The Map! The Map!

[jella]

What's really fun is realizing that the great semi-imaginary whooshing noise around lunchtime today was 90% of the incoming Black Rock City population flipping through their dictionaries and clicking mice to look up "Liminal". In one fell swoop, a little-used word gains greater prominence.

I note also that in can mean intermediate, in-between, or barely perceptible. Merriam-Webster claims the first known use in this form was in 1884. From the Latin, "limin-, limen" (threshold).

~~smiley nod~~

[I11I1II1]

Would it make more sense to put Birthday and Funeral at opposite ends? I think Funeral should be next to Liminal and Birthday should be next to Esplanade. Also Engagement is not as big a rite of passage as wedding, but wedding is not even listed. Hajj - we getting lots of burners from the Middle East?

[I11I1II1]

I think if it were made in a more logical order, fewer people will get lost.

[bigbluedoggy]

Would it make more sense to put Birthday and Funeral at opposite ends? I think Funeral should be next to Liminal and Birthday should be next to Esplanade. Also Engagement is not as big a rite of passage as wedding, but wedding is not even listed. Hajj - we getting lots of burners from the Middle East?

Uh... you do realize they are in alphabetical order, right? Just curious.

[Elderberry]

Would it make more sense to put Birthday and Funeral at opposite ends? I think Funeral should be next to Liminal and Birthday should be next to Esplanade. Also Engagement is not as big a rite of passage as wedding, but wedding is not even listed. Hajj - we getting lots of burners from the Middle East?

Uh... you do realize they are in alphabetical order, right? Just curious.

LOL. Obviously he doesn't. Must be a newbie. He'll realize soon enough that it's hard enough to remember the ABC's let alone the names.

[graidawg]

everybody coming into BRC will be at some point in a liminal stage in there journey, something you should be on a rite of passage. Ithink its about the best name on there the rest are really lame even if they are just trying to keep to the abc thing

[bigbluedoggy]

Repeat after me:
A Street
B Street
C Street...

[graidawg]

Repeat after me:
A Street
B Street
C Street...

boring boring

B in A street and C streets K?

[Bob]

OK, I get them all except what is "Liminal"?

To use it in a sentence: 'Liminal' is so 1999.

[I11I1II1]

Would it make more sense to put Birthday and Funeral at opposite ends? I think Funeral should be next to Liminal and Birthday should be next to Esplanade. Also Engagement is not as big a rite of passage as wedding, but wedding is not even listed. Hajj - we getting lots of burners from the Middle East?

Uh... you do realize they are in alphabetical order, right? Just curious.

LOL. Obviously he doesn't. Must be a newbie. He'll realize soon enough that it's hard enough to remember the ABC's let alone the names.

Nope. This is my first burn. I don't think they did it in alphabetical order when they had planet names and I think it would be more artistically creative to list them in the typical order of occurrence in one's lifetime.

[Bob]

That makes about as much sense as ranking the countries of South America in order of distance from their geographical centers to the Equator.

[I11I1II1]

That makes about as much sense as ranking the countries of South America in order of distance from their geographical centers to the Equator.

The logic I'm thinking of is that with the Man in the center and the foundation of the event itself, it is like birth (centers represent beginnings), but at the end of the event (and the end of life) it is burned.

[FIGJAM]

The street signs will be gone saturday night, then you can name them whatever you want.

[bigbluedoggy]

The point we are making is that the street names are completely irrelevant to most folks. Most people I know invariably refer to their address by letter and clock number and I venture very few folks can actually remember all the street names after the first day or so, if they ever knew them at all.

[Elderberry]

That makes about as much sense as ranking the countries of South America in order of distance from their geographical centers to the Equator.

The logic I'm thinking of is that with the Man in the center and the foundation of the event itself, it is like birth (centers represent beginnings), but at the end of the event (and the end of life) it is burned.

And we're listening to the logic of a person that calls himself "I11I1II1"? Whats that all about anyway?

[theCryptofishist]

I could do the planets, because I was an astronomy geek as a kid. But Floating World? Those names sucked. I'd looked at ship diagrams too, but not with those names!
What names do I remember?
Dogma, because I was telling people the shit eaters were at the half hours and dogma.
Um...
Um...
Um...

I think that's it. I don't even remember the names of hte streets I camped on.

What can you do, off hand?

[Elderberry]

BINGO!

The point we are making is that the street names are completely irrelevant to most folks. Most people I know invariably refer to their address by letter and clock number and I venture very few folks can actually remember all the street names after the first day or so, if they ever knew them at all.

[Sail Man]

hmmmmm
most boring street names I have ever seen.



just waiting for placement now.

A - Anti M
B - Box Burner
C - Cryptofishist
D - DVD Burner (LOL had to Shambala )
E - Espressodude
F - Foxfur
G - Goathead (There, feel better? At least I'm not planning on kidnapping you this year )
H - H.G. Crosby
I - ibdave
J - JKisha
K - Kernel Killbuck
L - LeChatNoir

[Bounce530]

The street signs will be gone saturday night, then you can name them whatever you want.

Saturday night?! I was putting my own homemade replacement signs up Wednesday afternoon...And then a couple of times after that, since my cardboard/sharpie signs went missing also! Maybe the wind blew them off, but doubtful, as the other stuff I had put up remained...(ie- stop posting so much flyers)

[motskyroonmatick]

hmmmmm
most boring street names I have ever seen.



just waiting for placement now.

A - Anti M
B - Box Burner
C - Cryptofishist
D - DVD Burner (LOL had to Shambala )
E - Espressodude
F - Foxfur
G - Goathead (There, feel better? At least I'm not planning on kidnapping you this year )
H - H.G. Crosby
I - ibdave
J - JKisha
K - Kernel Killbuck
L - LeChatNoir

Nice work Sail Man. Only if the street names went to M. Perhaps next year.

