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Great Hacks and Pranks Of Our Time
Luther Blissett writes "There's a history of pranks and hacks in the year-end issue of the Economist, including MIT hacks, the Bonsai Kitten, and the Pentagon hack by my favorite, Abbie Hoffman." From the article: "At Harvard's neighbour, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 'hacks', as the MIT crowd calls them, are more serious. So serious, in fact, that in 2003 the institute's best hacks were assembled in a 178-page book, 'Nightwork'. The pranks at MIT tend to be feats of engineering. They are positively encouraged, because they teach students to work in teams, solve complex problems and, sometimes, get a message across. Mr Peterson's book includes an 11-point code for pranksters: leave no damage, do not steal, do not drop things off a building without a ground crew, and so on. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, at least, student pranks have become an establishment activity."
what is this, april fool's day?
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Is this the MPAA? Is this the RIAA? Is this the DMCA? I thought it was the USA!
Maybe the administration is trying to teach the students not to get caught.
According to the dictionaries I checked today:
Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style,
when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing.
It is certainly a word, just not the way many think.
Nothing to say here... move along
I am proud of any nation that is better at providing paid vacation, civil services, and public transportation than fighting wars. Perhaps it would be comforting to know that the United States placed more value upon keeping its own population comfortable, happy, and healthy than upon killing the population of other nations.
The number of bloodbaths achieved is not the final determination of national merit. In fact, it is a detriment. In terms of violent war against years in existence, the United States could be considered to be the worst nation ever founded. When we can truly say that racism and ignorance are behind us, then we may have earned the right to mitigate our version of justice to the world. The evidence of your comment shows that that time is not now.
Being conquered by Hitler does not show that your nation is useless, it merely demonstrates that your military is not the largest project on your budget. In this way, France was superior to Hitler and continues to be superior to the United States.
I can't believe you quoted Marge Simpson and Rush Limbaugh as reliable sources.
One word: Lafayette.
#!
I cant believe you have no sense of humor.
have no sense of humor
Should fit into US "culture" well then...
Better than having no sense of honour though.
I'll see your Constitution and raise you a Queen.
One word - Racism
Mention the Lord of the Rings one more time and I'll more than likely kill you.