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  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  similar to cloud computing? Think of your laptop. How many hours a day do you use it? What is your laptop doing all those hours you're not using ... servers that stay on 24 hours a day. Multiple people can store their data on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  hour, and they mingled around and spoke with students about real issues ... the three-hour event, and lots of really important administrators and faculty members for the first hour. We, the club members and executive

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  I'm currently sitting in the SeaTac airport, waiting for my flight back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ... continuing to grow elsewhere. The idea of flying 6 hours (+/- the 3 hour time

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  within the last couple of hours. As emails flooded my inbox around 10 ... unravel. As we listened to the news into the wee hours of the night, things ... happened. It's to reach out to those at MIT. These last 12 hours have been

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  matured in college >.< ), eat my mom's food, and sleep like 10 hours a ... -long externship at a healthcare consulting firm about an hour outside Boston. The ... this - Because the commute was about an hour each way, I woke up early

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this ... 6 – 7 hours a night. I know there are those people here that don ... hours. But going to that workshop and talking to my friends was

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  your best to crush my soul. You've made eight hours of sleep an alien ... -long question might turn out to be an hour-long mindbender. An innocent negative ... hours on a pset and finally understand how a certain equation can be

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  amount of hours spent on the computer, our blasters, if I may say so ... hours to sand, prime, paint, and assemble our toy. We definitely didn ... wayyy too many hours in the product design lab... But now that it's all

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  . Bleary-eyed, I wake up a good half hour before my alarm and maintain enough ... was because I worked a combined 15 hours each weekend. The only ... more than 10 hours...   ...or for more than 12.  

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  this is prime psetting hour = more listeners). You're probably wondering ... the control room with me. It's great to be able to have this hour of airtime, an hour of freedom. I can play any songs or pieces I wish, the sky

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  .) I've been taking the 8-9AM hour at desk every weekday morning for the ... -of-term papers and projects, hours upon hours of darkroom and Photoshop time, lab

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  for an hour and ended up staying for nearly 2 and a half hours. This is ... is about an hour away by train. There are so many little challenges

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  the span of an hour. o.o Anyways, the Dumpling Contest was fun although ... sat down and talked to a Philosophy major for an hour and a half before ... perhaps next time, I won't be stuck in the train station for two hours after

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  was awake. "Hey Boone, I went to office hours for ICE tonight." "Cool ... a couple of hours, and I found myself lying on the floor of the lounge ... 're exhausted and you still haven't started your pset that's due in 8 hours, you

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  instructor's permission. Professor: Ina Lipkowitz format: two 1.5 hour lectures ... contexts. Professor: Junot Diaz (wikipedia bio) format: two 1.5 hour lectures ... . Professor: James Buzard, head of the Lit Dept (MIT bio) format: two 1.5 hour

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  , eight hours in an office sort of fly by if you're enjoying what you ... 're especially keen on. Take today as an example: a director took an hour and a ... 'll get into a half-hour discussion about some interesting business problem

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  four one-hour television shows. Cutting out the commercials (bless you Tivo, bless you) means I can watch these four shows in about three hours, and three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  . Well, I'll show you what I have... The early hours of Thursday found me ... Jojo and Diane, who rocked the reg desk next to us for many hours. After 11 hours at the reg desk, I headed over to Thursday night's opening

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  estimated top speed of 174 miles per hour, could traverse the continental U.S. in about 18 hours. During the flight, passengers would peer at ... 647 feet (length) -Max Speed: 174 miles per hour -Range: 6,000 miles

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  hours: However, when Dr. Hughes started lecturing I was polite and put ... up at 4 AM after I-forget-how-many hours' sleep and start on a thermo ... appeared sometime between the hours of 9 PM and 12 AM last night. Should I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005