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CCC Mods Rent-a-Bike To Allow Free Rides

Posted by timothy on from the mischief-not-malice dept.

Autoversicherung writes "Germany has an activated by phone bike rental system across all major cities. At 6 cent a minute quite pricey, germanys famous Chaos Computer Club thought a free ride every now and then couldnt hurt. Optimizing the original system in the process, modifying the blink code to be easier found and changing the logo. About 10% of Berlins bikes are patched already. A detailed description of how they did it, and how the system works."

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  1. War Biking? by B4RSK · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heh. War biking. Cool!

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  2. next they should hack it so I don't have to peddle by hashish · · Score: 5, Funny

    Darn things require so much energy to move.

  3. easier way by austad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doesn't the lock bar just go through the spokes?

    They didn't even think of just cutting all of the spokes out of way. Dummies. :)

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  4. pedal by upside · · Score: 4, Funny

    This was a message from FHNESTS (Foreigners Helping Native English Speakers To Spell).

    Nanana SNANA & GNANA - beat you to it!

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  5. Re:Free to use bikes in Helsinki by geminidomino · · Score: 4, Funny

    What, you mean they don't just give the unemployed free handouts? You actually train them to have jobs?

    Those wacky Europeans...