[1700] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: [Mit-talk] Re: [Sponge-talk] dollar bill mural
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Roberts)
Wed Dec 14 17:42:56 2005
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:42:19 -0500
From: Jeff Roberts <thejoker@alum.mit.edu>
To: Cathy Zhang <zhangc@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <43A09A1E.6010306@mit.edu>
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Touche.
On 12/14/05, Cathy Zhang <zhangc@mit.edu> wrote:
> Pardon, but hasn't the smoot hack been around for a long while now? And
> it's not like anyone's planning to get rid of the smoot marks...
>
> -Cathy
>
> Jeff Roberts wrote:
>
> >As a member of the evil planning profession I'm probably personna non
> >grata in this conversation, but I thought I'd throw out a couple
> >pseudo-historical, pseudo-spiritual considerations ...
> >
> >1. Someone mentioned the dollar bill being part of "hacking history"
> >and that's certainly true. I'm no expert on hacking but it seems that
> >there are virtually no cases where hacks last forever. They are acts
> >of spontaneity and humor that have a limited lifespan, and then are
> >taken down in anticipation of the next hack that catches people's
> >fancy. Old hacks continue to exist in stories, and in the permanent
> >collection of the MIT Museum -- is that where the dollar bill belongs
> >now?
> >
> >2. Sure the mural looks cool, but will it really have the same effect
> >if the cashier's office is no longer behind it? MIT decided it was
> >time for the cashier's office to move on to a new home -- and students
> >generally did not object -- so is it time for the dollar bill to find
> >a new home as well? Should this new lounge space start with a "blank
> >slate" allowing students to excercise their creativity in new ways,
> >giving it a character more appropriate to what the space is used for?
> >
> >Anyway, that's just something to think about, I'm not really
> >advocating for getting rid of the mural and I'm certainly not saying
> >you should stop trying to save it -- I love it when students rally to
> >save an important part of "MIT history", especially when they don't
> >really know what that history is (anyone who's spent any significant
> >time at the MIT Archives, raise your hand) ...
> >
> >Jeff
> >--
> >Drink Moxie
> >
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