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(Boston.com) Spiffy Sun will align with MIT's Infinite Corridor on 11/11/11 at 4:20 pm. I wonder what students will do to mark the occasion?   (boston.com) divider line 51
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2011-11-10 02:20:34 PM
hhhmmm i wonder
 
2011-11-10 02:35:56 PM
Hell, whoever took that picture was already high.
 
ZAZ [TotalFark]
2011-11-10 03:55:03 PM
It's actually quite difficult to determine when it's going to happen

I remember having to calculate the date when I was a student. I never checked my result against reality.
 
2011-11-10 05:37:12 PM
Considering it's MIT, they will likely do math.
 
2011-11-10 05:41:22 PM
Launch a startup company?
 
2011-11-10 05:41:23 PM
Bfett20: Considering it's MIT, they will likely do math.

I was told there wouldn't be math.
 
2011-11-10 05:42:01 PM
Skyrim.
 
2011-11-10 05:42:24 PM
Bfett20: Considering it's MIT, they will likely do math.

math: not even once
 
2011-11-10 05:44:38 PM
They will rotate the corridor so it will align at 11:11 AM.
 
2011-11-10 05:46:23 PM
Your mom
 
2011-11-10 05:47:33 PM
play skyrim?
 
2011-11-10 05:49:13 PM
Huh. According to the article the date 11/11/11 comes along only once per 100 years.

Weird.
 
2011-11-10 05:50:39 PM
Needs a "SPLIFFY" tag
 
2011-11-10 05:52:14 PM
NkThrasher: Bfett20: Considering it's MIT, they will likely do math.

I was told there wouldn't be math.


Doing math while high is actually fun. Mathing while drunk is dangerous.
 
2011-11-10 05:53:50 PM
Just be sure to have a container of floor wax handy.

/obscure? nah, couldn't be
 
2011-11-10 05:58:46 PM
NkThrasher: Bfett20: Considering it's MIT, they will likely do math.

I was told there wouldn't be math.


Wrong school -- you wanted the one across the street.
 
2011-11-10 06:03:44 PM
32oz High Life: Huh. According to the article the date 11/11/11 comes along only once per 100 years.

Weird.


As opposed to all those dates that come around more often. I understand 1/5/49 is very popular.
 
2011-11-10 06:07:36 PM
Bfett20: Considering it's MIT, they will likely do math.

Unfortunately, they will not give god his due, and will be off by one cadam.
 
2011-11-10 06:10:25 PM
..drink gelfing brain juice at the Great Conjunction, then get it on with Ograh?
 
2011-11-10 06:10:47 PM
i told my wife about this.


she came up with the idea of putting some prisms in the window.

that would actually be really cool.
 
2011-11-10 06:13:59 PM
What will really blow your mind is that they say each day is not exactly 24 hrs, nor each year exactly 365 days, so we add a day to the calendar every 4 years.....


But every day is the same! The sun rises and falls and we have another day. There isn't one missing!

ITS ALL LIES!!

It's all a vast conspiracy by the Illumanati to sell more calendars!!
 
2011-11-10 06:18:55 PM
error 303: Skyrim.

THIS!
 
2011-11-10 06:33:25 PM
TI-84+ like a boss?
 
2011-11-10 06:40:43 PM
sounds half baked to me
 
2011-11-10 06:47:36 PM
Study.
 
2011-11-10 06:51:46 PM
Put something odd on top of the dome.
 
2011-11-10 06:58:53 PM
mmagdalene: TI-84+ like a boss?

Actually, given that it's an alignment with the sun, I'm betting they'll be firing up their SPARCstations to crunch data.
 
2011-11-10 07:08:43 PM
Occupy the Infinite Corridor!!!
 
2011-11-10 07:41:03 PM
Fubegra: Just be sure to have a container of floor wax handy.

/obscure? nah, couldn't be


Not too obscure. I miss Infocom.
 
2011-11-10 07:48:10 PM
IC Stars: They will rotate the corridor so it will align at 11:11 AM.

That is WIN!

Someone give IC Stars the Internet, I seem to have misplaced mine.
 
2011-11-10 07:48:24 PM
i230.photobucket.com
 
2011-11-10 07:56:29 PM
I'm surprised that with a school full of engineers they couldn't find someone to make a level floor. Looks like a damn river.
 
2011-11-10 08:40:50 PM
"More often than not, we're wrong, which is kind of the fun part."

Remind me to never enrol in their oribital mechanics program if they have trouble tracking the damn sun.
 
2011-11-10 09:01:45 PM
Parallax: Needs a "SPLIFFY" tag

Came in here for this, thankyou!
 
2011-11-10 09:11:40 PM
palelizard: 32oz High Life: Huh. According to the article the date 11/11/11 comes along only once per 100 years.

Weird.

As opposed to all those dates that come around more often. I understand 1/5/49 is very popular.


I understand 2/29/29 is a purple epic tho
 
2011-11-10 09:20:15 PM
Infinite Corridor needs more hotdog.
 
2011-11-10 09:47:07 PM
PonceAlyosha: NkThrasher: Bfett20: Considering it's MIT, they will likely do math.

I was told there wouldn't be math.

Doing math while high is actually fun. Mathing while drunk is dangerous.


Never drink and derive.
 
2011-11-10 09:59:00 PM
It's a pity the guys at MIT can't resurrect the designers of Stonehenge, Tiwanaku, etc. to help them with their math homework.
 
2011-11-10 10:24:32 PM
But will The Sun be there?


38 comments and I'm the one to have to post this?
You people are slipping.
 
2011-11-10 10:40:08 PM
Anybody can predict this with a couple equations and a secret decoder ring.
 
2011-11-10 11:37:23 PM
Invincible: "More often than not, we're wrong, which is kind of the fun part."

Remind me to never enrol in their oribital mechanics program if they have trouble tracking the damn sun.


100% this. If they can't predict this event to the second 5 years in advance they are complete failures.
 
2011-11-11 12:02:01 AM
A 42?
 
2011-11-11 12:46:37 AM
The Infinite Corridor is the name given by MIT students - who know from infinity

... huh?
 
2011-11-11 12:52:25 AM
austerity101: The Infinite Corridor is the name given by MIT students - who know from infinity

... huh?


Think "know from shinola". It's a regionalism, indicating expertise in shinola or other topics indicated therein.

What the hell it's doing at MIT, I don't know.
 
2011-11-11 05:33:35 AM
Is this where the gull-haired one pops up and says "ALIENS" because our modern engineers couldn't build a proper solar calendar?
 
2011-11-11 06:31:52 AM
blindpreacher: Anybody can predict this with a couple equations and a secret decoder ring.

Always drink your ovaltine?
 
2011-11-11 10:19:33 AM
spcMike: blindpreacher: Anybody can predict this with a couple equations and a secret decoder ring.

Always drink your ovaltine?


Ovaltine? A crummy commercial? Son of a biatch!

/how do the little piggies go?
 
2011-11-11 11:54:19 AM
The physics doesn't count unless the measurements are conducted in Smoots.
 
2011-11-11 12:19:25 PM
BolloxReader: Is this where the gull-haired one pops up and says "ALIENS" because our modern engineers couldn't build a proper solar calendar?


Yes.

And quit making fun of my hair!

;-)
 
2011-11-11 03:39:34 PM
A giant Jiffy Pop?
 
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