MIT gives students the month of January off, it's something they call the "Independent Activities Period," or IAP.
Turns out, due to budget cuts, it's been canceled this year.
[please note, this is a hacked website. IAP will be proceeding as planned, psych!!!]
[Also know that this is the product of a winter break quasi-flame war. See! They can be fun!]
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I thought it was too weird to be real
Posted by: Diana on December 31, 2008
Posted by: lol on December 31, 2008
you mean that in MIT a bunch ( or maybe 1 ) of hackers hacked into the MIT IAP site, and they still lived to tell the tale ? I really love this place !
Posted by: Mina Adel on December 31, 2008
is the message for the repair of online application also a hack?
if yes, please make it working again......the wait is killing a lot of online applicants
Posted by: 0 on December 31, 2008
Just wondering, what are the rules on hacks like this? Do people ever get in trouble for doing them? Do people ever get caught?
Posted by: Bridger '13 on December 31, 2008
Wow. Haha.
Posted by: Ngozi '13 on December 31, 2008
It's not an actual hack of the IAP website, it's just a website hacked to look like the IAP website.
Posted by: Snively on December 31, 2008
Mike
Posted by: Mike Goodman on December 31, 2008
the real IAP website is http://web.mit.edu/iap/
clever though.
Posted by: Nathan '13 on December 31, 2008
Posted by: Sudhanshu on December 31, 2008
Posted by: Colton on December 31, 2008
I think the site was also having problems when I was working on my application. Don't worry, you still have about 45-46 hours before it is due. The website will most likely be back up shortly.
It was down on December 30th for a little bit, too.
Posted by: Colton on December 31, 2008
Amen to that
and speaking of weird things, this website has gone all wonky on my computer.
i.e. the thing that says which section the entry was filed under and the entry titles on the main page are missing several consonant, is this happening to anyone else?
Posted by: Matt A. on December 31, 2008
Posted by: Corey on December 31, 2008
Posted by: Steph on December 31, 2008
OMG that scared me. Chuh.
Posted by: Tree on December 31, 2008
Let's be honest, if that was going to be the case, they'd have been truthful about it from the beginning of the school year.
Posted by: Narce on December 31, 2008
Posted by: 0 on December 31, 2008
Anyone know anything new?
Posted by: Arly on December 31, 2008
Posted by: Anon on December 31, 2008
OMG... does any one know when it will let us go in site??????????
Due date is tomorrow!!
Please H E L P ! ! !
Posted by: 0 on December 31, 2008
look at all the sad faces they substituted for the regular pics usually on the header of the IAP website. Pretty damn close to the really thing! Fooled me for a second!:P
Posted by: Roshal on December 31, 2008
Is this causing this technical issues???
Posted by: Prayosha on December 31, 2008
Posted by: Snively on December 31, 2008
PS: The DEADLINE of Jan 1 means that we can submit BEFORE OR ON Jan 1, 2009.
:D
Posted by: Roshal on December 31, 2008
oh, and that's in Hell Standard Time.
lol
Posted by: -_- on December 31, 2008
GOOD LUCK to all of you... ÔÅä
Posted by: Prayosha on December 31, 2008
Posted by: Reena '13 on December 31, 2008
Posted by: Reena '13 on December 31, 2008
don't stress
Posted by: tlyon on December 31, 2008
Posted by: 0 on December 31, 2008
Posted by: 0 on December 31, 2008
I thought you were serious at first....
Posted by: darkblue303 on December 31, 2008
Posted by: 0 on December 31, 2008
but seriously, IS the school actually having budget cuts?
Posted by: grape on December 31, 2008
And I think the rules (don't quote me though) is that you are not allow to modify someone else's code. I know for hacking programs, as long as you leave the original code unmodified and no copyright infringement, it should be ok. In this specific case, I highly doubt MIT would make a big deal out of this. (because MIT is cool like that) And furthermore, the hacker made a site really similar to the actual site without actually modifying the original. So no harm is done.
Oh yeah, also you might get screwy if you use a company's trademark and SUCCESSFULLY confused the public. So IF I made a website claiming to be Pepsi and show how unclean their production is, AND a majority of people believed it (that's the key)..then I might get a civil litigation on infringing on Pepsi's trademark.
Heh. the random stuff that I shouldn't know.
Side Note to hacker: really clever!
@all the people still applying: don't worry! I am in the same boat, still writing my optional essay. ._. But at least it's an interesting essay to write about. ^_^
Posted by: Ben Zheng on December 31, 2008
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