Problem is, this is an RSA key, it can't just be any random string of bits, it has to be two very large prime numbers. Users won't be chosing a 4096bit key, it will be generated for them.
I interpreted this as they either established a connection with the BBS with a modem and then used telnet for whatever the reason, _or_ the BBS was accessible both through the phone number they uncovered, and over the internet. Seems perfectly plausible to me.
I thought this was going to be another boring videogame article until I actually read it:
-Portal gets surprise update March 1st -People see new mystery achievement -People play and see the radio in the beginning room now has a green light -Carry it around and notice it makes strange broadcast interference noises in certain places -Locate and place all 26 of these mystery radios for achievement -Smart people yank.wav files out of game content folders and run them through SSTV programs [http://i49.tinypic.com/s4b7zn.jpg] [Edit: link should work now. Yes, it's darker than the original.] -Produces 22 cryptic image files in a numbered sequence, 4 morse code -Somebody runs the number string through an md5 hash translator and gets a landline number -Internet traces it to Kirkland, WA (near Valve HQ) -People find out its not a phone/fax line but a data line hosting a BBS and telnet it -Use a clue from one of the files to figure out the BBS user/password login info [backup/backup] -End up with a bunch of weird ASCII artwork: http://www.imagebanana.com/img/sdl9h...P3ARGcolor.gifhttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2801/...b95fd393_o.jpg
The East India Trading Company rivaled most governments in power but this is the first time in history something like this has happened, to my knowledge. I'm not sure if I should be happy, or somewhat scared.
I take it someone didn't RTFA. ticalc.org not only is still around, it is the article. It, and several forums are still very active now, perhaps even now more than ever. All of the fun goes on on irc though;)
The thing with the nspires is they are completely worthless. Complete crap, sure they do arithmetic fine, but besides that they do nothing. What this crack does is allow people to program it, without it there wasn't even the possibility of any sort of "homebrew" community for this calculator.
I still don't think you are getting the concept here though. Unlike programming on other platforms, programming on calculators isn't so much a means to an end, it is the end. People don't program them because they want to do fun things with them (though that often is a side effect), they program them because the very act of doing so is fun. The platform provides a very limited set of resources and very tight constraints on things that you want to do, it's this challenge that makes it so popular.
You point at the crappy hardware and say, "Why?". We point at the crappy hardware and say, "That's why."
It's the fact that it is such a limited piece of hardware that makes it interesting. These people are hackers in the most flattering sense of the term, they take resources that they have and make something more. They get their kicks by seeing what different things they can make calculators do that they were never supposed to, and by besting TI in all things calculators. If you can't see the value or fun in any of that, then quite simply you just lack a proper hacker mindset and I feel sorry for you.
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Problem is, this is an RSA key, it can't just be any random string of bits, it has to be two very large prime numbers. Users won't be chosing a 4096bit key, it will be generated for them.
Ignore them, it's only their loss if they can't laugh at a joke, and it's not like +5 Funny nets you any more karma than +3 Funny ;)
It's humourous, laugh.
I interpreted this as they either established a connection with the BBS with a modem and then used telnet for whatever the reason, _or_ the BBS was accessible both through the phone number they uncovered, and over the internet. Seems perfectly plausible to me.
Yeah, honestly I didn't even think they would continue to be clickable after copying them, I'm not even sure how I did that.
Ah, but lightcycles could travel in curved lines and were shown doing so in the original movie. Just not on the game grid ;)
All the more reason for you to RTFA ;)
Nor are you apparently aware of exactly what telnet is, or how BBS's work.
I thought this was going to be another boring videogame article until I actually read it:
THAT is neat!
The East India Trading Company rivaled most governments in power but this is the first time in history something like this has happened, to my knowledge. I'm not sure if I should be happy, or somewhat scared.
My post is a mockery of his, it does not reflect my actual attitude.
Of course anyone who has a default karma level of -1 is obviously a troll, so you already know this don't you?
If his comment bugs you so much, don't bother waste your time on it. Why bother posting to bitch about it?
The moon has days and nights just like the earth. "The dark side of the moon" is just an album.
No no no, don't you know anything? You stop, drop, and roll!
Do you have any evidence that they stole emails, or are you just making shit up and believing what you want to believe just like them?
4) They claim to want to "make my decisions for me".
I find that insulting, and would refuse to use it for that reason alone.
I would highly doubt that. A far greater percentage of linux users are technical users and thus able to decipher error messages.
We didn't ignore it. Everyone just forgot about it because nobody has a zune. ;)
I take it someone didn't RTFA. ticalc.org not only is still around, it is the article. It, and several forums are still very active now, perhaps even now more than ever. All of the fun goes on on irc though ;)
The thing with the nspires is they are completely worthless. Complete crap, sure they do arithmetic fine, but besides that they do nothing. What this crack does is allow people to program it, without it there wasn't even the possibility of any sort of "homebrew" community for this calculator.
I still don't think you are getting the concept here though. Unlike programming on other platforms, programming on calculators isn't so much a means to an end, it is the end. People don't program them because they want to do fun things with them (though that often is a side effect), they program them because the very act of doing so is fun. The platform provides a very limited set of resources and very tight constraints on things that you want to do, it's this challenge that makes it so popular.
You point at the crappy hardware and say, "Why?". We point at the crappy hardware and say, "That's why."
You must be the brainy one in your family ;)
It's the fact that it is such a limited piece of hardware that makes it interesting. These people are hackers in the most flattering sense of the term, they take resources that they have and make something more. They get their kicks by seeing what different things they can make calculators do that they were never supposed to, and by besting TI in all things calculators. If you can't see the value or fun in any of that, then quite simply you just lack a proper hacker mindset and I feel sorry for you.
Half a dictionary can cause serious physical harm, if used the right way.
No no, that is not how whooshes work.
Using non-existent words in the middle of sentences is considered bad grammar.
As a pedant-nazi you should know that.