[Noisebridge-discuss] Open space only for hackers?

Mordred Abd Al-Rashid Suche-Messer m.al-rashid.such-messer at mail.com
Sat Jun 22 17:21:33 UTC 2013


there are no words important in the space as buzzwords 
----- Original Message -----
From: Norman
Sent: 06/22/13 06:15 AM
To: Michael Clift
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Open space only for hackers?

Sorry, I forgot to put the sarcasm flag on. If anybody wants to run with it go ahead.

Norman

On 6/21/2013 9:56 PM, Michael Clift wrote:
is this real?

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Norman < pryankster at gmail.com > wrote:
So I can start work on my, heuristic, collaborative, garbage can?

Norman

On 6/21/2013 11:29 AM, Mordred Suche-Messer wrote:| Hello, my name is Marquis. I'm new at Noisebridge. I come by mostly everyday to write | screenplays. Some days I procrastinate and end up on Tumblr geeking out over Teen Wolf. | I do use the kitchen to either get water or toast. I occasionally bring noodles to eat. | I don't know some of the policy's but going by what is said in this discussion list, | doing that seems to be unacceptable unless your a hacker. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what | exactly is being said. I don't want to make members and other people in the space feel | uncomfortable because they believe I'm abusing the space and using it as a substitute | housing area. if carlos says you are not a hacker you are not a hacker
if danny says you are a hacker you might be a hacker
if liz hep and snail say you are an abuser you are not a hacker
if jc says hi to you in the space you might be a hacker
if lief doesn't recognize you you probably are not a hacker
if tom blocks your proposal on the first reading you are not a hacker
if maestro emails you you are not a hacker
if zephyr has never seen you code you are a hacker
if snail allows you to email her off-list you are a hacker

if it has to do with computers you are a hacker
if it doesn't use javascript perl linux or python you are not a hacker
if a member wants something from you you are a hacker
if harvey steals your mouse you are not a hacker
if kim offers you food you are not a hacker
if you've ever used a straight edge you are not a hacker
if you know how to fix the lathe you are a hacker until you are done doing that

if you turn down expensive beer you are not a hacker
if you turn down cheap beer you are not a hacker
if you turn down beer someone has spit in you are not a hacker
if you turn down free beer you are not a hacker

if you sweep floors you are not a hacker
if you preface the name of your project with good words {interactive, heuristic, artificial intelligence, collaborative, anarchist, paradigm} you are a hacker {even if its a garbage can}
if you can spell you are not a hacker
if you have a pin-up of linus torvald on your desktop you are a hacker
if you sneer at other people in the space you are a hacker
if you pick up your own garbage you are not a hacker

if your tie has more blinking lights on it than a space shuttle you are a hacker unless you paid somebody else to do it
if you run a kickstarter campaign and blow the money on anything other than compensating your team you are a hacker
if you bring more than five people into the space and don't give them a tour you are a hacker
if you are active in politics instead of just talking about it you are not a hacker
if you have worked on a project in the space in the past year you might not be a hacker
if you talk about the project you worked on three years ago and someplace else you might be a hacker

it is an honor to have cleared this up for you
please to keep me informed if you have further questions


M. Abd Al-Rashid Suche-Messer
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