Comments on: MIT issues certificates in piracy http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/mit-issues-certificates-in-pir.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 10:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/mit-issues-certificates-in-pir.html#comment-1364814 LightningRose Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147788#comment-1364814  If you really fancy yourself a pirate, just steal the damned certificate!  If you really fancy yourself a pirate, just steal the damned certificate!

]]> By: TimRowledge http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/mit-issues-certificates-in-pir.html#comment-1364811 TimRowledge Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147788#comment-1364811 Hmm, only need the sailing cert and I'm done… wonder if they consider axe throwing or garotte experience as a substitute?  Hmm, only need the sailing cert and I’m done… wonder if they consider axe throwing or garotte experience as a substitute? 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/mit-issues-certificates-in-pir.html#comment-1364798 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147788#comment-1364798 No grog-mixing or sodomy?  Pathetic.  And in this era of high unemployment, would it have killed him to hire a live parrot? No grog-mixing or sodomy?  Pathetic.  And in this era of high unemployment, would it have killed him to hire a live parrot?

]]> By: Nonentity http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/mit-issues-certificates-in-pir.html#comment-1364506 Nonentity Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147788#comment-1364506 It's good to know that MIT is taking the serious steps necessary to combat Global Warming. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/PiratesVsTemp%28en%29.svg It’s good to know that MIT is taking the serious steps necessary to combat Global Warming.

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]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/mit-issues-certificates-in-pir.html#comment-1364501 howaboutthisdangit Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147788#comment-1364501 Who wants to bet that they'll get a DMCA takedown notice from a mediabot? Who wants to bet that they’ll get a DMCA takedown notice from a mediabot?

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/mit-issues-certificates-in-pir.html#comment-1364471 Jonathan Badger Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147788#comment-1364471 I'm all for free online education (and so is MIT, who has been offering free videos of courses for years and now with MITx, even full online courses with virtual labs and assignments). But this is really about making physical education fun at a school where (at least according to stereotype) the students are out-of-shape computer nerds. Fencing and sailing don't lend themselves to online education. I’m all for free online education (and so is MIT, who has been offering free videos of courses for years and now with MITx, even full online courses with virtual labs and assignments). But this is really about making physical education fun at a school where (at least according to stereotype) the students are out-of-shape computer nerds. Fencing and sailing don’t lend themselves to online education.

]]> By: jennybean42 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/mit-issues-certificates-in-pir.html#comment-1364319 jennybean42 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147788#comment-1364319 "Any student who completes courses in pistol, archery, sailing, and fencing is considered a pirate." ...wow, so oldschool piracy, not the bittorrent kind. “Any student who completes courses in pistol, archery, sailing, and fencing is considered a pirate.”

…wow, so oldschool piracy, not the bittorrent kind.

]]> By: sharkmark http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/mit-issues-certificates-in-pir.html#comment-1364252 sharkmark Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147788#comment-1364252 Is there some torrent site where I can download the certificate so I don't need to spend $50,000+ just to hang out there?  It's easy to embrace piracy when your bursar's office sends out big bills.  Is there some torrent site where I can download the certificate so I don’t need to spend $50,000+ just to hang out there?  It’s easy to embrace piracy when your bursar’s office sends out big bills. 

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