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vadding
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/vading/ , n. [from VAD, a permutation of ADV (i.e., ADVENT ), used to avoid
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a particular admin 's continual search-and-destroy sweeps for the game] A
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leisure-time activity of certain hackers involving the covert exploration of
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the secret parts of large buildings basements, roofs, freight elevators,
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maintenance crawlways, steam tunnels, and the like. A few go so far as to
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learn locksmithing in order to synthesize vadding keys. The verb is to vad
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(compare phreaking ; see also hack , sense 9). This term dates from the late
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1970s, before which such activity was simply called hacking ; the older
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usage is still prevalent at MIT. The most extreme and dangerous form of
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vadding is elevator rodeo , a.k.a. elevator surfing , a sport played by
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wrasslin' down a thousand-pound elevator car with a 3-foot piece of string,
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and then exploiting this mastery in various stimulating ways (such as
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elevator hopping, shaft exploration, rat-racing, and the ever-popular drop
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experiments).
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