Never been to MIT or any such place, but I know the story from the Jargon File: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/

Never been to MIT or any such place, but I know the story from the Jargon File: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html (It mentions the Caltech hack, too.) Interesting to read some more details in this article.