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  As though we weren’t hosed enough…

  

  ...we've been graced with a fire truck on the Great Dome! In case you can't tell, that inscription says "MIT Fire Department". The CPs appreciate good hacks too. I got this far-view shot that includes these two

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  I wrote a little while ago about a hack on the Dot raising awareness of MIT's partnership with/acceptance of money from Shell and other companies which are, uh, potentially accelerating the doom of our species not

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  Hackers don't waste any time hacking CPW this year. It's the first day and already some strange things are appearing around campus. Have you ever been walking down the hall and caught a whiff of rotting flesh

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Canceled? HOW COULD THEY!?!?!?!

  

  , this is a hacked website. IAP will be proceeding as planned, psych

  • by Snively '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Caltech, Bring IT on Just some harmless rivalry...

  

  From the Caltech homepage: Caltech Pranked by MIT Today MIT pulled one over on Caltech today. MIT students stole a 130-year-old, 1.7-ton cannon that has been on the Caltech campus…

  • by Bryan
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  friend of mine tipped me off about the hack, but publishing his or her name ... never claim responsibility for hacks. Think about it- it really adds to ... , to brighten up your day- on to the hack! Mysteriously during the night

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  There was another hack on campus this morning! This time, it would appear that some hackers decided to turn the Infinite into a zoo, featuring ... , and that none of them were harmed in the making of this hack.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  .   *static----we're back!* MIT Hacks are a staple of MIT culture ... , which is all I needed to "make" a few hacks of my own. Enjoy!     What

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  From today's edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the ... Caltech prank (ahem - "failed hack" - the Tech definitely calls it as it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  . You can read a decent list of hacks from the last couple of years here ... tells a lot of what's been going on. What's your favorite MIT hack?

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017 fourth time seen, first time competing

  

  secure. It turns out that Sia actually started at HackMIT 2013. Hack ... roof for 24 hours to code, hack, and build. I've been blogging about HackMIT for years, but I still haven't competed in one. So I figured Hack

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!

  

  celebrated the series a number of times in the way we celebrate: with hacks ... of Harry Potter-related hacks, courtesy of hacks.mit.edu. Harry ... invisibility cloak?  And no, this one's not a hack...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  remember from the Mario hack entry, I was friends with a bunch of people involved in the hack, so I knew all about it ahead of time. Last Saturday night, I received an anonymous email telling me there would be a hack put

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  number of particularly impressive hacks throughout the weekend. For ... hacks during CPW, if not my time here, was the one pulled on building 54 ... hacking history, and destined to be one of the classics people talk about

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Swing of Things I've been getting into it.

  

  Society of Women Engineers event as well as the HackMIT Git seminar. (Free ... to another HackMIT event for the free food before heading off to get ... went to HackMIT, got lunch for free, looted the treasure trove of free

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 18, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Institute fashion - with a hack! Late last night, I received a mysterious ... , this hack was much more widespread than these few photos can hope to ... with a humble verse, my attempt to "hack" the original children's rhyme

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  get their degree. hack - (1) n. A trick or prank. For example, having a ... or getting elected Undergraduate Association President are fine hacks ... ordinarily inaccessible or unknown places; equivalent to "go hacking". (5) v

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  If you don't go to MIT, when you think about "hacking," you probably think of nefarious nerds tapping away at Internet terminals, fueled by ... that hacking indeed originated at MIT, where computing and cleverness go

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  It's more likely than you think! To understand this hack, you need some background on recent happenings at MIT, so please bear with me: An ... bedtimes aren't as early as mine). They planned a hack, and in my opinion, it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  . WHY? Because the soundtrack to Hack Punt Tool, a musical about MIT ... of MIT lingo - hacks refers to the "anonymous technological pranks" set ... ) introduction to hacking, listen to the opening number. The main character

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012