Attention Denizens of Black Rock City

Our eye in the sky reports two angry evil (but devishly good looking) cyborg units, XSP 2000 and TRS-80, are fast approaching Black Rock City. They are considered very armed and dangerous. In fact, they are mostly armed and not much else.

Cyborg Battle

These cyborgs do not come in peace. I repeat, they are to be considerd hostiles. However, we’ve received a secret communiqué that reveals a weakness built into these cyborg models. Due to a lack of TDD during development, a bug in their FOF system (friend or foe) causes them to view anyone offering a frosty beverage to be a friend, not foe.

Any attempts to engage with these hostiles will result in calamity unless you offer them an ice cold beverage. For the sake of your beloved city, I suggest stocking up.

Intelligence confirms they are headed towards their evil cyborg camp at 8:15 and Kyoto on the Playa and are predicted to arrive on Tuesday morning. If we band together, we may be able to save our fair city by, once again, offering frosty alcoholic beverages in order to confuse their FOF system.

You’ve been duly warned.

This blog (and associated Twitter account) will go quiet for at least a week as communication systems are nonexistent within the Black Rock City area.

What others have said

Requesting Gravatar... Chris Aug 29, 2010 2:59 PM
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This turned out better than expected.
Requesting Gravatar... Scott Galloway Aug 29, 2010 3:00 PM
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Umm...yes...hope you and Mr Lipton enjoy Burning Man!
Requesting Gravatar... Paul Betts Aug 29, 2010 3:22 PM
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Awesome! Just to be pedantic though, the FOF system is usually called the IFF system (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification_friend_or_foe)
Requesting Gravatar... Simone Aug 29, 2010 4:24 PM
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Have fun at Burning Man!!
Requesting Gravatar... Slava Aug 29, 2010 4:29 PM
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Nice party man, what do you mean by "offering frosty alcoholic beverages in order to confuse their FOF system." ?
Requesting Gravatar... Karma Adjuster Aug 29, 2010 4:50 PM
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Hey! Those arms look familiar! Nice work Phil!
Requesting Gravatar... wife Aug 30, 2010 12:47 AM
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LOVE IT!!! Have a great time!
Requesting Gravatar... Jennifer Aug 30, 2010 1:45 AM
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Nice Phil. By looks of things as long as I stay in doors I should be fine since it looks like they wouldn't fit through anything smaller than a single car garage. :)
Requesting Gravatar... Mike Harder Aug 30, 2010 7:21 AM
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But how will you drink said beverage with those giant arms?
Requesting Gravatar... Peter Kellner Aug 30, 2010 10:56 AM
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Wow, I wonder what Microsoft is feeding it's engineers lately. You guys seriously need to start reading the labels!
Requesting Gravatar... Turnkey Aug 30, 2010 9:41 PM
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FYI - the "burning man" tag is broken as it goes to a missing page report.
Requesting Gravatar... Filini Aug 31, 2010 4:42 PM
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Have fun :)
Requesting Gravatar... Adam Aug 31, 2010 9:23 PM
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I hope Scott is pounded into goo :(
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