read the book/ see the museum..
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A high-context book where the pranks begin on the cover page.. The Amazon description says it is by TF Peterson. Well the cover says it is by 'Institute Historian T F Peterson'. This can be abbreviated to IHTFP, an acronym which stands for many things in MIT and not all will pass the editor's scrutiny for propriety. Many self-respective techies know that hacking is not a derogatory term in the trade, since its origins were not of malicious intent. The book introduces novices to MIT speak where a 'hack' is a practical joke with criteria such as nobody should find out about it, it should be removable with no permanent damages and so on. It chronicles witty pranks such as an MIT ball in the stadium during a Harvard game. Cambridge University in England has seen similar pranks but somehow hanging an umbrella on King's College Chapel pales in comparison with a police car on the MIT dome! Almost all of these pranks are preserved in the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. The book gave me hope that there was a life beyond nerdiness in MIT and helped me decide to go to MIT. I hope it will put a few smiles your way. Highly recommended but DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME (or in your University).. 4 Stars because it may not have universal appeal.
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