[1294] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: The stolen beaver paws
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Williams)
Fri Apr 12 17:44:00 2002
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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:19:35 -0400
From: Ryan Williams <breath@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0204121046130.7141-100000@sub-zero.mit.edu>
Hey, you bimbo. If you want to debate whether Amal's stunt was a "hack" or
"hacque" or "hazing", start your own thread.
What I'm talking about is this purported Champy whining about something he
probably doesn't understand. It's about courage, man. Courage to say that
your prank went awry, and would you all help deal with the consequences
because we're all friends. Do you have friends, Champy? Do you help them
out when they're in trouble? Or do you say "I don't feel that I should
help someone who might get in trouble"?
What if Amal hadn't gone and revealed his misdeed to everyone? The Tech
would have never picked up the story, and you would have never heard of
it. Class of 2004 could have spent the full $650 without Mr. Champy
complaining. Only because it was delivered in black printed letters to his
doorstep (actually, I bet he reads the Tech online, he seems like that
type), did it even cross his mind to open his mouth. This information is
public - you can ask your treasurer where the class money is going. But do
you, Champy? No, you sit at home and whimper whenever a dollar sign comes
over HTTP.
You have a sissy, stay-at-home, crybaby attitude, and I'm ashamed to be on
the same mailing list as you, let alone use the same bathroom facilities
you do occasionally.
-RYaN
>-- listen, you twit. Hacks are cool because they require ingenuity,
>courage, no small amount of technical or diplomatic or creative energy (or
>all of the above), large investments of time and sweat...turning dome into
>R2D2, good hack. Releasing MIT beavers in NASA balloons at Commencement
>2001, only to have them float into the Charles: nice try, but aeronautical
>engineers should know a thing or two about drifting in the wind. Jerking
>off onto a cracker and forcing the slowest-flogging pledge to eat it...oh
>wait, that's not a hack, that's hazing. Dropping the ball in the course of
>a simple, asinine prank, and *allowing* your classmates to get saddled
>with the cost of covering your ass: lame lame lame.
>
>If you're so proud of this half-baked shit, dress up like the beaver and
>rob a convenience store to raise money. I'm sure the Tech will run an
>article when you get caught.
>
>W.
Ryan D. Williams, MIT Class of 2003
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