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BLACK ROCK CITY — Still no real live power-geek sighting yet campers, but you'll be pleased to note that through the miracle of modern technology, you too can be on the playa without actually being on the playa! Scott Beale of Laughing Squid, a Burning Man attendee from way back, shows us how it's done with his recent fab roundup of the Paul Addis debacle — Addis being the man who attempted to torch the Burning Man statue four days early. Also not here is sex and tech writer Violet Blue, who nonetheless wrote a handy dandy Burning Man Sex Tip Guide for all of us looking to get laid with alkali dust for lube. Hot Perl programmerKirrily "Skud" Robert, who was here, enjoyed herself immensely, but had to hightail it back to civilization early. Maybe the harsh conditions of the desert and the daily struggle for survival couldn't compare to an old-fashioned startup power struggle.
The geeks that weren't there
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10:44 PM on Tue Aug 28 2007
By sdavalos
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Burning Man is not a geek event. It's a yuppie event for wannabee hippies.
The true geeks are still coding away in their moms' basements and won't come out until 2038.
Except for that bit about the end of the world in 2012.
Year 2038 *is* the end of the world for Unix Geeks (and probably what CV meant by putting in that year):
[en.wikipedia.org]
2038 may also be the end of the world for Google if you believe the Google Watch guy's rants:
[www.google-watch.org]
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