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CNET Posts Article on Hacking TI Calculators
Posted by Michael on 15 October 2009, 18:22 GMT
I'm always hesitant to post something that involves me personally because of conflicts of interest, but CNET has posted a pretty cool news article about why hobbyists hack TI calculators. The story focuses on Brandon Wilson, Dan Englender, and myself. The highlight is the second photo, where you can see Dan Englender's incredible stash of calculators and calculator-related equipment. But most importantly, articles like this are raising awareness of TI's DMCA abuses and presenting the TI community to the rest of the world in a positive light. We have now covered most of the major technology news sites with our story, highlighting the spirit of the sharing of knowledge and intellectual challenge which makes the community so great. By simply telling our story as it happened (and by TI's repeated refusals to comment on any of these news stories, which is revealing in itself), we have completely won the battle of public opinion!
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Re: CNET Posts Article on Hacking TI Calculators
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Michael Vincent 
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A note, in the sake of correctness: I never said to the reporter that I was "the news editor" (he took that from the staff page), but since I've continually been posting news here and there, I never really was able to retire anyway.
I'm just no longer the *only* news editor. Astrid, Travis, and all the other fine ticalc.org staff will continue to handle many of the news articles and I'll post occasionally.
I also have found myself rewriting Emu8x for 81 emulation support and 18% speed increase...so much for having no time :-). Once you join the community, the only way to leave is death it seems.
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15 October 2009, 18:37 GMT
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Re: CNET Posts Article on Hacking TI Calculators
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tifreak8x
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This is really cool that this is spreading like it is.
The only thing I think they could have worded differently would have been changing hacker to programmer.. But otherwise, was an interesting read.
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15 October 2009, 21:00 GMT
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Kevin Kofler
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Hopefully such articles can bring some fresh blood into the community!
Too bad that article only focused on the TI-83+, the 68k models are soo much cooler!
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15 October 2009, 21:18 GMT
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xcopfly
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I'm glad this is gaining attention. Texas Instruments should not be terrorizing high school students.
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16 October 2009, 01:28 GMT
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aloishis89
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Does anyone know where Dan Englender went to college? I'm curious what school would have freshman that recognized the name of a calculator hacker.
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21 October 2009, 20:16 GMT
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