actually, the tetris hack has been discussed for years at MIT, but never accomplished. the building targetted for such hackage is the green building, a 20 (only 18 accessible for normal people, i think) story bulding with the lighting configuration very similar to tetris resolution. the biggest problem is that in some rooms, one light switch illuminates two windows. also, if you could wire just one light individually, light would spill out through the other window, and kinda ruin the effect.
these are just a few of the difficulties, but you can get an idea of how much time it would really take to pull something like this off. if you want it all remotely controlled, dont forget you would need to install transmitters in each light switch, as i do not believe lighting can be controlled from one source. so you would have to pick roughly half of all locked rooms to install such devices (all rooms have windows, but only half face one side - assumedly the side facing the charles river and boston). lotsa time, lotsa money. it could happen, but i do not put it past the hacking community.
oh, and dont forget the Great Droid hack last year.
um, actually, i believe the original term for hacking meant what the article is specifying. computer hacking came at a later date. this sort of roof and tunnel hacking has been around for quite some time, before computers were even around.
The last time i read the MIT guide to lockpicking, the general statement made was that lockpicks are not illegal to possess unless they are for intent to burglarize or something similar. The ones in my wallet have gotten me into my house many times I forget my key.
This seems to be the case in Minnesota as well. Thanks for looking it up officially. BTW, did you find that info online?
Amen. I thought only JonKatz posted sensationalistic articles. This article is very misleading, and I think half the posts regarding this article are by people who have not followed the link.
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actually, the tetris hack has been discussed for years at MIT, but never accomplished. the building targetted for such hackage is the green building, a 20 (only 18 accessible for normal people, i think) story bulding with the lighting configuration very similar to tetris resolution. the biggest problem is that in some rooms, one light switch illuminates two windows. also, if you could wire just one light individually, light would spill out through the other window, and kinda ruin the effect.
these are just a few of the difficulties, but you can get an idea of how much time it would really take to pull something like this off. if you want it all remotely controlled, dont forget you would need to install transmitters in each light switch, as i do not believe lighting can be controlled from one source. so you would have to pick roughly half of all locked rooms to install such devices (all rooms have windows, but only half face one side - assumedly the side facing the charles river and boston). lotsa time, lotsa money. it could happen, but i do not put it past the hacking community.
oh, and dont forget the Great Droid hack last year.
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um, actually, i believe the original term for hacking meant what the article is specifying. computer hacking came at a later date. this sort of roof and tunnel hacking has been around for quite some time, before computers were even around.
...crashes through the side of a Burger King, and kills a 7-year-old girl eating a Happy Meal.
When did Burger King start selling Happy Meals?
:)
The last time i read the MIT guide to lockpicking, the general statement made was that lockpicks are not illegal to possess unless they are for intent to burglarize or something similar. The ones in my wallet have gotten me into my house many times I forget my key.
This seems to be the case in Minnesota as well. Thanks for looking it up officially. BTW, did you find that info online?
Amen. I thought only JonKatz posted sensationalistic articles. This article is very misleading, and I think half the posts regarding this article are by people who have not followed the link.