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Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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Post by ajross »

spuz wrote: post #84
ge0rg wrote: post #49

Ok, the app's web service is rather prone to manipulation: You just need to HTTP GET the following URL: http://www.carrotpop.com/smth/php/save_result.php?id= &nickname= &country=&result= &latitude=0&longitude=0 * UID looks like an autoincrement ID * NICK is what you entered for the highscore * HEIGHT is the float value of the height in meters, i.e. "1.23" In the HTTP response, you get a data structure (not sure which…

Can I ask how you discovered the URL the app was making requests to?

Set up a proxy setup pointed to a squid or whatnot that logs request. Use tcpdump on the router. If you have a rooted Android device you can use tcpdump there, or instrument the HTTP framework code to log requests, or...

But assuming you have control of your home network and aren't just using a Linksys thing out of the box, just logging into the router and watching traffic is by far the most straightforward.

Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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Post by gxs »

henrikgs wrote: post #12

Actually, Sergey Brin made the same app and showed it at the Android G1 launch :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWwLZfVpCyU

Came here to post this as well.

In the end, he decided it might be irresponsible to leave the app on the market and encourage people to throw around their shiny new expensive phones.

Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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Post by schiffern »

Kliment wrote: post #39
dylangs1030 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree with your idea of the camera firing...but you think this could be less inane than Vine...?

There is a camera design that uses exactly this method, unfortunately patented: http://www.slashgear.com/squinto-throwable-ball-camera-grant... Prior art, unfortunately also attempting a patent is at: http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera

Unless your phone includes "a substantially spherical housing suitable for being projected into an airborne trajectory", I think you're in the clear.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H...

Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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Post by schiffern »

VladRussian2 wrote: post #88
jfj wrote: post #51

It requires GPS. Crashes on my tablet. Also, see their Facebook. They publicly post GPS location of winners, together with StreetView. Is that stated in the app? It can be a privacy concern. com.carrotpop.www.smth E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: requested provider gps doesn't exisit at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1429) at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parc…

man, you've tried it with tablet! How big your tablet is? I think they should appropriately rescale scores for the weight and aerodynamics of the object being thrown.

>the weight and aerodynamics of the object being thrown

Somehow I doubt that's included in the Android API. ;)

Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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Post by Ntrails »

corresation wrote: post #69
dylangs1030 wrote: post #5

It really bothers me that Apple banned an app like this. Just allow people to be idiotic. There's even a disclaimer after all... As for the app itself, cool! I'm glad somebody had the audacity to ship something as outrageous as this. I don't think it will get much of a following, but I suppose if you really don't care about your phone or you're really confident in catching this could be a cool, reckless waste of 10 m…

When friends ask which smartphone to get, I often recommend the iPhone, despite being a long time Android user and fan. The reason is that Apple has a very generous straight replacement policy (at a fraction of the retail new price) even if you don't subscribe to any of their care plans. This is a world different from makers like HTC and Samsung who fully intend to double dip if you have an issue with your device, wh…

My other half dropped her phone recently and was utterly distraught. Neither of us realised just how insanely favourable the like for like replacement deal was, and were unsurprisingly hugely complimentary about Apple afterwards.

I cannot overstate how helpful and efficient the staff were and the process was just so quick and simple. If (mildly idiotic) apps like this being banned are the price of that piece of mind? I pay it gladly.

Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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Post by VladRussian2 »

schiffern wrote: post #95
VladRussian2 wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

man, you've tried it with tablet! How big your tablet is? I think they should appropriately rescale scores for the weight and aerodynamics of the object being thrown.

>the weight and aerodynamics of the object being thrown Somehow I doubt that's included in the Android API. ;)

aerodynamic is calculatable from deceleration which is sum of gravitational "g" plus aerodynamic "Cx" multiplied by square proportional to the speed. The weight is known for a given model of device.

Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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Post by andrewla »

For all those sad iPhone users out there who really want to break their phone, I threw together http://jsfiddle.net/2Kxzv/2/show/. The interface is primitive, and all it tells you is the time that the phone was in the air (and possibly not even that, if the phone spins at all).

My high score is 604, and I think I want to stop playing this game.

Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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Post by tjbiddle »

jhuckestein wrote: post #8

I hope they have a standing connection to the server during the throw and detect ... disconnects. That way, they could detect crashes and give approximate credit for the height. I don't want to throw my phone high into the air, watch it go to pieces and not even get a high score.

Heh - Great idea, but can you imagine testing that during development?

Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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Post by xauronx »

Ntrails wrote: post #96
corresation wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When friends ask which smartphone to get, I often recommend the iPhone, despite being a long time Android user and fan. The reason is that Apple has a very generous straight replacement policy (at a fraction of the retail new price) even if you don't subscribe to any of their care plans. This is a world different from makers like HTC and Samsung who fully intend to double dip if you have an issue with your device, wh…

My other half dropped her phone recently and was utterly distraught. Neither of us realised just how insanely favourable the like for like replacement deal was, and were unsurprisingly hugely complimentary about Apple afterwards. I cannot overstate how helpful and efficient the staff were and the process was just so quick and simple. If (mildly idiotic) apps like this being banned are the price of that piece of mind?…

Agreed. The screen my girlfriends iPad broke edge to edge, so I decided to bite the bullet and go pay to have it replaced. Took it to the Apple store, he looks at it for a second and runs into the back. Hands me a new one(refurb?) and (after verifying that I backed up already) says "You're all set! Have a good day". I was pleasantly surprised, and looked like an awesome boyfriend.
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