Nightwork

Author: Institute Historian T. F. Peterson
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0262661373

Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT

Before the term hacking became associated with computers, MIT undergraduates used it to describe any activity that took their minds off studying, suggested an unusual solution to a technical problem, or generally fostered nondestructive mischief. Get Nightwork computer books for free.
The MIT hacking culture has given us such treasures as police cars and cows on the Great Dome, a disappearing door to the President's office, and the commencement game of "Al Gore Buzzword Bingo." Hacks can be technical, physical, virtual, or verbal. Often the underlying motivation is to conquer the inaccessible and make possible the improbable. Hacks can express d Check Nightwork our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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