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TI vs. Calculator Hackers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-never-ends-well dept.

Nyall writes "So a bunch of TI calculator programming enthusiasts got together to factor the keys Texas Instruments uses to sign the operating system binaries for the ti83+ (a z80 architecture) and the ti89/v200 (a 68k architecture) series of calculators. Now Texas Instruments is sending out DMCA notices to take them down."

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    55378008

  2. Math by daveywest · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somehow, this just doesn't add up.

    1. Re:Math by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

      TI has a new calculator based on the original Pentium?

    2. Re:Math by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 4, Funny

      Z80 is pre-x86 architecture, i.e. pre-pre-Pentium, and 68k is pre-Power PC architecture.

      So technically, this should have sarcasmed with "oshwho".

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    3. Re:Math by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 4, Funny

      every time anyone has said "woosh" it's been non-funny and every other time it was just as deserving of its own "woosh"

      whoosh

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  3. subterfuge by davidwr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone in TI's legal dept. who knows what the Streisand Effect is wants these keys publicized.

    Well, we can hope that's the reason.

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  4. DRM in a calculator? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm shocked to hear that TI is even bothering to sign things. What exactly could be in a calculator that you would want to protect from hackers or end users?

    "Oh no, a virus has replaced all my Fourier transforms with Laplace transforms!"

  5. Re:Wikileaks link by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

    What will they do with people outside the US where the DMCA does not apply?

    Get the US government to invade them?

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  6. Re:Wikileaks link by TrentTheThief · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder if it's mirrored here: http://crystalwind.com/index.html

  7. No HP??? by volpe · · Score: 5, Funny

    hp is not supported at all

    I that they so shortsighted would be can't believe!

  8. Re:Wikileaks link by stephanruby · · Score: 5, Funny

    What will they do with people outside the US where the DMCA does not apply?

    Put them on a hacker terrorist watch list and disappear them the next time they partake in a terrorist training camp (e.g. a math conference).

  9. Re:Exactly. by klapaucjusz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hang on - it's 2009 and we're still arguing about calculators?

    Vi sucks.