help make them
> more awesome, especially if Jake joins in with strange torture devices to
> awake sleepers.
>
> d.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:29 PM, miloh <froggytoad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I like this.  I was really surprised it was happening and thought it
>> was a
>> > short trip to uber drama, but hearing that Leif and Miloh are on it
>> eases my
>> > mind.
>> >
>>
>>
>> For the immortal record, I've given Za, Kevin, and Lief a ton of grief
>> about the poor design they used for these HSNPs.
>>
>> Engineering education and the relentless school of dr X who shall not
>> be named has required I operate in strict adherence to gravity and
>> common sense based rules of construction, and as a consequence I have
>> to give them a failing grade for constructing load bearing components
>> supported by screws. I really let them have it.
>>
>> I also faulted the design for inelegance, a waste of ever precious
>> space and resources, failure to notify the general users with
>> disingenuous claims to the contrary (no, I don't think telling people
>> at the *meeting* is the same as telling the users of the space), and
>> finally I told Lief and Za that they should publish a 'Manifesto' in
>> support of the HSNPP. Of all the criticisms I made, I believe they
>> enjoyed the last point the most.
>>
>> I'll survive my discontent and offer a counter proposal when I'm done
>> with the design and accompanying environmental review.
>>
>>
>> > Next logical step: CAPSULE BEDS
>> >
>> > http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/capsule-bed.html
>>
>>
>> One more criticism related to manifestos. Are people including social
>> design, theories of operation, or perhaps a plain old users manual for
>> their physical changes to nosebridge? How do disparate attempts at
>> technical solutions to social problems work without some rudimentary
>> planning for social function?
>>
>> For instance, capsule beds could be conveniently located near some
>> food provided by popcorn cannons:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta5jh9VglDw
>>
>> -rma
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