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Commenters: learn how to change your Engadget password, edit your profile {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2007 9:22AM i was wondering how to do this... that cryptic password was annoying me.
Virgin America's inaugural flight {Engadget}
Aug 8th 2007 9:59AM ummm... maybe because first off its one big gadget itself and second, its LOADED with gadgets and tech. No other airline is doing anything even close. Check out the link eugene posted above, that lists everything this thing is loaded with. Its pretty sick!!
Win a super rare signed 300-Edition Xbox 360 Elite and 300 HD DVD! {Engadget}
Aug 3rd 2007 3:19PM "Spartans... what is your profession??!!"
"HOO!! HOO!! HOO!!"
"Looks like I brought more soldiers than you did."
Sony's latest PSP promo helps sneak some extra play time {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2007 6:27PM yeah cuz god forbid you actually paid attention or anything!!
Giveaway: have an iPhone on us! {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2007 9:51PM one reason and one reason only - to get my wife off my back cause I haven't gotten her one yet. I already got one and now she's jealous.
Denali tape deck modded for iPod docking {Engadget}
Feb 9th 2007 12:34PM hey dipshit, denali didnt create this mod, the owner of the vehicle did...custom for HIS denali. Instead of trying to seem cool cause you thought you caught something nobody else did and use this opportunity to bash the idea, why not try and READ the post and subsequent article before making yourself look like an idiot. (sigh)
Download Railroad Tycoon for free {Joystiq}
Nov 30th 2006 8:29AM Hey joystiq,
Why do you guys have such a hatred for flash sites? This isn't the first time i've seen you guys trash a site because it was built in Flash.
What's the matter? You can tell us. Did Flash touch you? It's ok joystiq, show us on the doll where flash touched you.
PSP homebrewer creates indie game encryption system {Engadget}
Nov 28th 2006 12:39PM Actually, I don't really see anything wrong with the situation. I one of those that is on the fence when it comes to homebrew in general. I dont actively participate in the communities but I do use some of the apps for my PSP since it currently has no other use for me due to the lack of quality games.
I only brought up the issue to get at the original point of the article which was security. I see you are an active member in the community and I mean no disrespect but you have to find the humor in the idea of creating security for applications that break another software's security. I certainly understand the premise behind it... no one likes to have their work or credit stolen.
I myself am an Interactive Media Designer and have done work for several high-profile clients. Alot of my work recently has been for soem online advertising campaigns so it has been spread around the internet quite abit. The other day, I saw a banner for Windows Live that was a direct rip-off of a banner i created for one of my clients (Volkswagen). There was no way around it, it was a blatant rip-off but since I am just a vendor and it is VW's campaign, all i was able to do is inform them of what i saw. So i now very well what it feels like to have your work ripped off. It's just the situation itself is kind of humorous.
So yes i agree with what you say. I only brought up the point as a subject for debate but you have hit the nail on the head exactly.
PSP homebrewer creates indie game encryption system {Engadget}
Nov 27th 2006 11:47AM @Barret
No issues here. I am in no way trying to patronize anybody here. Merely trying to raise the point about those who blindly insult others because of their "passion" instead of sticking to the issue and starting a meaningful debate. I only use the term Fanboys because some people are so quick to defend what they are "passionate" about that they are sometimes blind to other points of view.
Back to the issue, I see your point about it being up to the user to determine if he or she wants to violate any copyright laws. That is valid but don't you think that the software developer that built the means for the user to violate the copyright is liable as well.
I know thats like saying that the manufacturer of CD or DVD burniers is liable for the cd's that the users pirate. I know that is a wrong point of view but dont you think that thinking should be a little different when it comes to some of this homebrew software. Shouldn't a developer who is providing the means to circumvent a software's security or copyright be just a responsible as the person using that software?
What do you think?
By the way, my name's Henry... not Harry :)
PSP homebrewer creates indie game encryption system {Engadget}
Nov 27th 2006 10:27AM And as for the discussion at hand, I definitely think that programmers should strive to protect their IP and deserve every bit of credit for developing their applications, homebrew or not. But i think the point that patrick and Engadget writer were both getting at is that its kind of funny to see programmers whose basic function of the programs they write is to circumvent another software's security, want to have security themseleves. Using th PSP as an example, even if their apps are legitimate... they still have to circumvent the PSP's firmware for their apps to function. Security for software that breaks security... funny!!
