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U of Chicago Scavenger Hunt List - 2004
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nightsweat writes "The list of items and tasks for the 2004 version of the infamous University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt (or scavhunt for short) is up as a PDF. As a veteran of the first hunt in 1985, I'm glad to see the youngsters carrying on the madness. Some of the highlight items - the URLs of the blogs of the judges, five pages of Queer Eye for Doctor Doom, A McDonald's Sad Meal, Mrs Potatohead giving Mr. Potato head, Eudaemonia (300 points!), and a permanent tattoo that says 'Sorry about the syphilis, can we still be cousins?'"
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mresolver writes "University of Chicago students have once again emerged from the library after a long winter to participate in the world's largest scavenger hunt. The multiple day event is famous for the working breeder reactor that students managed to build during the 1999 hunt. This year, the official list (PDF) includes a superconductor, working wood refrigerator, hot air balloon made to Montgolfier specifications, one-way funhouse mirror, and a walk-in Kaleidoscope."
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mresolver writes "We've discussed it in previous years, and now the world's largest scavenger hunt at the University of Chicago has returned. The event may be best known for the working breeder reactor students built for the 1999 hunt. This year, some of the 330 list items (PDF) include 3-D (and 4-D) Twister, a hand-built Theremin, a recreation of the Moon landing, the world's largest Newton's Cradle, and hyperbolic crocheting."
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Eudaemonia means (Score:1)
Re:Eudaemonia means (Score:5, Informative)
(Last Journal: Saturday March 08 2003, @12:27PM)
Re:Eudaemonia means (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Eudaemonia means (Score:5, Interesting)
As a side note, I'm pretty sure I first encountered the term a few years ago, prior to reading any serious philosophy, while playing Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri- it's on the tech tree, as a matter of fact, and comes complete with a quote from the Nicomachean Ethics. You could even designate that your society act in accordance with the aims of achieving eudaimonia, though cruel and unjust leader that I am, I generally preferred the Cybernetic or Thought Control options.
#1 on the list (Score:5, Funny)
Re:#1 on the list (Score:5, Informative)
(http://www3.telus.net/dgmartin/DM_Resume.htm)
Solution:
Don't use Adobe Reader 6.x.
Stick with Adobe Reader 5.x.
If you already have 6.x installed and you're pissed off with the startup time and resources used (I was), uninstall it and reinstall 5.x
To download 5.x, go to the Adobe site, and pick Windows 98 as your platform, regardless if you actually have WinXP, 2k or whatever. If you REALLY want a small Adobe Reader, pick the Win 3.1 platform, to give you Adobe Reader 3.x.
If you're using Linux, you're in luck, Adobe won't try to forcefeed you with 6.x... yet.
Re:#1 on the list (Score:5, Informative)
I'm over here! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm over here! (Score:5, Informative)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Raul654)
a couple years ago... (Score:5, Interesting)
(http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~bwthomas)
the last time the reactor was seen, it was in the back of one of the "idiot twins" cars. The idiot twins were genius physics students, one of which went on to work at los alamos...
makes you think.
Re:a couple years ago... (Score:5, Informative)
(http://www.niell.org/)
As a result of my experience building nuclear reactors for fun, I was a science advisor for a BBC show, "The Nuclear Boyscout." [eagletv.co.uk] I have had to answer questions about this a thousand times, and it has been /.-ed before (second down) [slashdot.org].
Also, I don't work for Los Alamos. I worked for Fermi National Accelerator Lab, but now I am at General Dynamics.
And by way of reference, the Scav Hunt rocks. We had a great time every year. Too bad I can't be there as an honorary judge this year. I would, but I can't make it... (Sorry Matt Kellard)
-Fred
My Webpage [umich.edu]
Re:a couple years ago... (Score:4, Interesting)
(http://www.niell.org/)
-F
Re:a couple years ago... (Score:5, Funny)
I hate the fucking Internet. It's taken all the fun out of a well-crafted lie.
Hope it's less than 33 ft... (Score:5, Insightful)
Anyone know the distance of this? It might be impossible if it's greater than 33 ft.
