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US Teen Trades Hacked iPhone for Nissan 350Z

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-for-nothing dept.

PieGuy107 writes to mention that seventeen-year-old George Hotz of Glen Rock, NJ has made the trade of the summer. Hotz traded his hacked iPhone for a new set of wheels (Nissan 350Z to be exact) and 3 more 8GB iPhones. "[Terry] Daidone, who's the co-founder of Louisville, Kentucky-based CertiCell, has apparently also offered the young man a paid consulting job, but stresses the company doesn't have 'any plans on the table right now to commercialize Mr. Hotz' discovery'."

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  1. Monday called by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    they want their story back.

  2. I'd feel terrible by gcnaddict · · Score: 2, Funny

    if the 350Z had a salvage title on it...

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  3. Life's lessons... by feepness · · Score: 5, Funny

    The poor kid is absolutely boned come tax time.

    1. Re:Life's lessons... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Do people under 18 pat taxes?

      Sure do. Some also scratch taxes on the belly.

  4. 1996 called by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It wants its pop culture reference back.

    1. Re:1996 called by IthnkImParanoid · · Score: 4, Funny

      You fool! The proper reply is: 1992 called and wants David Spade's only good joke back.

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  5. Re:Hackability... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But but... it can't possible have the Real Internet (tm) on it! Steve said so!

  6. Re:Irony? by tftp · · Score: 5, Funny

    It likely does now.

  7. Now the question is by Dachannien · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...does he call it Hotz Wheels or the Hotzmobile?

  8. digg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was a devout /. reader and dismissed digg.com. Lately I find myself reading digg more than /. because I read this about 2 days ago there. Still love /. but it seems to be more of a filtered digg a day or two old.

    1. Re:digg by justinlee37 · · Score: 2, Funny

      filtered digg

      I wouldn't underestimate the inherent value of putting a filter on that ... thing.

  9. Re:Hackability... by tgd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah but when you buy name brand instead of Walmart, you know your shoes were made by eight year olds, not five year olds. My morals are worth another $30.

  10. keep hacking by koutkeu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next step: Hack the 350Z and trade it for a jet

  11. Re:Hackability... by Pearson · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't YET consider it a value when it doesn't offer 3G support

    It's got even better than 3G; it's got 8 GB!!

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  12. Re:Smart Trade by wwwillem · · Score: 4, Funny

    So the whole deal is about a 17 year old's steady hand work. :-) We all remember the result of that .....

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  13. Hack it via brute-force Slashdot cliche by Neuticle · · Score: 2, Funny
    How?
      In Soviet Russia, if CDMA, for one, bows down to our new beowulf-cluster-of-iPhones overlords, GSM would hack you! and cover Natalie Portman in hot grits, you insensitive clod!

    ...if I can some how show that netcraft confirms Holy Grail is dying, it just might work.

    /brain hurts from just writing that

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