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Stories · 3
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College Pranks Go Commercial
Anonymous Coward writes: "The MIT/CalTech prank rivalry is legendary. Who else could put a cow on a domed roof? And it inspired the Geek Classic Real Genius. Apparently the folks at RPI are into it as well, as evidenced by the DropSquad. What caught my eye was the commercialization. They're selling mousepads with photos of various objects that have been subjected to 'gravitational modifications'. When this hits MIT, I want a Cow on the Roof coffee mug!" -
College Pranks Go Commercial
Anonymous Coward writes: "The MIT/CalTech prank rivalry is legendary. Who else could put a cow on a domed roof? And it inspired the Geek Classic Real Genius. Apparently the folks at RPI are into it as well, as evidenced by the DropSquad. What caught my eye was the commercialization. They're selling mousepads with photos of various objects that have been subjected to 'gravitational modifications'. When this hits MIT, I want a Cow on the Roof coffee mug!" -
Russians puts Renssleaer Drop Squad to shame
Kristian Köhntopp writes "The Rensselaer Drop Squad was famous for dropping things from great height for pure fun value. Seems that the russians have a similar hobby, only bigger toys: "Crashing Mir down to Earth" is the title of a CNN story describing how the russion space station is going to splash into the North Pacific (hopefully!) in December 1999. Happy New Millenium, everybody! These guys surely know how to party! " I'm excited for the day that I can watch an mpeg of this over and over again...