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Why isn't the California Institute of Technology known as "CIT"?

I find it hard to believe that people would confuse the school with a counselor in training...but I guess you never know...

Better yet, why isn't the Massachusetts Institute of Technology known as "Masstech"? It would fit in well with "Caltech," "Georgia Tech," and "Virginia Tech"...although I still say it would be cooler to have them known as "MIT," "CIT," "GIT," and "VIT."

...and what about the Zimbabwe Institute of Technology? "ZIT"! It could win a prize for the largest zit in the world!

I feel like I'm going off on a tangent...

By Blueroses (Blueroses) on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 09:14 pm: Edit

it is called CIT too..just more well known as Caltech :P

By Cooldude (Cooldude) on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 01:43 am: Edit

coz CIT-Carnegie Institute of Technology
one of the schools at the university

By Tavilach (Tavilach) on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 01:49 am: Edit

Ah.

By Arthurdent (Arthurdent) on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 02:42 am: Edit

Also,

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Definitions of CIT on the Web:

Craft Interface Terminal
www.tellium.com/optical/glossary.html


Center for Information Technology
www.cit.nih.gov/dnst/handbook/Main/glossary.htm


Center for Instructional Technology, the name of a promoter of the use of computers in delivering course materials
pharmacy.ucsf.edu/glossary/


the Pure Consciousness equated with moksa when the egoistic self is lost
hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/extra/bl-glossary-c.htm


consciousness.
www.miraura.org/lit/skgl/skgl-07.html


craft interface terminal
assure.spirentcom.com/refshelf_glossary.asp


Name of the Windows 2000 Domain. There is some confusion as to what CIT stands for; the most adopted convention is Coordinated Information Technology.
linus.atd.ucar.edu/homes/jtanner/guide/app_a.html


("awareness, consciousness") Pure Awareness, or the transcendental Consciousness beyond all thought; the eternal witness. (See also atman, purusha, drastr.)
www.bindu.freeserve.co.uk/yoga/definitions.htm


Computer Integration Telephony is a term used by Digital Equipment Corp.
k-tech.hypermart.net/glossary.htm


A Collective Investment Trust is the co-mingling of individual trust monies into a common pool for investment purposes.
olmst.com/glossary.html

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By Tavilach (Tavilach) on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 03:20 pm: Edit

Try searching for "the answer to life the universe and everything"...

Google is indeed fun.

By Kyshantry (Kyshantry) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 03:29 am: Edit

It is at times referred to as CIT. For example, our student government is ASCIT (Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology). Saint Luke's Hostpial, a property we recently acquired, will be known as CIT^2, etc. Caltech just sounds cooler. And it lets us easily get confused with Calpoly (grumble).


Galen

By Tavilach (Tavilach) on Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 09:45 pm: Edit

I hate it so much when people do that (confuse Caltech with Calpoly)...

It's just so damn stupid...

It's like confusing MIT with an oven mitt...

By Patli (Patli) on Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 10:19 pm: Edit

MIT over an oven mitt? Are you implying something about Caltech's status over Calpoly?

By Tavilach (Tavilach) on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 01:26 am: Edit

I am, although it was a real exaggeration.

Calpoly is a good school, but it's academics don't even compare to Caltech's.

By Kousuke (Kousuke) on Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 01:57 am: Edit

i own two oven mittens myself, i view them to be quite useful, not as much as a degree from caltech or MIT, but definately more than one from calpoly. one mitten has a tucan on it. i dont think the calpoly certificate comes with a bright orange tucan, not sure. if anyone still hasnt burned theirs, i would be greatful if they could tell me. thank you.

By Tavilach (Tavilach) on Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 01:37 am: Edit

Come on, be nice. Don't bash the inferior race...

(I'm just kidding. Calpoly is a good school...I know a very smart kid who goes there and loves it)