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A Hack A Day

Posted by michael on from the into-the-outdoors-with-gun-and-solder dept.

Hardwyred writes "Another webpage for the DIY minded has popped up, Hack A Day promises '...a fresh hack each day, every day from around the web and a special how-to hack each week.' Just a few days worth of content up so far, but shows a lot of promise."

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  1. From the title... by Ghostgate · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... I expected a site showing screenshots of some poor sucker's hacked web pages, with a new poor sucker each day ;)

  2. Ah, but... by VistaBoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...does a hack a day keep the DMCA away?

    1. Re:Ah, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      a hack a day, keeps the girls away...

  3. So disappointed! by zaxios · · Score: 4, Funny

    Misunderstood "Hack A Day". I was hoping to find out a way to make time itself run Linux.

    Oh, come on, groaning is a type of laughing.

    1. Re:So disappointed! by LostCluster · · Score: 3, Funny

      There are some posts that merit there being a "-1 Failed humor attempt" mod...

    2. Re:So disappointed! by zaxios · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nah, the failure of the humour was the humour. If I failed, I was successful.

    3. Re:So disappointed! by Jerf · · Score: 3, Funny

      "If I failed, I was successful."

      You're no geek, you're a politician . I invoke the sacred names of Babbage, Turing, and Cantor and order you back from whence you came.

      THE POWER OF CANTOR COMPELS YOU.

      THE POWER OF CANTOR COMPELS YOU.

      THE POWER OF CANTOR COMPELS YOU.

  4. Good Ideas by b0lt · · Score: 5, Funny

    They have good ideas, but is there any way to submit an idea for other people to do, if you're not so mechanically oriented? (I soldered my screwdriver to a case once) It looks like you have to do everything yourself for any submissions =/

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    1. Re:Good Ideas by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not so mechanically oriented? Sounds like you're more like "how the fuck did you do that"-prone.

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  5. Bottle Cap Tri-Pod by mr_tremor69 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I gotta make myself one of those bottle cap tri-pods. I am glad they warned me about the potential for poisoning I might have actually made it before drinking the pop and refilling it with water.

  6. only one? by tomsuchy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get in like 8-12 hacks a day, usually in the morning, right before my first cigarette.

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    1. Re:only one? by Myrmi · · Score: 2, Funny

      I do twelve a day. Before breakfast. And then I go to Milliways.

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  7. Tomorrow's hack... by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 2, Funny

    I suspect tomorrow's hack will be "how to keep your server running during a slashdot"

    1. Re:Tomorrow's hack... by Kizzle · · Score: 3, Funny

      HAHAHHAA that's a hilarious joke! You see, when Slashdot links to a site, it receives allot of traffic and runs a risk of being overloaded. This clever poster is poking fun at that. GENUIS I SAY!

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    2. Re:Tomorrow's hack... by polecat_redux · · Score: 2, Funny

      Family Guy quote:

      Drama teacher: Ok any comments?
      Olivia: You are the weakest link, goodbye.
      Stewie: HAHAHAHA oh gosh that's funny, that's really funny, do you right your own material? Do you? Because that is so fresh 'you are the weakest link, goodbye' you know I've never heard anyone make that joke before, humm, you're the first, I've never heard anyone reference that outside the program before, because that's what she says on the show right, isn't it? 'You are the weakest link goodbye' and yet you've taken that and used it out of context to insult me in this everyday situation. God what a clever smart girl you must be, to come up with a joke like that all by yourself, humm, and so fresh too, any titanic jokes you want to throw at me so long as we're hitting these phenomena at the height of their popularity, humm? Because I'm here... [pause] God you're so funny!

  8. Wow by rampant+mac · · Score: 3, Funny
    Reminds me a lot of Mac OS X Hints, but extended to include non-computing hardware.

    Any hints on how to hack the model D83 Swedish sure-grip suck machine yet? /naked gun 2 1/2

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  9. Awww... by ComputerSherpa · · Score: 4, Funny

    Poor upstart site, just getting on its feet, and you /. it already? For shame!

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  10. Re:Missing Shift Key? by Gentlewhisper · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's probably a website run by a bunch of fucking twelve-year-old script kiddies. What makes you think they'd bother with proper grammar and spelling?

    This guy has kids and writes rather well compared to most other homebrew websites. Don't know what's up with the all lower case letters thing.

    Sigh... I have not been to America for quite some time, and reading all those crazy **AA articles made me wonder just how much USA has changed. Well, I didn't expect it to change THAT much though!

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  11. Re:Missing Shift Key? by polecat_redux · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've always been a fan of capital letters -- especially when trying to read an entire paragraph of text. Looks wonderfully professional, huh?

    Go easy on him, he's just trying to add a little character...

  12. Re:Missing Shift Key? by krymsin01 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, because every thing on the "internets" is true.

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  13. Oh... OK by conan776 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So that's how you steal a car! I have the half a tennis ball thing down pat, I just needed a bic pen. That BMW is all mine! Thank you /.ers. Write me in prison, won't you?

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  14. I got an idea for a hack.... by LiquidMind · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know these navigation systems that come in most newer/expensive cars that have a little gps system and map and talks to you (turn left....here).
    I'd love to hack one of those and add "bitch" to everything. as in...

    "Merge onto...freeway....bitch"

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  15. Hack A Day issue 12... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How to hack a web server to survive a saturday morning slashdoting.

    Smoking ruin footage at 11.