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Some more famous Caltech pranks at: http://www.globalprovince.com/caltech.htm http://www.globalprovince.com/caltech.htm
by TriinT 17y ago
Some more famous Caltech pranks at: http://www.globalprovince.com/caltech.htm http://www.globalprovince.com/caltech.htm
- _pius 17y agoCal-Tech's been trying to imitate MIT hacks for years: http://hacks.mit.edu/ http://hacks.mit.edu/
- TriinT 17y agoWith all due respect, I don't think MIT invented "hacks". MIT invented the name, though. MIT is older than Caltech. But Cambridge University is older than MIT. At Cambridge, they've been pulling hacks for centuries.
- _pius 17y agoI didn't say we invented hacks; I just said that Cal-Tech's been imitating ours for years. :P
- TriinT 17y agoWould you please care to provide some examples? I am neither a Caltech nor a MIT alumnus. Although I have never visited MIT, I have spent some time at Caltech as a visitor. When I was at Caltech, some people told me that the difference between these two schools is the mentality and maturity of the undergrad students: MIT -> high school Caltech -> junior high I didn't invent the joke. I am just the messenger ;-)
- _pius 17y agoVery funny ... I resembled that remark! :) About the imitation, I was more or less poking some good-natured fun at Cal-Tech, not actually calling them out. However, the Rose Bowl stuff in particular is derivative of the tradition of MIT hacks at the Harvard-Yale games that has been going on since at least 1948.
- TriinT 17y agoYeah, I have heard of the Harvard-Yale game hacks. I have also heard of the tradition of putting stuff on top of the great dome. I like this Star Wars hack: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1999/r2d2.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1999/r2d2.html Nonetheless, the coolest hack MIT has ever pulled off was to steal the Fleming Cannon from Caltech in 2006, imho.