So an opinion article ABOUT Geohot is only good if it's speaking out AGAINST him?
Awesome! Let's not judge an article based on if they brought actual valid POINTS to their article, but based on whose side they took! Let's just be closed minded to everything and follow our leaders like blind sheep!
EDIT@below: I know what the article said! I wasn't talking about that. I was talking about you're little comment:
"i dont...
Reading these comments, I know of one thing: N4G has to be an absolute idiot convention, because I've never seen so many of them come to one place before in my life.
We have the usual Sony fanboys wishing physical harm on someone who hacked their favorite system (I didn't know he murdered anyone or caused 9/11 or anything like that), and saying things that should be reported (and I reported a bunch of those comments). Same people who didn't give two shits when MS ...
I donated $5 bucks (I'm not donating as much as he did, though). Does that make me stupid? I mean, you should know the comments I'VE made that have been very pro-Sony during my time on this site, right?
Perfect! Let's tell people in a free country that they have absolutely no right to USE any of those freedoms!
Seriously, think before you troll!
Umm...no first game, perhaps?
C'mon, Bioware. You're smart people! You're telling me you can't find a loophole in whatever exclusivity contract exists? There isn't anything ANYWHERE that you can use? C'mon!
Linux is already open source, and it is one of the most popular OSes out there right now. So you're argument about open source being a bad thing is completely backwards. Some of the better programs out there, such as Gimp (an alternative to Photoshop) are open source.
Secondly, obviously, the judge saw something that told him that the class action guys had a case, or he would've thrown everything out. He left in the most important part of their case.
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The article here actually turns it around to exemplify this scenario. What if Sony suddenly came up with an update to remove the gaming feature from the PS3, and only left watching Blu-Ray movies on your PS3 (I know the article used Linux as an example. So sue me). And you were forced to accept the update if you wanted to use the internet feature on the PS3 to do certain things on certain BD discs...and to even watch future BD movies? You would be outraged, would you? But you would have no re...
To put it in a nutshell (it's pretty long and confusing if you're not familiar with the language and details), Sony is suing Hotz under the same laws and state that the people in the class action are suing Sony for, and it seems like Sony is contradicting themselves in the two cases (saying one thing in the CA lawsuit then turning around and saying something completely different for the exact same thing in the Hotz suit), and while Sony is putting on a good case in the CA suit, it'...
As long as they're exclusive titles, I'll be happy. They've been good about coming up with new games (even though they've been from tired franchises) instead of buying out other system's exclusives, but I don't want them to believe we've forgotten about their spree in 2008 and how it got tiring to hear those kinds of announcements instead of new games.
Waits for the "get those hackers, Microsoft! Show them! Kill them! Light them on fire!" comments.
Oh, wait...
Assuming you're right, and you make it sound like we've had a massive outbreak of people who have been hacked because of this thing (which we haven't heard of yet, in case anyone's keeping score), then why hasn't Sony came out with any sort of fix to plug the hole in the first place? See, this is what I'm NOT getting! Sony KNOWS the hole is there, they "KNOW" people are using it online, etc. But yet, there have been no hotfixes that would prevent anyone who i...
Yeah, NICE! Telling people to agree with you or ELSE! That's REALLY going to give you credibility with any of your opinions!
Seriously, are you THAT damn insecure about what you say that you have to threaten people like that?
@Biggest: Missing the point FTL!
Not infringing on anyone else's rights are an essential part of the process.
Using CFW to use HB apps: SHOULD be legal (though Sony and most of the brick wall that's N4G users seem to think otherwise).
Using CFW to cheat on PSN: Should be ILlegal!
See, two different ways to think of it. Problem is...most on N4G have tunnel vision and can only think of one possible way to use it.
Umm...3/4ths of N4G click on any story about him, so...yeah!
But you never got into the core of what I'm trying to say, which is if it's right for Sony to go after everyone that ever uses CFW, or if they should just go after those that use CFW for the cheating and the pirating? If they never use CFW for any of the latter purposes but still have it, should they be deemed "guilty until proven innocent" because they have the possibility of committing such acts? Should there be a way that we can have our cake and eat it, too? I think Geoh...
I think that while you make good points, you might be missing some of the points.
The OtherOS thing might've been the only real feature they've removed and was trivial to complain about, the cover story about the security when we all KNEW the real reason (to free up PS3 memory for developers) was lame. The fact that the .txt file is not encrypted in the first place doesn't sit right with me. We can claim all day that only someone with CFW could have access, but I ...
I'm pretty sure you're in the know about who you're preaching to. I know you're right, but this is N4G, where, instead of an INTELLIGENT debate, anything with the words "I hope Geohot dies of cancer" gets a ton of agrees, and posts like yours, which shows that your name fits you, gets a million disagrees and people who will use the same arguments they've used a million times as if they have a prepared answer for EVERYTHING (most of which have already been address...
1) I HAVE checked the other forums, and those DO have people that support Sony, but it's a fair balance and I can see that they actually passed the fifth grade before typing up their comments. I feel as though they will actually keep an open mind and will consider another point of view (and actually...GASP...RESPECT IT! WOW, what a f**king concept), and you also have people that support Geohot...just as many, actually. And you have mods policing the comments to make sure no one posts in s...
Dude, one, RELAX! Calm yourself and read my comment history (or are we too busy trying to make comments that would make the FBI want to investigate us to care?). Tell me ONE PLACE where I actually came out and said that they should let the cheaters fester on PSN! There isn't any because it doesn't exist. Unless you count me saying that Sony is in the wrong for going after CFW in of itself is me condoning the cheating, in which case I implore you to try, just TRY, to separate one thing...
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Since I've been on the site, I've ALWAYS been anti-sony?
And...HOW long have I actually BEEN on this site (since 2008)? Did you really check my comment history? All 2000+ of them? Spanning three years? Hmmmm?
You REALLY need to check your facts about me before you go accusing me of anything. This is the THIRD time now you've just blindly accused me of something when you haven't had a clue! I mentioned the WoW mods, and you...