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Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: mjps21983 on June 03, 2002, 09:22:44 PM
Heres the link.
MSNBC.COM (http://www.msnbc.com/news/761330.asp)

This is too funny, haha  bill this is what you get for putting all your ****ty monopolistic software on my computer, and why it runs like sh!t.
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: THX on June 03, 2002, 10:20:27 PM
Wow that guy\'s a genius.  Did you read about the process he took to find out about the "secret boot block?"  It\'s also pretty sneaky for MS to have that info stored on the graphics side of the architecture, made by nVidia.

You knew it would happen sooner or later but I thought it was gonna be by some Tawainese website.  Not a guy who would do it for hobby and non-profit.
Title: Re: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: PahnCrD on June 03, 2002, 11:54:47 PM
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Originally posted by mjps21983
Heres the link.
MSNBC.COM (http://www.msnbc.com/news/761330.asp)

This is too funny, haha  bill this is what you get for putting all your ****ty monopolistic software on my computer, and why it runs like sh!t.




Well... it\'s your choice to have it on your computer.  If ya decide you want your games to work thats pretty much the sacrifice.  It sucks that there are no decent alternatives for PC gaming.

It\'s interesting that they finally make a good product with windows xp. and it is the most chalk full of monopoly crap. sure ya don\'t have to use it, but it sure is conveniant.

As far as hacking the xbox... cool, maybe they will let it run an OS eventually and voila a nice cheap computer.  It would be convenient for setting up older lan gaming.  Not to mention.. well I just won\'t mention it.

I could care less about pirating software however... there isn\'t any games worth pirating right now anyway.  (I already have Halo)
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Kurt Angle on June 04, 2002, 01:56:47 AM
I have also read somewhere else that someone has found a way of replacing the xbox dvd drive with a standard pc one made by pioneer. This boots all backups but not originals!
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: QuDDus on June 04, 2002, 05:28:34 AM
People like this guy are pathetic. But the site did say he claims to have hacked it.  Hacking is something terrible that happens with all console. Sooner or later these no goodnicks find a why to get all there software for free.
Title: Re: Re: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: mjps21983 on June 04, 2002, 05:34:05 AM
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Originally posted by PahnCrD




Well... it\'s your choice to have it on your computer.  If ya decide you want your games to work thats pretty much the sacrifice.  It sucks that there are no decent alternatives for PC gaming.

It\'s interesting that they finally make a good product with windows xp. and it is the most chalk full of monopoly crap. sure ya don\'t have to use it, but it sure is conveniant.

As far as hacking the xbox... cool, maybe they will let it run an OS eventually and voila a nice cheap computer.  It would be convenient for setting up older lan gaming.  Not to mention.. well I just won\'t mention it.

I could care less about pirating software however... there isn\'t any games worth pirating right now anyway.  (I already have Halo)


Actually it wasn\'t my choice to have it,  xp came with the computer so it was kinda thrust upon us, and since we\'ve had it we\'ve encountered countless numbers of updates and fixings and what not.
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: SonyFan on June 04, 2002, 06:23:19 AM
I think this is good news. It\'ll basically allow Xbox users to do the same things PS2 users will soon be doing. Turning their console into a low cost computer. Of course, an actual PC will still always be superior.. but it would make for a nice back-up and something to tinker around with just because.. well.. you CAN.

Hey mm, looks like you finally found a use for your Xbox. Load that fukker up with music and hook it up to your computer as an MP3 server. :p
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on June 04, 2002, 06:34:15 AM
X-Box hacked..??  should make it interesting for XBox-Live then :)
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on June 04, 2002, 08:33:15 AM
:laughing: :laughing:

Those guys are genious.
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Samwise on June 04, 2002, 08:34:27 AM
Lol, that\'s great finally an excuse for getting an Xbox. :D
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: clowd on June 04, 2002, 09:35:48 AM
I remember someone saying a while back, brag about security, and it makes them try even harder

xbox live is next
Title: Re: Re: Re: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: PahnCrD on June 04, 2002, 10:20:32 AM
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Originally posted by mjps21983


Actually it wasn\'t my choice to have it,  xp came with the computer so it was kinda thrust upon us, and since we\'ve had it we\'ve encountered countless numbers of updates and fixings and what not.



You know Linux is free right?  And I wasn\'t trying to insult you.  Just saying that there is always a choice.  Even if XP is thrust on you... that doesn\'t mean you have to keep it.  There is alway Fdisk.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on June 04, 2002, 10:31:43 AM
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Originally posted by PahnCrD



You know Linux is free right?  And I wasn\'t trying to insult you.  Just saying that there is always a choice.  Even if XP is thrust on you... that doesn\'t mean you have to keep it.  There is alway Fdisk.


mjps21983 just has a problem saying no to anything that can be thrusted at you.. and forced upon you..

*gyrates crotch rhytmically*

..isnt that right big boy??  ;););)
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: mjps21983 on June 04, 2002, 11:50:04 AM
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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware


mjps21983 just has a problem saying no to anything that can be thrusted at you.. and forced upon you..

