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- franklymister, on 03/25/2008, -3/+91Because The Tech is an MIT paper, and they know the original definition of the word "hacker."
The phrase started at MIT, all the way back in the '50s, and they still use it the way it was intended today.
Here's the original definition:
1959: hack is defined in MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club Dictionary as "1) an article or project without constructive end; 2) a project undertaken on bad self-advice; 3) an entropy booster; 4) to produce, or attempt to produce, a hack(3)." hacker is defined as "one who hacks, or makes them." Much of the TMRC's jargon is later imported into early computing culture. - sk11, on 03/25/2008, -11/+91Dugg for using 'die' instead of 'dice'.
- hikikomori26, on 03/25/2008, -6/+57Pranks at MIT are apparently called hacks: http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/, hence "MIT Hackers..."
- fuhcough, on 03/25/2008, -0/+51we all know that post was just an excuse to use the word "icosahedron".
- mehss, on 03/25/2008, -1/+40It's MIT...of course most of the students know...
- sk11, on 03/25/2008, -2/+34Exactly.
- roomforpanic, on 03/25/2008, -0/+27I'm sure nerd culture has universal appeal at MIT.
- Fatcheeseguy, on 03/25/2008, -3/+30I wonder if most students/faculty at MIT knew why the die was placed there.
- KenCW, on 03/25/2008, -3/+29I just wanna roll it!
- hokie47, on 03/25/2008, -3/+26Shouldn't they be making money by playing blackjack instead of wasting their time making an icosahedron.
- DickyT83, on 03/25/2008, -2/+25Those dudes sure know how to live it up.
- ndnspongebob, on 03/25/2008, -3/+25huge public statement of virginity
- kent1146, on 03/25/2008, -4/+2520-sided dice on campus as a prank? That's just how they roll.
- franklymister, on 03/25/2008, -2/+23No, just being a programmer doesn't make you a hacker. It does make you a programmer, though.
To be a hacker, you have to be tinkering around for the love of the thing itself, whether or not there's any point to what you're doing. - stevetrojanman, on 03/25/2008, -1/+17That was the worst attempt at a Rick Roll I've ever seen...
Fail. - Ogedei, on 03/25/2008, -0/+15Get on out there then.
- sdcarter, on 03/25/2008, -1/+14Hmmm, you learn something new everyday. I never would have guessed it came from MIT's model railroad club.
- rhbama13, on 03/25/2008, -1/+13"in memory of Gary Gygax, the inventor of the Dungeons and Dragons"
it wasn't a statement dummy - ElBeh, on 03/25/2008, -0/+11And so do I
- burnin8r28, on 03/25/2008, -0/+11you just ruined my day
- ayeroxor, on 03/25/2008, -0/+11I don't normally block for rick roll, but if you can't even get the link right, you will never compose a comment I'll miss.
- carnag3aus, on 03/25/2008, -0/+10Someone knows their ***** :S.
- bosssmiley, on 03/25/2008, -0/+9Ah, that sounds like the distinctive mating call of the Lesser Spotted Cheeto Eater, a strange nocturnal creature usually found lurking in basements and IT labs...
- balixtron, on 03/25/2008, -1/+10ground breaking prank ...
- Lubinski, on 03/25/2008, -0/+9Read above statements?
- Ogedei, on 03/25/2008, -0/+8There is a big 17 comments and you are already to f*** lazing to read them?
a few comments above you it was explained why the term "hackers" was used.
RTFCs! - rhbama13, on 03/25/2008, -1/+9"man that stupid frost giant i play with always rolls 20's"
- theradical, on 03/25/2008, -1/+9Yeah they hacked that lawn real good.
- WoollyMittens, on 03/25/2008, -1/+9KHAAAAAAAAN!
- Tunguska, on 03/25/2008, -0/+7Hey! You know the rules.
- Kisama, on 03/25/2008, -0/+7Make saving throw vs. awesome.
- TheClassic, on 03/25/2008, -1/+7Buried comment for being confused
- woulok, on 03/25/2008, -0/+6Nerdy!
- raynar, on 03/25/2008, -2/+8Here that? Thats the sound of poon drying up for miles around the school...
- fuhcough, on 03/25/2008, -0/+6LEEEROOOYYYYYYY JEEEEEENKINNNNNNNS!
Hey, you started it. - everfalling, on 03/25/2008, -0/+5shame it's not more permanent and solid. it looks like pvc piping covered in printed cloth...
- TheKeithD, on 03/25/2008, -0/+5I don't really think they care.
- thanakar, on 03/25/2008, -2/+7Um..if you look closely it looks like either a cloth covered frame or an inflatable die.
- madhouseradio, on 03/25/2008, -2/+6Nerd!
- Santaferra, on 03/25/2008, -0/+4Mirror?
- dafragsta, on 03/25/2008, -0/+4You wouldn't get this from any other guy.
- doshindude, on 03/25/2008, -0/+4A full commitment's what I'm thinkin' of.
- hudef, on 03/25/2008, -5/+9Those zany nerds and their mischievous pranks!
/buried - abddoc, on 03/25/2008, -0/+4Mirror: http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8581/gygaxds7.j ...
- t3rmv3locity, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3Actually the guys at MIT get more action then you would think...
Even though the guys who put the police car up on the Dome probably have a better shot... - mattletron, on 03/25/2008, -0/+3A fitting tribute.
- MixMastaKooz, on 03/25/2008, -0/+3If it's a memorial to Gygax, I would assume the number rolled is a 20.
- raynar, on 03/25/2008, -1/+4no, and neither are you. get back to highschool, the bell rang.
- inactive, on 03/25/2008, -0/+3Nerd homage.
- ThreeDee912, on 03/25/2008, -0/+3die*
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