Joe Morris wrote:
>> I'm having trouble imagining today's MIT students being able to resist
>> the challenge of hacking into the switch and making it do
>> "interesting" things.
> But don't forget that hacking ethics would prevent them from doing
> anything so interesting as to have an impact on public safety.
Add the qualifier "deliberately" and I'll agree. I suspect,however, that the majority of one-time undergraduates who have been out of college and in the real world for a few years hope that the world at large never discovers some of the hare-brained schemes they cooked up while at school.
Recall the Tom Lehrer song on the subject of college life ...
Bright college days, Oh carefree days that fly; To thee we sing, With our glasses raised on high;
Let's drink a toast, As each of us recalls, Ivy-covered professors, In ivy-covered halls.
Turn on the spigot, Pour the beer and swig it, And gaudemus igit, I-tur.
Joe Morris