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Should be: "The Great Rose Bowl Hack of 1961" Three cheers for hackers!

• brandnewlow 17y ago
  To be semantic, isn't this a crack? After all, the key to the whole scheme was breaking into the hotel rooms of the Washington U Cheerleading team. Without burgling their rooms, none of it would have happened.
  • sp332 17y ago
    The term "hack" is slang, and therefore has several different meanings based on context. Here, "hack" just means a really difficult prank. If it were computer "hacking", it would definitely be black-hat, since it was illegal, hurtful, and only benefited the hackers.
    • redcap 17y ago
      I wouldn't call it 'black-hat'. While there is the aforementioned illegality (breaking in), it's a bit of a stretch to call it 'hurtful' as the only reaction was a bit of hurt pride. The stadium burst out laughing, so I wouldn't call it something that only benefitted the hackers either. In all it wasn't a malicious act nor done for profit, so I believe that associating it with the type of hackers who do behave that way is incorrect.