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MIT Gnome Invasion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gnome-man's-land dept.

J. Arthur Random writes "On Wednesday, April 23, hundreds of gnomes invaded the main public computer cluster at MIT. There were big gnomes, little gnomes, even naked gnomes. A gnome army carried the GNOME banner. Fortunately, the ACME Gnome Exterminators took care of the infestation within a few days."

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  1. Other MIT hacks by Michael's+a+Jerk! · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Hack Gallery

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    1. Re:Other MIT hacks by Michael's+a+Jerk! · · Score: 5, Informative

      Working Link. I like the dome beanie :-)

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  2. Re:This is Slashdot worthy? by Art+Tatum · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is the annual MIT hack. It's an old tradition that is *definitely* Slashdot worthy. My favorite has always been Buzzword Bingo!

  3. Re:MIT???? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    It just goes to show that there is no intelligence test required to acquire mod points.

    I do respect the fact that you had the (now claw hammered) nuts to post such a non-funny post.

    What's even funnier is that for a whole 10 minutes, you were the top post in the thread.

    One claw hammer to rule them all...

  4. Re:This is Slashdot worthy? by The+Evil+Couch · · Score: 5, Informative

    it's not annual. guys at MIT do hacks all year round.

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  5. Labs of Sun machines, that's why by green+pizza · · Score: 2, Informative

    Look through the pictures. Several of them have the Sun Microsystems logo prominently displayed....

    That's because most of the computers in the Athena clusters ("computer labs") at MIT are Suns.

    There are also many linux boxes and SGIs as well. MIT's Athena network is un*x only.

  6. As a student at MIT, the parent is a troll by Frac · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't mod someone up just because he claims to know what's going on.

    See for yourself - http://web.mit.edu/bin/cgicso?query=stanley+blizte r