Paul B. '11 | October 31, 2008
"Hack or Treat"
To celebrate the spirit of All Hallow's Eve, MIT hackers left a special treat (or perhaps a trick) near the Great Dome.
I saw the hack this morning on my way to class and it absolutely made my day - although, sadly, it had made like a ghost and vanished by early afternoon.
Elsewhere on campus, the Halloween fervor was in full swing as students (and administrators) dressed up. Walking around campus, I spotted a member of the USS Enterprise, Dr. Horrible, Captain Hammer, a lambda function, some nuns, Hugh Hefner, Sarah Palin, two girls dressed as DNA, the Seven Deadly Sins, the Fanta Girls, Grimmjow from the Bleach manga, a butterfly, that and more.
For my own part, I dressed up as an absolutely ridiculous Renaissance duke, complete with the long coat and feathered cap - I will post some photos later.
Happy Halloween, everybody! And good luck finishing up your applications.
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Posted by: Alim on October 31, 2008 04:48 PM
Did you miss the girl dressed as the coordinate system? She had a hat with i, j, and k arrows on it. Completely made my day.
Posted by: Vivi on October 31, 2008 05:14 PM
Absolutely NO ONE understood that I was a fission reaction today. Seriously. I thought there would be more nerds at my HS.
@Paul B.- which USS Enterprise? TOS pwns them all.
@vivi- LOL! I was actually thinking of something like that but with x, y, and i.
Posted by: e^(pi*i) on October 31, 2008 05:56 PM
I am rather disappointed that you do not have a picture of the lambda function. I am curious as to what the costume was.
Posted by: ShawnOfAwesome '11 on October 31, 2008 06:46 PM
Um...you might want to check your image, it doesn't seem to want to load.
Oh, and dressed up as an accurate Frankenstein's monster.
Posted by: Eric Carlson on October 31, 2008 07:25 PM
Oooh, who went as the lambda function? What did that look like? My bf and I were planning to go as the Pimping Lemma (a play on the Pumping Lemma and also an awesome song: http://www.monzy.com/intro/pimpinglemma_lyrics.html) and Hoare Logic... but had to turn to a backup plan for lack of a proper pimp hat. So instead, I'm a lolcat and he's putting on his robe and wizard hat! ^_^
Posted by: Nicole '10 on October 31, 2008 08:11 PM
My friend and I spent all day explaining our Schrodinger's Cat costumes - she was alive and I was dead :-)
You'd think more people would know something about quantum physics...
Posted by: Ann on October 31, 2008 08:28 PM
I'm fairly sure there were at least two distinct Dr. Horribles, both of whom apparently challenged Captain Hammer to a showdown. So go figure, eh?
(Also: Captain Hammer pulls off a mean Johnny Snow. That's something you learn when you challenge him to an ultimate showdown.)
Posted by: harrison on October 31, 2008 09:32 PM
wwwwoooooooooooooootttttttttt......Ninth!!
Posted by: Wiki Wiki on October 31, 2008 11:50 PM
@Eric: Thanks, image fixed.
Fun fact: if you put https:// in front of a URL instead of http://, people without MIT certificates (e.g prospective students) can't access the URL. That was the problem here - woops!
Posted by: Paul on November 1, 2008 03:00 AM
I also saw Dumbledore, Scooby Doo, a cyborg, a cat, and WALL-E.
Possibly my favorite was the Mad Hatter from the upcoming Alice in Wonderland movie, both because the costume was *amazing* and because I knew the answer to his question: "How is a raven like a writing desk?"
Posted by: Susan '11 on November 1, 2008 03:52 AM
hey, happy halloween!
Posted by: i am twelfth on November 1, 2008 04:11 AM
I dressed up as Dr. Horrible too! Only about four people recognized me though...
Posted by: Bridger on November 1, 2008 11:40 AM
This is kind of irrelevant, but does MIT have a Mid-Term Break?
Just curious :-]
Posted by: Banerjee on November 1, 2008 11:52 AM
DNA costume? That's excellent! Do you have pictures of that?
Posted by: Bobbi Surette on November 1, 2008 12:48 PM
We don't have a Mid-term Break (if you're referring to our equivalent to a "fall break" at other places like Princeton). We get "Suicide Prevention Days" every month, which are basically three-day weekends. It's nice to get a day off, but it also means that the following week of classes is cut short, so if you slack off and procrastinate too much you'll find that you have one day less to get those p-sets done..!
Posted by: Vivi '12 on November 1, 2008 03:44 PM
Wait... How did someone dress up as a lamda function?
Posted by: Wendy ('13?) on November 1, 2008 04:09 PM
I think trick or hack would've been better
Posted by: Ehsan on November 1, 2008 05:02 PM
"two girls dressed as DNA"
AHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHHA. that's HILARIOUS. :D
Posted by: June on November 1, 2008 06:24 PM
You're with Captain Hammer, and these :fist wave: are not the Hammer.
B-)
Posted by: MTLin on November 2, 2008 09:45 PM
Ha! the fanta girls I havent heard from them in a while :D
Posted by: Chris O on November 4, 2008 07:10 AM
Hm... for some reason, most of the costumes I saw on campus this Halloween seemed to have a Final Fantasy theme going :P
Posted by: Daniel '12 on November 4, 2008 07:09 PM
