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U of Chicago Scavenger Hunt List - 2004

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the distributed-approach dept.

nightsweat writes "The list of items and tasks for the 2004 version of the infamous University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt (or scavhunt for short) is up as a PDF. As a veteran of the first hunt in 1985, I'm glad to see the youngsters carrying on the madness. Some of the highlight items - the URLs of the blogs of the judges, five pages of Queer Eye for Doctor Doom, A McDonald's Sad Meal, Mrs Potatohead giving Mr. Potato head, Eudaemonia (300 points!), and a permanent tattoo that says 'Sorry about the syphilis, can we still be cousins?'"

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  1. Re:Eudaemonia means by SomeGuyFromCA · · Score: 5, Informative

    Happiness derived from a life of living according to reason. Shouldn't be *too* hard to find *that* at a Uni.

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    if the answer isn't violence, neither is your silence / freedom of expression doesn't make it alright
  2. Re:Eudaemonia means by kavachameleon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Really, it means "Well-demoned". It can be lucky, happy, prosperous, or a couple of other things.

  3. mirror here by whizkid042 · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.unixauthority.com/~fiskeja/list2004.pdf

  4. Re:a couple years ago... by Cyclotron_Boy · · Score: 5, Informative
    No, we (Justin and I) are not "idiot twins." Our breeder reactor was, indeed, last publicly seen in the back of my Ford. It was originally built in our dorm suite. But it was later disassembled. You can read about it here. Our breeder reactor created about 12000 atoms of Uranium and in the neighborhood of 4000 atoms of Plutonium. At those levels, it is even difficult to measure chemically.

    As a result of my experience building nuclear reactors for fun, I was a science advisor for a BBC show, "The Nuclear Boyscout." I have had to answer questions about this a thousand times, and it has been /.-ed before (second down).

    Also, I don't work for Los Alamos. I worked for Fermi National Accelerator Lab, but now I am at General Dynamics.

    And by way of reference, the Scav Hunt rocks. We had a great time every year. Too bad I can't be there as an honorary judge this year. I would, but I can't make it... (Sorry Matt Kellard)

    -Fred

    My Webpage

  5. Re:UC Prank or scavenger hunt? by arrow · · Score: 5, Informative

    It was MIT, on the great dome. The car was a mockup too.

    http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/1994/cp_car/

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    symetrix. We are building a religion, a limited edition.
  6. Done it. by raygundan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Find an AT machine. (ATX PSUs probably won't do this). Connect any one of the case LED jumpers to the power switch connector with the polarity right.

    Plug in machine. What you have done, essentially, is used the LED as a dead short across the power switch. The tiny wire on that connector will not handle the high current, and the insulation will be on fire before you can say "hey, I made it through POST!"

    I can confirm it works, having done it on accident once. Computer was fine, but it stunk in my room for days. The PSU fan moves that nasty plastic smoke into your room very effectively.