Re:Hope it's less than 33 ft... (Score:5, Insightful)
(http://money.kevingunn.org/)
To Clarify... (Score:5, Insightful)
(http://money.kevingunn.org/)
electric pickle (Score:5, Funny)
(http://lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/ | Last Journal: Friday November 28 2003, @08:20PM)
I have attached a pickle to an electric cord to make it (the pickle) glow. But I'm not sure if it was edible in that state. First of all, it was emitting burnt-pickle smoke. Second of all, the eater probably would have been electrocuted.
Then again, that's a small price to pay for science.
Slashdotted... (Score:5, Funny)
(http://benrady.com/)
They forgot number 283, a non slashdotable server (Score:1, Informative)
1.Ateammemberinlox.Ateammemberinstocks.Twosmokin?t eammembersinbarrels.[32points] .["0points] ,andbybad-ass,wemean?likesomethingthatcameoutofKai ?sPowerGooTM.?[31pointseach] /2004pattern.txt.[36points]
2.Ascratch-and-sniffmapofChicago.[36points]
3.Mandelbrotwurst.[17points]
4.TheLastAnnualScavHuntAll-StarGame.By7:00PMThursd ay,submitthreerésumésfromyourteam?sAll-StarScavHun ters(résuméformssuppliedatTheConclaveoftheCaptains ).TheseAll-StarswillcompeteforitemsonSaturdayafter noonwithAll-Starsfromopposingteams.["1+"2+"3points ]
5.Legallychangeyournametothemaximumlength.[37point s.10bonuspointsfornumbersorspecialcharacters,liket hosedumbCaliforniaplates.]
6.GiveaJudgedéjàvu.[11points]
7.Hawflakes.[2points]
8.Ateammember?sumbilicalcord,tobeeatenbythatteamme mber.[96points]
9.GiveaJudgedéjàvu.[11points]
10.You?vealreadygottenmarried,renouncedyourcitizen ship,andbeendeclaredlegallyinsaneforScavHuntspast, nowmightbeagoodtimetobeatadeadhorse.[1point]
11.FantasyScavHunt.BringateammembertoIdaNoyesbefor ethepartytodraftanAll-Starteam.TheAll-Starswillbef romotherteams,buttheywillrepresentyourScavHuntTeam
12.GiveafittingperformanceatEnoHall.Thengoroundbac kandgivehimtheclapp.[17points]
13.PhotographyourselfontheescalatorofTajMahal?slob by.Upordown?Youpick.It?sagamble![7or0points]
14.EntertheSeminaryCo-Opwearingonlybackpacksandsho ulderbags.[28points]
15.Createtwomappings:OnefromaCTAmapintoaUSmapandon efromtheUSmapintoaCTAmap.Wewantittolookrealbad-ass
16.AnEasy-BakeOvenwiththeSpecialEditionSylviaPlath inactionfigure.[15points]
17.AWillieNelsondollfromSuperBowlXXXVIII.[38points ]
18.Hi...we?reinDelaware...SetupabluescreenatJudgme nttomagicallywhisktheJudgesawaytoatropicalbeach, thegatesofHell,Delaware,andyourfavoriteplaceinthis world.[112points.20bonuspointsforfacialimpositiont hatmakesuslooksexyorpossiblylikeaJediMaster.Forget abouttheJudgeswhodon?tneedthelatter]
? 19.m=maroon;x=bluegreen;o=olive;p=purple;r=red;d=d arkgrey;l=lightgrey;b=black;w=white;g=green.Formor einformation,pleaseseehttp://scavhunt.uchicago.edu
20.Anoutofordersignthatisoutoforder.Noinfiniteregr essions.[5points]
21.AbrahamdidwhattoIsaac?!...OnlyinNewJersey.[6poi nts]
22.Ridethewhitehorses.Don?tgettoowet.TheAC?sonfull blast.[12points]
23.Holiestofwater,ACstyle.TrumpTrumpbaby,giveusabo ttle.[13points]
24.EattheWorld?sWorstApplePieinthebiggestrockingch air...ever![30points]
25.Wecouldn?tgetthisonepastLori. 26.VenusdeMidol.[34points]
27.?Wearestillontopofthewave...We,whoknowaboutAris totle,Plato,whoweavewordslikeanachronism,transcen- dentalist,cosmos,metaphysical,corollary,integer,mo narchical,intoourbreakfastspeechasamatterofcourse? ? Whoarewe,andaccordingtowhom(atleastin1953,whenthis previousPulitzerprize?winningauthordescribedusassu ch)?[19.53points]
