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IHTFP Check it out! A (nearly) comprehensive list of things that IHTFP stands for (beyond the obvious). Vulgar language warning: this is not for the easily offended.
The IHTFP Online Hack Archive MIT has a long-standing tradition of hacking among its students. A "hack" is the slang term for a practical joke which requires considerable planning and technical ability to pull off.
Coming Soon! Information about the beanie on the Great Dome!
The most famous hack in recent memory was the police car on the Great Dome, in which a replica of a campus police car, complete with working lights, a "policeman", a cup of coffee, and donuts, appeared on top of the Great Dome in the center of campus at about 3:30am on May 9, 1994. The hack was reported in the AP newswire and appeared complete with video footage on several national news broadcasts that evening.
The biggest hack of the past few years (and my favorite) was The Cathedral of Our Lady of the All-Night Tool, in which Lobby 7 (the main lobby of MIT) was transformed into a place of worship for the hard-working and never-sleeping students of MIT for Halloween weekend, 1992. The Cathedral featured the 0xF Commandments of Thy Goddess Athena (the campus computer network), gilded electronics and computer equipment, a computerized confessional, Jolt cola (twice the caffiene, twice the sugar) on the altar, fundamental physics equations in the skylight, and stained-glass windows depicting scenes of life at MIT. There was also a real wedding of two former MIT students in the Cathedral.
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The Dilbert ZoneRequired reading for anyone involved with computers, engineering, management, or the business world in general. Does Scott Adams work at your company? Does Dilbert? Follow the links and find out. If you work in a cubicle, this is definitely the place for you.
The Annals of Improbable ResearchThe successor to the Journal of Irreproducible Results, AIR, is now on-line! Also look for information on how to subscribe to mini-AIR, the free newsletter of tidbits too small and irrelevant to put into the print journal. You too can be an AIR-head! :)
The Internet Movie
Database Everything you've ever wanted to know about Hollywood. Filmographies, actors, directors, individual movies, and more.
Sonic Images Sonic Images is a small music production company started a few years ago by Chris Franke, formerly of Tangerine Dream. Franke's solo works, including several movie soundtracks and the soundtrack to Babylon 5, are available directly from Sonic Images. They also have other cool information available on their web site. A word of caution: the site is slow to load, and Netscape enhanced.
The Sci-Fi Channel The Sci-Fi Channel's web site, The Dominion, has programming information and lots of cool science-fiction-related stuff.
Cyberspace Vanguard Cyberspace Vanguard is one of the first online science fiction magazines. The site includes articles, interviews, audio clips, and more.
The Owl Springs Partnership Science fiction and fantasy writers Diane Duane and Peter Morwood (aka the Owl Springs Partnership) have a homepage, which includes information about their past and current work (including Star Trek) as well as biographies and links to other projects.
Arthur C. Clarke An unauthorized web page about science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Childhood's End fame. Clarke has been my favorite author since I was about 12 years old. He writes good classical hard science fiction with real science in it. Also check out the newsgroup, alt.books.arthur-clarke.
Several of my friends have cool web pages with lots of fun links. Check them out!
Rachel M. Thurston
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