Even outside of that, the biggest thing I didn't like about BM was that
there were "special" people who could sit closer to the burn. I feel
that just because you helped build it, it's still a subversion of the
ethos to treat those people as "special."
But we're a bit off topic I suppose...
On 5/1/17 4:39 PM, Robert Andrews wrote:
Except for the exclusive VIP camps where, although the
sponsorship/commercialism isn't overt, there it a "annointedness" that
is a complete subversion of the BM ethos, IMNSHO....
On 05/01/2017 03:43 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
I used to work with one of the guys who set up the core BM on-site
network infrastructure last year. It's a pretty full featured metro area
network in a box supporting public safety VoIP and other things. He
spent something like 6 weeks on playa with the build team...
As an ISP there might not be a whole lot of value (other than the money
for a couple months high capacity PTP link) from setting up network
service to BM, since they have a really comprehensive prohibition on
company names, company logos, advertising, sponsorship, etc. It's part
of the whole ethos of the place.
from the bm website:
"*Decommodification*
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to
create social environments that are unmediated by commercial
sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect
our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of
consumption for participatory experience."
I mean, that at first glance sounds really pretentious. But there's
dozens of other festival type things every year that have corporate
sponsorship/banner/food vending and money involved. Companies that want
to get their name out can work with those. BM is at least, I think,
/trying/ to have a festival with zero corporate logos or sponsorship
anywhere. To the extent that people who rent box trucks have to use
painters tape and plastic to cover over the logo of the truck rental
company on the side temporarily.
On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Bruce Robertson <br...@pooh.com
<mailto:br...@pooh.com>> wrote:
Sadly, I never got around to doing that when I owed Great Basin
Internet. Unfortunately when I explored the possibility, I got a
distinctly unwelcoming reception from the BM staff. They never
explained why, and it kinda left a bad taste. That said, I've been
to and enjoyed BM. And I'd sort of like to NOT have Internet access
out there, if you know what I mean.
On 5/1/17 3:34 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote:
On 5/1/17 15:31, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
I know I saw this last year, but I've forgotten the name...
Who is the
WISP with the hilltop/mountaintop POP near Gerlach that
does the
upstream connectivity for Burning Man every year?
High Desert Internet. They are also one of the few enlightened
peering participants in the area.
~Seth
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