<p><a href="http://mitcannon.com/%5B/url%5D">http://mitcannon.com/</a></p>
<p>ho hum. </p>
<p>:o</p>
<p>+10 mit.</p>
<p>: ) good work kids.</p>
<p>I am humbled in the presence of greatness. Brilliant! This is the stuff of legends.</p>
<p>Nice job guys.</p>
<p>Our security sucks so much...lol</p>
<p>I am dumb, but can somebody explain to me the significance of the "company" name?</p>
<p>Wait, what happened? I get that the Harvey Mudders stole the cannon from Caltech back in the day - how come it's getting to MIT? I thought they gave it back to Caltech, wrapped in a gift box?</p>
<p>Mollie, I think it might be a play on 'howitzer.' It's ... kinda close, I guess. I don't know :-P</p>
<p>
Howe Ser ~ How& Ser ~ How 'et' Ser ~ Howitzer ~ Cannon</p>
<p>oh, you can't stop us.</p>
<p><a href="http://collegecannoncoeds.com%5B/url%5D">http://collegecannoncoeds.com</a></p>
<p>Also. howeandser: how-we-answer. works.</p>
<p>Brilliant, you guys! :)
Not sure how we're going to top that quite yet, but we will!</p>
<p>-Oren</p>
<p>Howe Moving Company = Harvey Mudd College = H & M Construction (original heist)</p>
<p>Howe Ser = How, Sir? [Good question!]</p>
<p>Ah, I saw the Tech article. XD!</p>
<p>I'm curious, I'll be at MIT on Sunday, will it still be around? If so, can I go and take pictures of it, without an army of MIT students descending on me like a KGB security detail, only better equipped?</p>
<p>I have a feeling it's gonna be at MIT over the summer, while we figure out how to take it back / plot revenge... ;)</p>
<p>-Oren</p>
<p>Wow... that <em>was</em> fast. Apparently the cannon is [url="<a href="http://matt.mitblogs.com/archives/2006/04/cannon_hack.html%22%5Dgone%5B/url">http://matt.mitblogs.com/archives/2006/04/cannon_hack.html"]gone[/url</a>] and making it's way back to Pasadena. </p>
<p>I guess it'll be there for prefrosh weekend after all.</p>
<p>-Oren</p>
<p>I'm surprised - I thought it was a friendly rivalry after all? (The letter & reaction at green bldg wasn't too classy, and it's evident that the folks at fleming house haven't taken the prank in good sport)</p>
<p>The letter isn't too classy, I'll agree with that. But you have to understand that whereas MIT saw it as a prank pulled off on Caltech, Fleming House took it personally. And many of us were actually quite upset. It's the Fleming Cannon, not the Caltech Cannon, like everyone keeps referring to it. And it's considered to be one of those non-prankable symbols of the house, just as the Fleming Bell and the Fleming Flag are. MIT obviously wasn't aware of that.</p>
<p>The line between friendly one-upmanship and being bad sports is a thin one. I think this is probably a pretty exemplary prank, as far as collegiality. That's not to say either side was perfect. MIT wasn't, -- since they left no notice or warning of any kind, people thought it was stolen and filed a police report. (But what's the fun in a prank with a letter explaining everything?) Fleming wasn't super-polite, but I don't think they crossed any lines, either.</p>
<p>My personal take is that "non-prankable" objects are a kind of nonsensical idea, and that it is natural to have a little bit of one-upmanship in a thing like this. It's the major leagues, what do you expect? People who are too touchy on either side are like pro football players who complain that there is hitting. : )</p>
<p>Hee, you Caltech kids are awfully grouchy.</p>
<p>Must be the weather out there. :p</p>
<p>/me is not grouchy! <em>pout</em></p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>Caltech's Response to the MIT Prank:</p>