Classically, a subset of "hacks" are pranks, which are relatively-but-not-totally harmless (someone had to take down that car): http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/misc

Classically, a subset of "hacks" are pranks, which are relatively-but-not-totally harmless (someone had to take down that car): http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/misc/best_of.html http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/misc/best_of.html In the grand scheme of things, the ranking of TIME's list is relatively unimportant. I believe this is only the second time they've done a ranking poll, and it was effectively gamed last time as well (by a much larger group of people, though: Stephen Colbert fans and Rain fans).