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Microsoft to Hire Xbox Hackers?

Posted by michael on from the bare-metal dept.

handsomepete writes "According to PlanetXbox, Microsoft is looking to hire 'software design engineers' to look into the properties of modchips and detection code for hardware. A background in game hacking knowledge is listed as a preferred talent. Will any of the Xbox Linux participants take a stab at this job?"

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  1. Call me crazy, but... by Faust7 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't think Microsoft is too concerned about the Xbox Linux Project. :)

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  2. Has anyone thought of.... by StArSkY · · Score: 2, Informative

    Has anyone thought of taking these jobs and deliberately doing a really crap job? Do it so poorly that they never succeed ;)

    I wonder if anyone is a sick and twisted as me.
    In Australia at the moment they have jobs going for "anti linux and anti SUN" people. The job advertisments specifically mention limiting the growth of linux and solaris in the "responsibilities" section of the job description.

    get the job, take the cash, and then go around promoting linux on Microsoft's money ;)

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  3. Re:Why take this job? by -1,+Accurate · · Score: 2, Informative
    Yeah, right, it's a cult. Dissenters are killed on sight.

    Take a look at this map The Church of Scientology is on the corner of Bel-Red and 24th. The land in between is owned by a hospital (not affiliated with Microsoft.)

    Need a conspiracy theory? Just south of 24th is Uwajimaya, the local Japanese grocery store. That can only mean one thing: Yes, Sony bought Microsoft! That's why they need modchips for the X-Box--they're turning it into the PS3!

  4. Re:Do what I did. by ChaosDiscordSimple · · Score: 4, Informative
    Refusing to sign documents can work pretty well. I never signed the employment agreement at my last job because they repeated failed to get me the changes they promised. ("Hey, Alan, could you sign the employment agreement?" "Sure, as soon as you get me a revised agreement per our verbal agreement when I accepted the position." "Oh, sure, I'll have that soon." Repeat every four months until I left.) A similar technique worked for a friend.

    However, signing a false name to the documents (John Doe), is pretty clearly fraud and could get you in trouble if the company pressed the issue in court. Don't do it.