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Need a Way to Use 225m of Blue Duct Tape?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the canadian-humor dept.

pc-0x90 writes "In Canada, when engineers finish their undergraduate degree, they attend a ceremony referred to as Kipling. Alongside the formal ceremony are the kipling pranks. This year, the Software Engineers at McMaster University designed a life sized Pac-Man board, thus answering the question of whether or not software engineering is in fact engineering."

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  1. That's a let down by donscarletti · · Score: 5, Funny

    What I really wanted to see was the space distorters making it possible to wrap around to the other side after crossing the outer border.

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  2. Obligatory Quote by mikeophile · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music."

  3. I shall remain skeptical... by more+fool+you · · Score: 5, Funny

    until they figure out how to make pacman appear on the left hand side of the maze after disappearing from the right hand side.

  4. Wait a minute... by Chewster · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's only 3 ghosts!! Kids today... they don't pay attention to details.

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  5. Typical Canadian prank... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Note that they asked the security guard for permission... and they likely cleaned up after themselves too... sheesh...

  6. 20 or so people? by king_penguin_05 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They know exactly how much tape they used, but they don't know how many people were there making it.

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  7. if only I had known by Keebler71 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only I had know that to be respected by Slashdot as an "engineer" all I needed was some some tape! Would have saved me a lot of time and effort.

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  8. Not to diss them but... by yuvtob · · Score: 5, Funny

    This McMaster University sounds like a cheap-deep-fried-fast degree-granting institution.
    "Would you like a McMaster or a McBSc with that ?

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