| |
In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.general, Brad Hamilton writes:
> > Drat! I'll probably never get to go there, but just in case, is it open to
> > the public?
>
> Yep!
NO! It's not!
It's not actually "open to the public" in the usual "open house" sense, like
a library or a state university computing center. Yes, the outside doors to
the building happen to be unlocked during the day, but that doesn't mean they
want random people just wandering in off the streets. It's definitely _not_
a building that could be accurately categorized as being "open to the public."
Especially not during the catered lunches. :)
> > If I happen to be in Boston, can you just show up and go in, or
> > do you have to have to know someone????
>
> Just show up and walk in. If you're ever in Boston, drop me a note and I'll
> show you where it is.
> I just now realized, after 8 months of passing within 50 meters of the
> building every week, that it was the media lab... <bangs head on wall> :-)
I wouldn't go around recommending that...
The people who work there are trying to get work done in the labs, and much
of what they're doing is ultra-top-secret. Maybe they'd be happy to meet
people on appointment, but just wandering in isn't...
A great majority of the labs in the building are actually _locked_ too. (You
can't even get to some floors without special elevator keys/codes.) The E&L
lab where most of the LEGO sits is situated in a uniquely "visible" area but
they shouldn't be letting people the double-glass doors there without
permission.
Did you make it in past the glass doors or were you staying out in the atrium?
--Todd
p.s. Disclaimer: I don't work for or speak for the Media Lab. The above is
based on my own experiences and opinions. I've been in the Lab many times but
only when very closely supervised and chaperoned.
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
Message is in Reply To:
25 Messages in This Thread:
  
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
