[Noisebridge-discuss] Speakers and amplified sound at NB

LinkReincarnate linkreincarnate at gmail.com
Wed May 29 19:49:49 UTC 2013


The optimal solution would be to build a set of ultrasonic emitter arrays
to beam sound only to people who  want to hear it without headphones.
On May 29, 2013 12:42 PM, "LinkReincarnate" <linkreincarnate at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I still never got a response to my questions though.  If noise is a
> problem why not remove the woodshop?  Why cant it be majority in the space
> rules?  Isnt part of being excellent being reasonable and sharing use of
> the space? If I ask everyone in the area if they are ok with music  and
> someone new walks in the door I have to stop playing it? I am bothered by
> the idea of anyone entering the space and forcing everyone who was already
> there to change their behavior.  If I can listen to my headphones you can
> put in earplugs.  Indeed if a person really is hypersensitive to sound it
> makes sense for them to carry a set of earplugs.  Why is it ok for one
> person to dictate terms to others because of they are inconvenienced when
> they could easily remedy it for themselves.
> On May 29, 2013 12:25 PM, "LinkReincarnate" <linkreincarnate at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I never refused to turn the music down.  I wasnt there.  I am mocking no
>> one.  My tone was that of  a bemused satan.  Am I not allowed to express a
>> disenting opinion to a comment?  Please be aware that tone doesnt transmit
>> via the internet and give me the benefit of the doubt.
>>  On May 29, 2013 9:29 AM, "Liz Henry" <lizhenry at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> No link.... if someone is asking you to turn the music down and you're
>>> not, it's just plain old disrespectful of you to refuse and then mock
>>> them.  Remember the "be excellent to each other" part?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Liz
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:22 AM, LinkReincarnate <
>>> linkreincarnate at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1 is your hypersythesia in your ears?(that is a serious question)
>>>> 2 music bothers you but you can live with people running the table saw?
>>>> 3 this is a doocracy if you have a problem bring it up yourself.  If it
>>>> is not worth attending the meeting to do it yourself then its not worth
>>>> anyone elses time bringing it up.
>>>> 4 we are a hackerspace not a workerspace and some of us like to hack on
>>>> noisy/musical projects
>>>> 5 are you really complaining that noisebridge is too loud.  Have you
>>>> read the name?  Are you trolling?
>>>> 6 seriously you come to a place called noisebridge and complain about
>>>> the sounds??
>>>> 7 numbered lists are fun
>>>> 8 i think that the music rule should be majority in the space gets
>>>> their way. Im willing to follow this even if people dont want music but
>>>> allowing one person to dictatate when music can and cant be played seems
>>>> doesnt sit well with me.
>>>> On May 28, 2013 12:16 AM, "Zach" <organic_unity at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey folks,
>>>>>   I wont be able to make it to the meeting on Tues, and I had a talk
>>>>> with someone at NB this week (again) about playing music on the giant
>>>>> amplified speakers in the main space at NB.  This was discussed at a
>>>>> meeting in the past, and this person suggested it be brought up again.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the past meeting on this people shared their thoughts and said:
>>>>> 1) it is a long standing NB practice to tell people to use
>>>>> headphones/laptop speakers to play personal music for entertainment
>>>>> 2) everyone has their own taste in music which is not always shared in
>>>>> common
>>>>> 3) the space is a worker space, not a music venue.
>>>>>
>>>>> I really am burnt out on NB drama of sorts, and have only started
>>>>> coming to NB again recently.  Its frustrating to have to beat this dead
>>>>> horse nearly every time Im at NB.  After that meeting things did improve a
>>>>> lot and many people were very kind and responsive.  It still does come up
>>>>> though.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not that I think its entirely relevant, but this does affect my
>>>>> medical condition.  I was diagnosed with hyperaesthesia (
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperesthesia) among other things.  I
>>>>> can show my medical records to people if it would help.  Honestly, I think
>>>>> this is just a matter of respect.  I use the space to work on projects, fix
>>>>> things, and educate.  I dont see why playing music on those large speakers
>>>>> to fill the entire space with sound is necessary.  It can be very
>>>>> disruptive and for me it is actually painful.  For the most part, I ask
>>>>> people if I can turn the music down when I'm there and most everyone is
>>>>> accomodating.  I usually then tell people when I'm leaving so they can turn
>>>>> the volume back up if they like.  But there are people that are very
>>>>> confrontational about this like the incident this week, so if someone could
>>>>> mention this at a meeting again, even briefly, it could help.  Feel free to
>>>>> read/show this email at the meeting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for reading what I have to share,
>>>>> Zach
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>> --
>>>
>>> .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
>>> Liz Henry
>>> lhenry at mozilla.com
>>> lizhenry at gmail.com
>>>
>>
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