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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> 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. :)
Oh, OK. I didn't perceive it as such, but I see your point. Sorry, I was just
reiterating my experience.
> > > 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...
OK, I see that too. However, they didn't seem to have any problem with my
walking in and looking around. I didn't touch the displays or anything, just
gaped and gazed at the bins of parts... the only thing I touched was the
floor, mainly with my jaw ;-)
But again, I do understand what you're saying - they are doing their work
there and don't need people wandering in.
> 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?
No, I was in the atrium. But what was out there was enough to amaze me
anyhow... :-)
-Shiri
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