*gyrates crotch rhytmically*

..isnt that right big boy??  ;)


at least coming from you or that big billionaire Gates.
:) :) :)
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Chrono on June 04, 2002, 05:08:51 PM
Did everybody miss this?

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Huang said he separately discovered that the console’s serial number is stored in its memory, and that the data might be readable by the central operating system. “What happens to this information when the Xbox is plugged into the Internet?” he said.



What were their plans.. something is fishy
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: ooseven on June 05, 2002, 02:15:33 AM
well its not New.. I mean its just another in a long line of

The Unsinkable Ship (Hit by an iceberg)

The Uncopyable Operating system  (copyed and sold within second of going on sale)

And now

The Hackable Console (hacked by some Guy from MIT)


Remember anything created by man will never be UNDO-ABLE !
Title: Re: Re: Re: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Ace on June 05, 2002, 04:37:09 AM
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Originally posted by mjps21983


Actually it wasn\'t my choice to have it,  xp came with the computer so it was kinda thrust upon us, and since we\'ve had it we\'ve encountered countless numbers of updates and fixings and what not.


True, but you don\'t have to buy a computer.

Ace
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: mjps21983 on June 05, 2002, 07:44:44 AM
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Originally posted by Ace


True, but you don\'t have to buy a computer.

Ace


For christ sake I didn\'t buy the god damn computer, my parents did, so naturally it wasn\'t my choice which system we purchased, so stop with the you dont have bullsh!t line.
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Ginko on June 05, 2002, 07:47:37 AM
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Originally posted by ooseven
well its not New.. I mean its just another in a long line of

The Unsinkable Ship (Hit by an iceberg)

The Uncopyable Operating system  (copyed and sold within second of going on sale)

And now

The Hackable Console (hacked by some Guy from MIT)


Remember anything created by man will never be UNDO-ABLE !


Wow, a voice of reason.  And it\'s ooseven, too weird...

anyway, if it can be built it can be taken apart...
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Ace on June 05, 2002, 08:15:07 AM
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Originally posted by mjps21983


For christ sake I didn\'t buy the god damn computer, my parents did, so naturally it wasn\'t my choice which system we purchased, so stop with the you dont have bullsh!t line.


Dude!!!!

Chill out man, your gonna pop a blood vessel.

Oh, and I won\'t stop just because you want me to. :p

Ace
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: mjps21983 on June 05, 2002, 08:16:23 AM
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Originally posted by Ace


Dude!!!!

Chill out man, your gonna pop a blood vessel.

Oh, and I won\'t stop just because you want me to. :p

Ace


Its all good I dont care if u stop or not, cuz then i\'ll just ignore ya.
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Ace on June 05, 2002, 08:19:31 AM
As they say in Boston . . . whateva.

Ace
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: SER on June 05, 2002, 06:56:29 PM
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Originally posted by Ace
As they say in Boston . . . whateva.

Ace


Other people that are not from Boston actually say that..... So, . . . whateva. :laughing:
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: shockwaves on June 05, 2002, 07:00:09 PM
NOMAH!

I\'m glad someone hacked it.  Any time you spend that much time trying to make your system unhackable, instead of making it good for its purpose (gaming), you\'re asking to be hacked.  They deserve it.

Now, mind you, I am writing this post after Explorer just crashed on me...again...
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Ace on June 06, 2002, 03:46:08 AM
We also say ka for car and Medfa for the city of Medford.

The list is endless.:)


Ace
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: Coredweller on June 06, 2002, 04:32:30 PM
I wish somebody like this MIT guy would spend some time reverse engineering the Honda ECU from the S2000.  S2000 enthusiasts need a programmable replacement ECU badly, and there doesn\'t seem to be anyone trying to figure it out.  You can buy a Mugen ECU, but it\'s not programmable, just preset to work with other Mugen replacement parts.

I think the problem is that computer geeks don\'t care about cars, and car freaks don\'t know anything about computers (generally).  We need some cooperation.
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: nonamer on June 06, 2002, 04:47:56 PM
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Originally posted by ooseven
well its not New.. I mean its just another in a long line of

The Unsinkable Ship (Hit by an iceberg)

The Uncopyable Operating system  (copyed and sold within second of going on sale)

And now

The Hackable Console (hacked by some Guy from MIT)


Remember anything created by man will never be UNDO-ABLE !


Speaking of such, is the GC hacked yet? Same question with the PS2 (though I probably asking when, not if).
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: mm on June 06, 2002, 06:01:40 PM
define "hacked"

the PS2 can be chipped to play pirated games
the GC cannot, yet
Title: XBOX hacked!!! By MIT student.
Post by: nonamer on June 06, 2002, 06:36:31 PM
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Originally posted by mm
define "hacked"

the PS2 can be chipped to play pirated games
the GC cannot, yet


Hacked as defined in the article.