The street names are in alphabetical order so that emergency responders can navigate easily to a scene from what I have heard. Imagine if you had to memorize a new crazy order of names from Esplanade out every year. Standardization helps for efficient operations. Reading a map takes time and sometimes time is critical in an emergency.....Sometimes not.
I only had the planet thing down at the end of the week just in time for the signs to come down.

[Eric]

Nope. This is my first burn. I don't think they did it in alphabetical order when they had planet names and I think it would be more artistically creative to list them in the typical order of occurrence in one's lifetime.

The streets are alphabetical so people can find their way around. Period. If it's not "creative" enough for you... well, lets just say that if you're paying attention to the street names you're really not experiencing the event...

A
B
C
D

[MisaBlue]

Nope. This is my first burn. I don't think they did it in alphabetical order when they had planet names and I think it would be more artistically creative to list them in the typical order of occurrence in one's lifetime.

The streets are alphabetical so people can find their way around. Period. If it's not "creative" enough for you... well, lets just say that if you're paying attention to the street names you're really not experiencing the event...

A
B
C
D

Please, let me just kiss you!!!

[Eric]

Nope. This is my first burn. I don't think they did it in alphabetical order when they had planet names and I think it would be more artistically creative to list them in the typical order of occurrence in one's lifetime.

The streets are alphabetical so people can find their way around. Period. If it's not "creative" enough for you... well, lets just say that if you're paying attention to the street names you're really not experiencing the event...

A
B
C
D

Please, let me just kiss you!!!

Okay.

[Savannah]

Nope. This is my first burn. I don't think they did it in alphabetical order when they had planet names and I think it would be more artistically creative to list them in the typical order of occurrence in one's lifetime.

1. Don't put me in a box, man! I will enjoy my own New Orleans Jazz Funeral whenever I want, and if I need a Divorce so I can get Engaged on my Hajj no one is going to stop me! You're cramping my style. . . . It's not uncreative if you think about it in a grander, real-life sense.

2. People already lose their own camps for hours or more. We need a little bit of order to the layout. And Emergency Services has to be able to find certain addresses as best they can. Missing street signs slow down the field medics. So if you see a missing street sign, and you know exactly what o'clock and street name it is, replace it with some well-anchored wood or cardboard. Someone might get faster help because of you.

[Leo]

Last year's street names were better.

[Elderberry]

Nope. This is my first burn. I don't think they did it in alphabetical order when they had planet names and I think it would be more artistically creative to list them in the typical order of occurrence in one's lifetime.

1. Don't put me in a box, man! I will enjoy my own New Orleans Jazz Funeral whenever I want, and if I need a Divorce so I can get Engaged on my Hajj no one is going to stop me! You're cramping my style. . . . It's not uncreative if you think about it in a grander, real-life sense.

2. People already lose their own camps for hours or more. We need a little bit of order to the layout. And Emergency Services has to be able to find certain addresses as best they can. Missing street signs slow down the field medics. So if you see a missing street sign, and you know exactly what o'clock and street name it is, replace it with some well-anchored wood or cardboard. Someone might get faster help because of you.

Here's a tip you might not know for when the signs are missing. Every corner has white PVC pole markers that stick up about three feet. The street names and addresses are written on these poles, which I have never seen taken. The poles are white, the names (letters) are written vertically in orange.

[SnowBlind]

I don't think they did it in alphabetical order when they had planet names and I think it would be more artistically creative to list them in the typical order of occurrence in one's lifetime.

There were a couple of years where they did that, and it can get more confusing. 2001 was the seven ages of man, and the names were all ages of a person, from Infant to Oblivion. But if you are trying to find a street, do you know if Lover comes before Soldier, or vice versa? Though that year was mostly OK.

2002 was the floating world, and that was worse, if you don't know a lot about boats. I mean does Midships come before Mainmast, or after? And wtf is a Mizzen? That year was worse too, because instead of times they used degrees for the radials. I think we all just gave up on addresses that year and embraced being lost.

So, IMHO the alphabetical thing works best, while still playing with the theme each year.

[graidawg]

The streets are alphabetical so people can find their way around. Period. If it's not "creative" enough for you... well, lets just say that if you're paying attention to the street names you're really not experiencing the event...

A
B
C
D

Please, let me just kiss you!!!

Okay.

oh eric you put up such a struggle! mind you would anyone resist kisses from misa?

[Lowz]

OK, I get them all except what is "Liminal"?

To use it in a sentence: 'Liminal' is so 1999.

"Liminal is the new bacon "
"You are so infra liminal to me"
"I'm not drunk but my consciousness is not liminal"

[AntiM]

Nope. This is my first burn. I don't think they did it in alphabetical order when they had planet names and I think it would be more artistically creative to list them in the typical order of occurrence in one's lifetime.

1. Don't put me in a box, man! I will enjoy my own New Orleans Jazz Funeral whenever I want, and if I need a Divorce so I can get Engaged on my Hajj no one is going to stop me! You're cramping my style. . . . It's not uncreative if you think about it in a grander, real-life sense.

2. People already lose their own camps for hours or more. We need a little bit of order to the layout. And Emergency Services has to be able to find certain addresses as best they can. Missing street signs slow down the field medics. So if you see a missing street sign, and you know exactly what o'clock and street name it is, replace it with some well-anchored wood or cardboard. Someone might get faster help because of you.

Here's a tip you might not know for when the signs are missing. Every corner has white PVC pole markers that stick up about three feet. The street names and addresses are written on these poles, which I have never seen taken. The poles are white, the names (letters) are written vertically in orange.

I've seen ornage poles with black lettering. Or I may be insane.

When people tape flyers over those, I move them to a place where the address is not covered up.