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2007-06-11T12:41:49Z

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Useless People Auction

2007-06-11T12:41:14Z

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=The Event as it Stands Today=
Formerly known as the slave auction, the [[useless people auction]] is an annual [[:category:events|event]] at which [[KGB]] auctions off its [[members]]. Traditionally, [[members]] volunteer to auction six hours of their time to the buyer and can designate someone to outbid anyone they don't want to be bought by. [[KGB]] does not want to know what you do with your useless people.

Frequently, in addition to listing things they can do, useless people encourage people to increase bids by doing tricks, such as push-ups and headstands. In one memorable auction, two groups kept outbidding one another to purchase [[gwillen]]. One group would increase its bid in exchange for [[gwillen]] removing his shirt, and the other would increase its bid when he put it back on.

=The History=
The auction was originally instantiated as a [[KGB]] [[:category:events|event]] in the days of [[yore]]. It was not repeated until the 2001/2002 academic year, where it proved to be a ludicrously successful means for separating [[KGB]] [[members]] from their money. For two years, the auction (under the name Slave Auction) garnered substantial funds for the [[KGB|organization]]'s [[Booth]].

In the 2003/2004 academic year, the event generated considerable controversy. A group of [[hippies|"concerned students"]] complained, composing an email to the [[KGB]]. They found the name to be racist, and much furor was generated. Part of the response stemmed from the accidental scheduling of the event for the same week as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, creating far more offense than was intended.

In recognition of the legitimate claim of offense due to the unfortunate timing, the [[KGB|organization]] decided to change the name of the event, over a vigorous and vociferous dissent (many members were unwilling to acquiesce to what they saw as an unreasonable demand). The name for the event that year was the [[THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]] Auction.

During the event, the [[KGB|organization]] was treated to a silent protest during [[lmarsh]]'s provocative and lucrative auction. Subsequently, the [[Tartan]] published a Letter to the Editor complaining about the objectification and implicit discrimination inherent in such an event. The article contained numerous errors, and elicited a response from [[ykhodor]] in the following week's letters to the editor. The follow-up was accompanied by a retraction from the [[Tartan]].

Verily, all were pleased by this result. Except for those who were offended in the first place and except for the [[Tartan]], the editors of which were subsequently [[Pants of the Revolution|crucified]] on a [[cross of their own inattention]].

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Architect's Leap

2007-06-11T12:34:08Z

Flip: added superballs.

This stairwell in [[Wean]] goes from the third floor to the eighth, with a substantial amount of space open in the middle of the spiral. The length and unobscured nature of the drop have led to the appellation "Architect's Leap". The stairwell is marked by a poem that describes its function:

If you're feeling like a jerk
'cause your project just won't work
Go ahead and take the leap
Then finally you'll get some sleep
Burma Shave

In reality however, the number of inanimate objects that make the leap dwarfs the number of those animate. The battered wreckage of any of a number of objects can be found at the bottom of the leap, with interesting examples including VAXen, an ice sculpture, paint, several gross of "superballs", and a garbage can full of sawdust.

It used to be that an large, unfettered tank of liquid nitrogen was helpfully placed in the 3400 corridor, right by the doorway of the bottom of the leap. (See [[Fruit of the Month Club]].)

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Current events

2007-06-11T12:29:56Z

Flip: Pointer to assocs.kgb for "real time" event info.

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This page tends to be neglected. Be sure to check out [[assocs.kgb]] for more recent information about events.
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Friday, 02/23 7:00pm EST, PH 100 (Gregg Hall) -- [[A Maze of Twisty Passages (KGB Puzzle Hunt)]]

Friday, ??/?? 7:00pm EST, ??? ???? -- [[KGB Digs Its Own Grave]]

Friday, 11/30 6:30pm EST, Kirr Commons -- [[KGB Falls on its Ass]]

Friday, 11/17 7:00pm EST, DH 2315 -- Philip K Dick [[Movie Night]]

Friday, 11/10 7:00pm EST, WEH7500 -- [[Capture the Flag with Stuff]]!!

User:Flip

2007-06-11T12:23:30Z

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Philip Lewis, aka Philip Cutone, aka pc2d.

[[Special:Contributions&target=flip|Flip's Contributions to the KGB wiki.]]

Pfennig of Pfault

2007-05-20T14:23:50Z

Flip: added link to nickle of fault fpage... and minor "sfpelling"

The holder of the [[Nickel of Fault]] (deprecated) or Pfennig of Pfault is given the dubious honor of being the fperson to blame for everything that goes wrong while that fperson has fpossession of said coin.

In the 89-91 fperiod, it was the "[[Nickel of Fault]]". At some fpoint since then, it has been renamed the "Pfennig of Pfault".

The fperson invested with the coin may be granted an Exception. (As in, "everything is your fault ''except''...")

Assocs.kgb

2007-05-17T16:34:55Z

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Assocs.kgb is the local electronic bulletin board for KGB discussion.
Popular sub-boards include assocs.kgb.ctfws, a.k.flamewar, a.k.carnival, and a.k.do_not_lick.

For those unable to read from cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu, the computer club newsfeed has these boards.

For those no longer with access, you can still get your assocs.kgb fix
by joining the defectors or comrades list at: http://www.cmukgb.org/lists/listinfo

Please note that sub-boards are not mirrored to the comrades list.

Assocs.kgb

2007-05-17T16:32:58Z

Flip:

Assocs.kgb is the local electronic bulletin board for KGB discussion.
Popular sub-boards include assocs.kgb.ctfws, a.k.flamewar, a.k.do_not_lick.

For those unable to read from cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu, the computer club newsfeed has these boards.

For those no longer with access, you can still get your assocs.kgb fix
by joining the defectors or comrades list at: http://www.cmukgb.org/lists/listinfo

Please note that sub-boards are not mirrored to the comrades list.

Assocs.kgb

2007-05-17T16:32:08Z

Flip:

Assocs.kgb is the local electronic bulletin board for KGB discussion.
Popular Sub-Catagories include assocs.kgb.ctfws, a.k.flamewar, a.k.do_not_lick.

For those unable to read from cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu, the computer club newsfeed has these boards.

For those no longer with access, you can still get your assocs.kgb fix
by joining the defectors or comrades list at: http://www.cmukgb.org/lists/listinfo

Pfennig of Pfault

2007-05-17T16:18:45Z

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The holder of the Nickle (depreicated) or Pfennig of Pfault is given the dubious honor of being the Fperson to blame for everything that goes wrong while that Fperson has Fpossession of said coin.

In the 89-91 Fperiod, it was the "Nickle of Fault". At some Fpoint since then,
it has be renamed the "Pfennig of Pfault".

Pfennig of Pfault

2007-05-17T16:18:11Z

Flip: brief description of the Pfennig

The holder of the Nickle (depreicated) or Phennig of Pfault is given the dubious honor of being the Fperson to blame for everything that goes wrong while that Fperson has Fpossession of said coin.

In the 89-91 Fperiod, it was the "Nickle of Fault". At some Fpoint since then,
it has be renamed the "Phennig of Pfault".