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Re: Releasing my book "Hacking the Xbox" as a free PDF in honor of Aaron Swartz

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Post by arundhaj » Mon, Mar 11, 2013, 9:09 AM UTC

I don't use Xbox. However, I appreciate your generosity.

Re: Releasing my book "Hacking the Xbox" as a free PDF in honor of Aaron Swartz

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Post by kanzure » Mon, Mar 11, 2013, 9:26 AM UTC

bamdadd wrote: post #8

Can someone provide a mirror for the pdf file please ? I can't download it. Seems too much load on the server.

http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/paperbot/c8dc6374720b60824a3...

Re: Releasing my book "Hacking the Xbox" as a free PDF in honor of Aaron Swartz

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Post by billpollock » Mon, Mar 11, 2013, 9:35 AM UTC

billpollock wrote: post #9

bamdadd wrote: post #8

Can someone provide a mirror for the pdf file please ? I can't download it. Seems too much load on the server.

I'll check in with bunnie to see how he'd like to handle. Bill

I'm posting new links to our site now.

Re: Releasing my book "Hacking the Xbox" as a free PDF in honor of Aaron Swartz

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 11, 2013, 9:40 AM UTC

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Re: Releasing my book "Hacking the Xbox" as a free PDF in honor of Aaron Swartz

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Post by kyboren » Mon, Mar 11, 2013, 9:45 AM UTC

I bought your book way back when Borders was still a solid company and devoured it. As an impressionable young teen, "Hacking the Xbox" inspired me as much as 2600 ever did. Looks like it's time to re-read it, again.

Thanks for everything you've done, not least of which is serving as a powerful role model! We may have lost one of our own, but your leadership by example shows we can become stronger for it.

Re: Releasing my book "Hacking the Xbox" as a free PDF in honor of Aaron Swartz

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Post by Kliment » Mon, Mar 11, 2013, 9:57 AM UTC

Slightly offtopic, but THANK YOU BUNNIE for being an all around awesome person. Not just this one thing, but your blog and all the cool stuff you've done in the past. It's an honour to be on the same planet as you. Welcome to HN.

Re: Releasing my book "Hacking the Xbox" as a free PDF in honor of Aaron Swartz

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Post by m0skit0 » Mon, Mar 11, 2013, 10:31 AM UTC

First thank you for making your work available for free. Looks like very interesting to read. And second, you can't exepect anything else from a capitalist economy Justice system. (Almost?) all life aspects in a capitalist economy suffer from this "self-agrandishment" (also known since inmemorial times as "greed") illness. It's the basic concept of capitalism, so nothing new actually.

Re: Releasing my book "Hacking the Xbox" as a free PDF in honor of Aaron Swartz

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Post by wuest » Mon, Mar 11, 2013, 10:47 AM UTC

Welp. I almost purchased this book last week in addition to the IDA book, but decided to purchase one at a time. I hope the EFF enjoys my money; you forced my hand.

Re: Releasing my book "Hacking the Xbox" as a free PDF in honor of Aaron Swartz

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Post by metachris » Mon, Mar 11, 2013, 10:58 AM UTC

I'm halfway through this book, and just wanted to stop by to say it's a very good read! Thank you for releasing it for free.

Re: Releasing my book "Hacking the Xbox" as a free PDF in honor of Aaron Swartz

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Post by TheLegace » Mon, Mar 11, 2013, 11:26 AM UTC

Hey Bunnie, you are by far the best in inspiring me to be Computer Engineer. I started hacking the first Xbox and couldn't believe that was because of you. I am actually really interested in your open laptop idea. I am hoping to work on my own laptop.