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MIT pulls a prank on the World Multi-Conference on Systemics by submitting a computer-generated paper titled “Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy”. I was among the people spammed by Nagib Callaos, the organizer of the conference. The students were soliciting cash donations so they could attend the conference and give what Stribling billed as a “completely randomly-generated talk, delivered entirely with a straight face.” They exceeded their goal, with $2,311.09 cents from 165 donors. ...

Caltech vs MIT pranks.

Open Courseware from MIT will be open to the public on Sep 30th. OCW is a set of MIT-designed courses that will be available online to the public. via MetaFilter

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Two MIT students have written a 7-line program that unscrambles protected DVDs. It’s downloadable. The legal issue is whether source code deserves protection on par with freedom of expression.