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Panoptes · July 23rd, 2010, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coop

Decided to hack into the wii last weekend to get some homebrew apps running - anyone else done this?

English please

Topweasel · July 23rd, 2010, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panoptes

English please

He made modifications to Wii that will now let him install amateur and unauthorized programs.

Coop · July 23rd, 2010, 03:43 PM

unlocking the "operating system" on the wii which allows a variety of things - including the ability to backup and copy games...

Sweatpants Murphy · July 23rd, 2010, 10:03 PM

what was the level of difficulty and the reward? by reward I mean the amount of good stuff available after the hack

Coop · July 23rd, 2010, 10:06 PM

stay tuned to this channel

-Deborah- · July 29th, 2010, 10:34 PM

Not sure where to put this. I don't think my privacy settings allowed them to get anything other than my name, but others aren't as fortunate:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38463013...nce/?GT1=43001

Details of 100 million Facebook users published online

Users' personal information cannot now be made private, security consultant says

SeattleLionsFan · July 30th, 2010, 08:39 AM

I can't believe that someone might find out that on May 12, I gave the dog a bath...

-Deborah- · July 30th, 2010, 09:48 AM

haha

Darl McrBride · July 30th, 2010, 10:01 AM

Coop, my son has had homebrew running for years. I think you just need to stay on top of Nintendo updates that might brick such a system, ie, don't update the system until homebrew adjustments have been released (usually just a couple of days).

For others, why do this? Cool game mods like speeding up Brawl, adding random pics for character faces, play dvd's (maybe you can do this with an unmodified system now, I'm not sure), write your own games. This has actually inspired my kid to learn C because there's a fun objective.

On ethics, besides it being pretty obvious that you should be able to do what you want with things you've purchased, the homebrew guys are opposed to copyright infringement and have even put forth a lot of effort to help Nintendo out with respect to this (they've just been pissed on for their efforts but that's beside the point).

Darl McrBride · July 30th, 2010, 10:07 AM

Deb, all the guy did was write a crawler and record the names and url's to the main pages of users. Not hard to do and nothing to write home about (any more than a white pages, anyway). These guys:

http://www.spokeo.com/

actually did the same thing but took the time to scrape data off of the pages, property tax records, realty info, etc.

SeattleLionsFan · July 30th, 2010, 12:56 PM

I think that the govt has just legalized "jailbreaking" cell phones. Do you know if it applies to game consoles as well?

Topweasel · July 30th, 2010, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeattleLionsFan

I think that the govt has just legalized "jailbreaking" cell phones. Do you know if it applies to game consoles as well?

It does. All this does is mean they can't sue modders or people who have made modifications to the hardware or software.

Still doesn't mean that Modding doesn't break their TOC and therefore do all sorts of mean things like brick your object "by accident" when you do a software update.

Malto Marko · August 1st, 2010, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by -Deborah-

Not sure where to put this. I don't think my privacy settings allowed them to get anything other than my name, but others aren't as fortunate:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38463013...nce/?GT1=43001

Details of 100 million Facebook users published online

Users' personal information cannot now be made private, security consultant says

This is why I am careful about giving personal information. I do give a valid e-mail addy but other than that, things that are irrelevant are accurate and relevant things are not.

BTW, even though I enjoy being to tell people Happy Birthday on their birthday, that is one of the things I refuse to make public.

.....so since I enjoy being told Happy Birthday on my birthday also, how bout every time someone posts a HB post to a valued forum member, they also wish me a HB because, it just might me my birthday too.

Sharkbait · August 1st, 2010, 04:34 PM

Oh, and a very happy Unbirthday to you, sir.

Malto Marko · August 2nd, 2010, 07:37 AM

LOL!

Tanks, Sharkey.

Coop · August 2nd, 2010, 10:42 AM

Iphone 4 has been jailbroken as have later model 3GS

take that mr jobs....and dmca says it's legal too !!!

manwhohasstronggrip · August 2nd, 2010, 10:08 PM

hmm social networking site has security risk...

who da thunk it

manwhohasstronggrip · August 2nd, 2010, 10:16 PM

oh yes I remember I tried keeping the flock out of herd (or whatever sheep congregate in) but NOOOOO

new vid on social networking to include the old one none of you watched because it is really pretty boring for the avg. end user.

From Kevin Johnson at DEFCON

If you don’t know who Kevin Johnson is , google the name, very respected ex-hacker now CEH (we think)

Social Zombies: Your Friends Want To Eat Your Brains

http://vimeo.com/6307559

Social Zombies II: Your Friends Need More Brains

http://vimeo.com/9412753

Panoptes · August 2nd, 2010, 10:20 PM

I read it the first time and took note.

Never had an interest in those kind of sites before and certainly never after.

LionsFanInJapan · August 8th, 2010, 07:05 PM

A little background, I picked up a new video camera when my son was born in March. I went with the Sony CX-550, because it seemed to have the most features along with ease of use.

Anyways, last night we were out at one of the local summer festivals. They always end with a fireworks show, so I went to the menu and put on the "fireworks" scene filter. I have to say I'm really impressed with out it came out:

YouTube- ‪Mifune Fireworks 2010‬&lrm;
Oh, it's in HD as well if you want to up the resolution.

July 23rd, 2010, 03:43 PM	#2123
Coop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 6,816	unlocking the "operating system" on the wii which allows a variety of things - including the ability to backup and copy games... __________________ The Ultimate Lions Rubber Stamp of approval.

