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Hacking Santa

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

Inigo Montoya writes "Josh McCormick outlines how he has hacked a 5-foot tall, $49.84 Wal*Mart animated dancing and singing Santa into saying and doing things his creator, Gemmy, just hadn't intended him to do. With some outboard electronics hacked into the right places, Josh has made this Santa sound and act like a drunken old mall santa on Christmas Eve. There is also a video too."

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  1. Santa Hacked? by 8127972 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wonderful. I wonder if this could be considered a DMCA violation? It would be interesting to find out.

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    This is my opinion. To make sure you don't steal it, it's covered by the DMCA.
  2. Big Mouth Billy Bass in Pain by TheSync · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've put together a school of Big Mouth Billy Bass, and have allowed them to describe how painful it is to be caught and placed on a wall. This work has been shown in art galleries in Washington, DC. Link: School of Fish Pain.

  3. Re:Oh, I just thought of something EEEEEEVIL... by crlove · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Had a friend that worked at Walmart. Sadly, Hacked Santa would probably just get tossed into a trash compactor. That's where my friend said most of the perfectly-fine-but-returned TVs, DVD players, PS2s, etc. got sent. And you got fired if you tried to take one before it got tossed in.