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The MIT Guide to Hacking
- lucastx 16y agoHTML version: http://jottit.com/qd874/ http://jottit.com/qd874/
- some1else 16y agoI like this one http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/2010/upside_down_lounge/ http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/2010/upside_down_lounge/
- sdp 16y agoIt would be neat to see some of these places (tomb of the forbidden ladder, bricked in showers at the library, etc), if anyone knows where to find pictures.
- splat 16y agoI can't help with pictures of MIT, but there are a few pictures of some interesting places in the Caltech steam tunnels in this essay: http://pandora.caltech.edu/~antognini/tunnels.pdf http://pandora.caltech.edu/~antognini/tunnels.pdf
- _delirium 16y agoAnd for CMU, a hypercard (!) stack with a map of the steam tunnels: http://www.city-net.com/~dmm/tunnels.html http://www.city-net.com/~dmm/tunnels.html
- ed 16y agoHere are a few images of UCLA's underground "bridge," mentioned in the PDF above. http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/hitchcock/333/ http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/hitchcock/333/
- _delirium 16y agoHere's an LA times article on the bridge; apparently, it used to be an above-ground bridge and then the ravine it went over was filled in and made part of the utility tunnel system: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/13/local/me-then13 http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/13/local/me-then13
- sdp 16y agoWicked cool replies, thanks. =)
- jacobolus 16y agoAs a final project for a photography class a year ago, I wandered across town and took many photos of the MIT tunnels. None are online (maybe I’ll put some up someday, but since these pictures worked much better as 16"x16" prints, I’m not sure how well they’d work at a few hundred pixels on a side on a screen), unfortunately. In any case, I recommend everyone who spends any substantial amount of time in the area wander around down there sometime. It’s an interesting eerie mood (especially at 3 AM) found in few other places.
- sdp 16y agoMy school has 5km of (heated!) tunnels connecting all the buildings on campus, but since they're open to the public they don't feel eerie at all. I'd like to see your pictures if you ever put them online. =)
- billmcneale 16y agoFor a guide to hacking, the author knows surprisingly little about HTML formatting.
- cdawzrd 16y agoHint: Not everything on the world wide web is a HTML page.
- ivarv 16y agoFor more on urban exploration check out http://www.infiltration.org/ http://www.infiltration.org/ and the handy dandy companion book "Access All Areas" ( http://www.infiltration.org/aaa.html http://www.infiltration.org/aaa.html )
- dschobel 16y agoOne of my favorite google easter eggs is support for smoots (the unit mentioned in the article, equivalent to the length of a Mr. Oliver Smoot when lying down). http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=convert+1+smoot+to+feet http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=convert+1+smoot+to+feet
- 10ren 16y ago"View source" renders it with wraparound.
- keefe 16y agothis is the final precept, obfuscate your knowledge...
- mitko 16y ago>> A dean, who had been informed about the hack after the arrest, went down to bail the students out. He pointed out to the detective that the battery-lined coats were only circumstantial evidence. At this point the dean opened his own battery-lined coat and declared that “all Tech men carry batteries.” Unfortunately, these times where MIT officials will protect students seem to be gone by now.
- jacobolus 16y agoYou don't think if an MIT frat was planning a harmless(ish) prank of the Harvard–Yale game today, and some Harvard students learned of it and tried to get the MIT students arrested, that the MIT deans would be looking to help their students out of trouble?
- mitko 16y agoDefinitely. There was a case a couple of years ago. Search "Star Simpson" for more info. Edit: the case was not about hacking "oficially"
- sabj 16y agoGreat piece! I love the hacking ethos of the MIT hacks / hackers. One of my recent favorites was their Harvard Master Chief / Halo 3 hack: http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/25/the-best-thing-youll-see-today-john-p-harvard-goes-halo/ http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/25/the-best-thing-youll-see-t...
- PigBoyOhBoy 16y agoThis brings back many happy memories of crawling through filthy ductwork in search of hidden spaces. I still have a box with rolls and rolls of B/W negatives that I shot in '83 to document some of the secret places at MIT. All I need is about 40 hours of free time and I'll scan them all...