28.Haveacomputercombustthroughnothingbutitsowninte rnalworkings.[32points]
29.ProverbsIV:7-Wisdomistheprincipalthing;therefor egetwisdom:andwithallthygettinggetunderstanding. Calligraphthenplaceonparchment,theScavengerHuntRSO bylaws.Putthembehindglassafteryouhaveagedthedocume
Re:They forgot number 283, a non slashdotable serv (Score:5, Funny)
(http://www.christopherlewis.com/)
The Real #1 on the list is... (Score:5, Funny)
(http://www.vle.org/)
Who is Mr. Potato? (Score:2, Funny)
Rising Costs (Score:5, Funny)
Geez, the Scavenger hunt is getting more expensive every year. And now the contestants have to add to their expenses a return bus ticket from Illinois to Alabama?
To anybody competing (Score:4, Funny)
mirror here (Score:5, Informative)
(http://www.unixauthority.com/)
Re:mirror here (Score:4, Informative)
(http://engert.us/lart | Last Journal: Sunday February 06 2005, @12:59AM)
Unrealistic Item (Score:5, Funny)
(http://hutnick.com/ | Last Journal: Monday March 12 2007, @09:15PM)
Comeon. They're married. Really, what are the odds of this hunt taking place on Mr. Potatohead's birthday?
-Peter
Top 10 Accidentally Found Scavenger Items (Score:5, Funny)
10. Mayor Daley the First
9. An effective WinXP security patch CD
8. 11,000 Bush vote ballots brought home early in 2001 by Bill "Lex Luthor" Daley [uwosh.edu] and hidden in a landfill.
7. My car keys!
6. (still missing)
5. The Beagle
4. 8,700 ballots from 1960 election marked as votes for Nixon.
3. WMD's
2. Meigs Field
1. Jimmy Hoffa
the scary thing is... (Score:5, Funny)
There is probably a college student dumb enough to get the tattoo.
They better post a picture.
First year was actually 1986 (Score:1)
Item #183 is impossible. (Score:2, Funny)
Never specified *which* gas. (Score:5, Insightful)
(http://slashdot.org/)
The solution is as simple as:
1. Go to new jersey
2. Acquire pump
3. Use it to pump a damn gas of your choice. (Air is handy)
Hell, just breathing there probably counts as "pumping a gas."
I'd be more worried about fulfilling the "damn" part of the requirement-- you may have to curse the gas, or coerce the gas into comitting a sin before pumping it.
Queen of Sheba (Score:1, Funny)
One of the items on the list from a hunt I participated back home was a cadet from the ROTC equivalent in full uniform with left half of his mustache shaved... and a hair thats atleast 3 feet long...
i was begging long haired women on campus to donate me a hair... and I finally turned up in full uniform including heavy boots with the left half of my mustache shaved. The organizers then tell me that i was looking quite revolting and i should have shaved my right half too.. they never mentioned anything about the right half in the wish list.
Im sure some folks here can do this one (Score:3, Interesting)
Done it. (Score:5, Informative)
(http://slashdot.org/)
Plug in machine. What you have done, essentially, is used the LED as a dead short across the power switch. The tiny wire on that connector will not handle the high current, and the insulation will be on fire before you can say "hey, I made it through POST!"
I can confirm it works, having done it on accident once. Computer was fine, but it stunk in my room for days. The PSU fan moves that nasty plastic smoke into your room very effectively.
