12/17/2003: Wright Bros replica on MIT dome roof

Undertoad · 12-17-2003, 03:37 PM

Thanks to axlrosen! The MIT hackers are at it again with a new hack. This one celebrates today being the 100th anniversary of flight - by cover of night they put a model of the plane right up on the roof of the dome there.

For those who haven't seen the MIT Hacks page, it's one of many pages I keep bookmarked for images. But sadly they are slow about converting hacks to the page. Today's hack is noted there with "photos coming soon", but the same note is made about the previous hack which happened on Oct. 25. Oh well.

glatt · 12-17-2003, 04:27 PM

Those crazy kids!

xoxoxoBruce · 12-17-2003, 10:07 PM

Wow, that sumbitch looks full size.

Undertoad · 12-17-2003, 10:10 PM

So it seems!

They've finally put up the images of the hack on that link I put in the first post. A note says that the figure in the plane there is a dummy, so we can't use it for scale, but it's pretty big anyway.

ferkelparade · 12-18-2003, 09:53 AM

Size comparison:

The car in this classic hack was real (or at least life-sized) as far as I know, so the flyer seems to be the right size. I might complain that a bunch of MIT geeks would not be my first choice for carpenting work, but I guess it's the thought that counts

Syrinx · 12-19-2003, 10:11 AM

That "hacks" page doesn't appear to have one of my faves: The One Ring from LotR.

You can find information here: http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/2001/the_one_ring/

fatty · 12-24-2003, 12:33 AM

As someone who wears one of these every day, I like this photoshoped variant of the LOTR hack.

<img src="http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/2001/the_one_ring/photoshopped_poster.jpg">

Quote:

Originally posted by Syrinx
That "hacks" page doesn't appear to have one of my faves: The One Ring from LotR.

You can find information here: http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/2001/the_one_ring/

wolf · 12-24-2003, 01:06 AM

As someone who is admittedly behind the times and majorly unhip ... I'll ask ...

What secret society does said ring represent?

Happy Monkey · 12-24-2003, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by wolf
As someone who is admittedly behind the times and majorly unhip ... I'll ask ...
What secret society does said ring represent?

MIT graduates.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-27-2003, 02:00 AM

What's the image on the face of the MIT ring?

ToastyKen · 12-27-2003, 04:01 AM

It's a beaver, which is the mascot of MIT. This is just the class ring, affectionately known as "the brass rat". Here's a closeup.

12-17-2003, 03:37 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/17/2003: Wright Bros replica on MIT dome roof Thanks to axlrosen! The MIT hackers are at it again with a new hack. This one celebrates today being the 100th anniversary of flight - by cover of night they put a model of the plane right up on the roof of the dome there. For those who haven't seen the MIT Hacks page, it's one of many pages I keep bookmarked for images. But sadly they are slow about converting hacks to the page. Today's hack is noted there with "photos coming soon", but the same note is made about the previous hack which happened on Oct. 25. Oh well.

12-18-2003, 09:53 AM	#5
ferkelparade aspires to be a viking Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 28	Size comparison: The car in this classic hack was real (or at least life-sized) as far as I know, so the flyer seems to be the right size. I might complain that a bunch of MIT geeks would not be my first choice for carpenting work, but I guess it's the thought that counts __________________ "frotz grue" http://www.portinari.de - oceanpunk

12-19-2003, 10:11 AM	#6
Syrinx Complex Simpleton Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 18	That "hacks" page doesn't appear to have one of my faves: The One Ring from LotR. You can find information here: http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/2001/the_one_ring/ Attached Images

12-24-2003, 01:06 AM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	As someone who is admittedly behind the times and majorly unhip ... I'll ask ... What secret society does said ring represent? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-27-2003, 04:01 AM	#11
ToastyKen Profitable Prophet Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 30	It's a beaver, which is the mascot of MIT. This is just the class ring, affectionately known as "the brass rat". Here's a closeup. __________________ http://subjunctive.net/

12-17-2003, 04:27 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Those crazy kids!

12-17-2003, 10:07 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wow, that sumbitch looks full size.

12-17-2003, 10:10 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	So it seems! They've finally put up the images of the hack on that link I put in the first post. A note says that the figure in the plane there is a dummy, so we can't use it for scale, but it's pretty big anyway.

12-27-2003, 02:00 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What's the image on the face of the MIT ring?

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