July 23rd, 2010, 10:03 PM	#2124
Sweatpants Murphy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 768	what was the level of difficulty and the reward? by reward I mean the amount of good stuff available after the hack __________________ "Low on the totem, till he showed 'em defiance, giant scrotum"

July 23rd, 2010, 10:06 PM	#2125
Coop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 6,816	stay tuned to this channel __________________ The Ultimate Lions Rubber Stamp of approval.

July 29th, 2010, 10:34 PM	#2126
-Deborah- Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dearborn, MI Posts: 14,476	Not sure where to put this. I don't think my privacy settings allowed them to get anything other than my name, but others aren't as fortunate: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38463013...nce/?GT1=43001 Details of 100 million Facebook users published online Users' personal information cannot now be made private, security consultant says __________________ Dogs rule.

July 30th, 2010, 08:39 AM	#2127
SeattleLionsFan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 16,236	I can't believe that someone might find out that on May 12, I gave the dog a bath... __________________ To be a professional means that you don't die. - Takeru "the Tsunami" Kobayashi

July 30th, 2010, 09:48 AM	#2128
-Deborah- Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dearborn, MI Posts: 14,476	haha __________________ Dogs rule.

July 30th, 2010, 10:01 AM	#2129
Darl McrBride Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: ftwtx Posts: 851	Coop, my son has had homebrew running for years. I think you just need to stay on top of Nintendo updates that might brick such a system, ie, don't update the system until homebrew adjustments have been released (usually just a couple of days). For others, why do this? Cool game mods like speeding up Brawl, adding random pics for character faces, play dvd's (maybe you can do this with an unmodified system now, I'm not sure), write your own games. This has actually inspired my kid to learn C because there's a fun objective. On ethics, besides it being pretty obvious that you should be able to do what you want with things you've purchased, the homebrew guys are opposed to copyright infringement and have even put forth a lot of effort to help Nintendo out with respect to this (they've just been pissed on for their efforts but that's beside the point). __________________ Suspicion breeds trust.

July 30th, 2010, 10:07 AM	#2130
Darl McrBride Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: ftwtx Posts: 851	Deb, all the guy did was write a crawler and record the names and url's to the main pages of users. Not hard to do and nothing to write home about (any more than a white pages, anyway). These guys: http://www.spokeo.com/ actually did the same thing but took the time to scrape data off of the pages, property tax records, realty info, etc. __________________ Suspicion breeds trust. Last edited by Darl McrBride; July 30th, 2010 at 10:20 AM.

July 30th, 2010, 12:56 PM	#2131
SeattleLionsFan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 16,236	I think that the govt has just legalized "jailbreaking" cell phones. Do you know if it applies to game consoles as well? __________________ To be a professional means that you don't die. - Takeru "the Tsunami" Kobayashi

August 1st, 2010, 04:34 PM	#2134
Sharkbait Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 36 miles south of Green Bay, ...Neenah, WI. Posts: 6,183	Oh, and a very happy Unbirthday to you, sir. __________________ [B] Sharkbait [B][/SIZE] AAL - Vinnie Ciurciu

August 2nd, 2010, 07:37 AM	#2135
Malto Marko Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The newest member of our family Posts: 11,722	LOL! Tanks, Sharkey. __________________ Mayhew is not the next Millen. Give the Dude some respect for the moves he made....He is neither Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dumb.

August 2nd, 2010, 10:42 AM	#2136
Coop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 6,816	Iphone 4 has been jailbroken as have later model 3GS take that mr jobs....and dmca says it's legal too !!! __________________ The Ultimate Lions Rubber Stamp of approval.

August 2nd, 2010, 10:08 PM	#2137
manwhohasstronggrip Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Helena MT Posts: 6,933	hmm social networking site has security risk... who da thunk it __________________ Need a new Sunday hobby, like scraping my molars for tarter.

August 2nd, 2010, 10:16 PM	#2138
manwhohasstronggrip Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Helena MT Posts: 6,933	oh yes I remember I tried keeping the flock out of herd (or whatever sheep congregate in) but NOOOOO new vid on social networking to include the old one none of you watched because it is really pretty boring for the avg. end user. From Kevin Johnson at DEFCON If you don’t know who Kevin Johnson is , google the name, very respected ex-hacker now CEH (we think) Social Zombies: Your Friends Want To Eat Your Brains http://vimeo.com/6307559 Social Zombies II: Your Friends Need More Brains http://vimeo.com/9412753 __________________ Need a new Sunday hobby, like scraping my molars for tarter.

August 2nd, 2010, 10:20 PM	#2139
Panoptes Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the non-cooperative Posts: 25,230	I read it the first time and took note. Never had an interest in those kind of sites before and certainly never after. __________________ Excerpt: Detroit drafted center Dominic Raiola and offensive tackle Jeff Backus in 2001, and the duo is 31-97 (make that 33-111) in the NFL. "I don't have a lot of good memories in the league," Raiola said. "Me and Backus haven't even had a .500 season."--9/10/2009, By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer

August 8th, 2010, 07:05 PM	#2140
LionsFanInJapan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Kumamoto, Japan Posts: 442	A little background, I picked up a new video camera when my son was born in March. I went with the Sony CX-550, because it seemed to have the most features along with ease of use. Anyways, last night we were out at one of the local summer festivals. They always end with a fireworks show, so I went to the menu and put on the "fireworks" scene filter. I have to say I'm really impressed with out it came out: YouTube- ‪Mifune Fireworks 2010‬&lrm; Oh, it's in HD as well if you want to up the resolution.