Scavhunt (Score:1)
UC Prank or scavenger hunt? (Score:4, Interesting)
The story goes they started the lights and siren up before leaving, thus insuring attention, as if people might not notice a cop car on the roof otherwise.
Is this an urban legend or did it happen? I'm not having much luck with trying to Google it.
Re:UC Prank or scavenger hunt? (Score:5, Informative)
(http://www.symetrix.net/ | Last Journal: Tuesday November 06 2001, @03:29PM)
http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/1994/cp_car/
Death Head Moths (Score:2, Funny)
(http://slashdot.org/~beatleadam | Last Journal: Thursday May 20 2004, @01:29PM)
But I have to ask all of you...were they really butterflies?? I think not! They were all Death Head Moths from Silence of the Lambs [imdb.com]
"...I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye..."
The 2002 Hunt (Score:4, Interesting)
Now's the time... (Score:3, Funny)
Broodwich (Score:2)
(http://del.icio.us/jtgalt | Last Journal: Monday April 04 2005, @02:50PM)
Too bad all they'll be able to find is the sun dried tomatoes.
Queef??? (Score:1)
WTF?
Heh. Scav hunt. (Score:2, Interesting)
Raw egg absorber (Score:2, Interesting)
(http://www.idocs.com/)
A really big, loosely packed feather pillow.
#157 (Score:2)
(Last Journal: Thursday July 31 2003, @10:18AM)
Dang! (Score:2, Funny)
My other sig is a starship
This brings back memories (Score:3, Funny)
(http://www.marden.org/)
My girlfriend and I were spotted by police during the heist, which resulted in a short and successful chase through some of the parking lots and streets of downtown Columbus. Well, sort of successful. I clipped the bumper of a box truck during the getaway and staved in the door of the car I was driving.
But since I was going to be scavenger hunting in Ohio for the next 48 hours, I didn't want to keep worrying about being pulled over for evading arrest by some cop who thought I might be a terrorist or something. So I went to the nearest police station and turned myself in.
The desk sargeant there listened to my story (completely nonplussed I might add), and asked, "Is this some sort of sorority thing?" What a deflating question for a 19 year-old guy.
Nonetheless, after a $50 fine (which I am pretty sure went into his beer fund, but I wasn't going to argue because I had just talked my way out of a much more serious problem) he let me keep the banner. And because I told the police that other people would be coming to steal more stuff from the state house, I don't believe that anyone else got one of those banners.
Now who says the U of C isn't a fun place?
An Entry-Level IT Job In The Continental U.S. (Score:3, Funny)
(http://www.slashdot.org/)
Chains of Love (Score:2)
The funny thing is, the standard reaction people give when encountering them handcuffed to each other is some variant of "Oh, so, uh, you went and got married?"
-D
Glad that high opinions of matrimony persist in this country.
Haw flakes (Score:2, Funny)
(http://www.jiawen.net/)
UWaterloo scunt (Score:1)
(http://www.notcharles.ca/)
Class of '91 (Score:2)
(http://slashdot.org/~The+Fun+Guy/ | Last Journal: Monday November 26, @05:27PM)
Those were the days when a Maroon was a Maroon. How badly do you want Bevington's Shakespeare class? How badly do you want Ruddat's Plant Physiology? How badly do you need that Chemical Thermodynamics class in Spring Quarter, not Fall, dammit, Spring!
They're all wimps now. Harold's is all prettied up, the C Shop is a Pizza Hut, and Morrie's is a Starbucks.
Pity. It built character.
Wait a minute.... (Score:1)
Scav Hunt List 1992 (Score:1)
Scav Hunt List 1987 (Score:1)
Judgment Over - SH Victorious (Score:2)
Snell Hitchcock won by more than 1500 points.
Max Palevsky was second.
The FIST was third.
-Judge Karl
Re:Hunts in France (Score:3, Funny)
(http://www.networkmirror.com/ | Last Journal: Thursday July 05, @04:34PM)
Re:UVA Scavhunt (Score:1)
(http://www.xoxosoma.com/)
Re:i was unclear... (Score:2)
Glad to see that "Hooked on Phonics" course is paying off!