Hacking the Streamium

Posted by timothy on Sunday February 16, 2003 @07:28PM from the make-it-do-your-bidding dept.

UVwarning writes "I submitted a review to Slashdot about a month ago complaining about various problems with Philips' streamium MCi-200 (an Internet micro hi-fi system). The main gripes being that Philips controls which Internet radio stations you can listen to and that the PC-link software (which is used to serve MP3s from your PC to your Streamium) only runs on Windows. I managed to fix both of these problems by reverse engineering the PC-link protocol and writing my own pc-link server in perl, which can be run on practically any OS, *and* can trick the Streamium into playing any Internet MP3 stream that you want! This is a must-have for any Streamium user. Here is a more detailed article along with the perl script and an outline of the PC-link protocol."

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Re:New mathematical discovery by gazbo · 2003-02-16 21:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic
Sir, your maths-fu is weak. While in this case the logic is still there, one cannot take that which is to be proved as a premise, then work towards a known-true conslucion. Remember; a false premise can prove just about anything.

Prove 1=2
1. 1=2
2. =>2=1
3. (adding (1) and (2))
  => 3=3
4. ???
5. QED!
Not a very convincing proof is it? Yet it's exactly what you've done.
Re:Why Linux Sucks by hplasm · 2003-02-17 00:25 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Morning BillG! Welcome to /.
Best don your asbestos pants now.

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