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Boogie Bass Hacked

Posted by Hemos on from the good-exercise dept.

vonmar writes "A 20-second re-recordable message has been hacked into the "Boogie Bass" talking fish. The audio is stored on an ISD 1420P solid-state chipcorder voice record/playback chip. The head, tail, and mouth movements are also re-recordable, and are stored in EEPROM inside an ATMEL AT89S8252 microcontroller. Read more about it at the creator's site."

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  1. Re:Holy shit by startled · · Score: 3

    Yeah, but didn't he mention that soon he'd have a Beowulf Cluster of them?

  2. the term "hacker" by British · · Score: 3

    We have a story of Indian "Hackers" and now there's news of this fish being "hacked".

    So with the word "hacker" being used here, did the Indian "hackers" "Hack" the Boogie Fish? Or was the fish "cracked" or "defaced"?

    1. Re:the term "hacker" by Webmonger · · Score: 3

      They're not mutually exclusive.

      If it was your fake fish and you reprogrammed it cleverly, it was hacked.

      If it was someone else's fake fish, and you reprogrammed it cleverly, it was hacked and cracked.

      If it was someone else's fake fish, and you reprogrammed it stupidly, it was cracked. (And you're a script kiddie.)

      And there's no such thing as defacing junk like a Boogie Bass.

    2. Re:the term "hacker" by Dannon · · Score: 4

      I vote we say it was "poached". Or perhaps "de-scaled".

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  3. Babelfish by Digital+Mage · · Score: 3

    Now all we need to do is give the fish a microphone and and some translation software and you could have a Babelfish to stick in your ear.

  4. Re:Jesus ... now every dipshit on earth will want by Ross+C.+Brackett · · Score: 5

    I dunno, I think pretty much everyone can agree that a Boogie Bass that says "Satan commands you to spread the blood of the innocent" in a demonic voice is pretty damn funny. Er, I guess a schizophrenic might not find it so funny.

  5. what a ./ troll would do.. by X-Dopple · · Score: 4

    Wonder what he'll be reprogrammed to say?

    "IMAGINE A BEOWULF CLUSTER OF ME"?
    "HOT NAKED PETRIFIED NATALIE PORTMAN?"
    "GOATS***"

    assuming anyone ever bought one of those things. I mean, the question is: WHY would you want one?

    1. Re:what a ./ troll would do.. by Change · · Score: 3

      > assuming anyone ever bought one of those things. I mean, the question is: WHY would you want one?

      To modify and return to the store, of course. The proper messages in the proper community would be most entertaining...

    2. Re:what a ./ troll would do.. by Goonie · · Score: 4
      How about RMS singing "Share the Software"? :)

      (for those who haven't heard this piece of musical genius, you don't want to, and neither does RMS, I'd imagine).

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  6. What would you get if.... by L3WKW4RM · · Score: 5

    I think if anyone ever crossed one of these with the hacked furby, it would be **the** most annoying gadget on earth.

  7. Interactive version by Venebulon · · Score: 3

    What I'd really like to see is a version of the talking fish that was controlled by a remote microphone, and with software that controlled the head and mouth automatically whenever a person was speaking into the microphone. Imagine inviting passers-by to have a conversation with the fish. Pipe the voice through a sound-blaster live first to get some rather fishy voice-effects and we could really have some fun. Hey, I want this as a hands-free telephone!

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  8. woo hoo! by brad3378 · · Score: 3

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    I can see it now. Billy Bob holding his bass up to the pay-phone making
    illegal phone calls with pre-recorded phone phreaking tones.

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