Aussie Company Releases Xbox Mod-Chip Designs

An anonymous reader submits: "According to an article in the Australian Financial Review, An Australian computer chip designer will this weekend risk the wrath of Microsoft by making its sophisticated Xbox mod-chip designs freely available over the internet. This release is the second and most advanced design to date that has been released by this company, the earlier release of a much simpler design was covered by a previous article on slashdot. Go get'em while they're hot everyone. When you consider what has been happening to companies who irritate console makers, these files might not be around for long!" The AFR article requires subscription, but the AussieChip site has more information, including a link to the terms under which the designs may be downloaded -- looks like they're looking for some dedicated amateurs ;)

Comments

I can see it already.....

[Bogue]

"When I buy my xbox I should be able to do whatever I want with it, yada, yada, yada...."

go aussies

[sixdotoh]

alright, finally the aussies are living up to their criminal heritage!!! (hey, i was born there at least . . .)

seems the past few articles involving Australia on /. have been about them restricting rights.

Re:go aussies

[MavEtJu]

When I teased my girl about it, she countered with "only the ones who were too stupid to be caught, the real ones are still over in England.".

I am beaten, unable to use that argument again.

Re:go aussies

[fermion]

One the essays in Salmon of Doubt, by the late Douglas Adams, talks about a sign on a bridge which stated the punishment for defacing the bridge would be exile to Australia. He was surprised that the bridge was still in one piece.

Adams then goes to ponder what one can say about a country where, at one time, one of the harshest punishment was exile to one the most beautiful places on Earth.

Re:go aussies

[mark2003]

The majority of these criminals were orphans who stole bread, prostitutes and the ilk

I, for one, think that stealing prostitutes is a heinous crime... Not sure about stealing ilks though.

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Re:Please read before mod

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Microsoft Won't Have To Do A Thing

[aerojad]

Slashdot will surely keep this site down for a while to come!

flood the site

[jesler]

If Microsoft doesn't want anyone to see these designs, they need only bring the site to its knees with a flood of traffic, generated by a well-placed article on highly-viewed website.

oh... wait...

Ban Computers

[t_allardyce]

I think its obvious what course of action needs to be taken: Ban computers. Computers are responsible for almost 100% of DMCA violations: These tools of outlaws come in several categories:

-Personal computers:
these remain the no.1 tools of criminal "hackers" allowing them to propogate virii and pirate material and to violate the DMCA

-General purpose processors and microcontrollers:
these are used as mod chips, clearly tools that are used to violate the DMCA

-The internet (another by-product of computers):
is responsible for allowing numerous DMCA and copy right violations including the spreading of mod-chip plans, pirate material, and George W. Bush jokes.

Im serious, i can guarentee that once personal computers are banned there will be atleast an 80% drop in the number of DMCA violations! If you dont think banning personal computers is a law that can be enforced then think again: There exist large databases of computer owners sourced from retail shops, online stores, credit card transactions, software licenses and ISP's. Personal computers also emit an EMF at the frequency of their internal clock, these can be detected and categorised - higher frequencies usually denote more powerful and therefore more illigal computers. Its true that there are legitimate uses for computers, but in this case they should be restricted to government use only.

Let me leave you with a thought: Terrorists also use computers!!!!!!

Re:Ban Computers

[Anonymous Coward]

Amen. Same goes for televisions, as they may be misused as computer monitors. And we can't have ANY exceptions for computers owned by the government or laboratories. I agree 100%; our lives would be so much simpler without much of this so-called "enabling" technology.

Re:Oh alright then.

[tomstdenis]

Whoa whoa, you mean America doesn't rule the world yet? Dubya, send some troops and wrangle up a kangaroo or two.

The thing about information...

[heli0]

"these files might not be around for long"

you can't unring a bell.

Re:Oh alright then.

[stephanruby]

No, but their politicians can be bought by foreign companies. It's all good.