GeoHot Was High When He Posted PS3 Hack

[ThunderCavalier]

And yeah, how about that money people paid you in order to fight that lawsuit with Sony back when they were suing you and not anyone saw a penny for it after you fkeed to South America?

The guy's a genius, I'll give him that, but that doesn't mean I still can't be bitter about him.

 

[RagTagBand]

OH MY GOD SOMEONE DID RECREATIONAL DRUGS - ONES NOT PERMITTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

Crime of the century, Story of the Decade, Certainly worth writing an article about.

 

[surg3n]

I want to see him in a PSA like that old "This is your brain" Egg. "This is your brain on drugs" smash egg.

Now can we stop with the whole doing drugs is for stupid people? I mean if you go into any university it's pretty quickly disproven anyway. Can't we just say sometimes idiots like drugs and sometimes geniuses like drugs too.

There was a survey a few years ago among videogame developers, programmers especially, and a massive percentage of them smoke dope... like 40% - which in any career besides gangster rap, is a pretty huge percentage. Not trying to sell it here! - but it can be difficult for programmers to wind down, and smoking probably helps with that quite a lot.

It's par the course for a lot of programmers just like it is with other creative industries, people shouldn't assume anything about dope smokers, because they probably had a hand in creating your favorite games, favorite music, favorite movies, books, anything that benefits from creative freedom really.

 

[TheCaptain]

Still, George Hotz isn't a bad guy. He honestly doesn't believe he is doing anything wrong by hacking computers, phones or gaming consoles, even though major corporations like Sony and Apple may think differently.

Sarcasm? If it's sarcasm, I salute you, sir, but it's hard to tell in writing... If this on the other hand is to imply that one isn't a bad person if he just firmly believes he's doing nothing wrong, well, then we'll have to agree to disagree.

Not sure what to make of the dude himself, tho - I think if he's planning to off himself by means of precription-grade painkillers, it's probably his business. Wouldn't consider someone like that a "hero" of our generation. Also not rolemodel material.

 

[Artemicion]

In that struggle, GeoHot fights to keep it all free.

If my eyes could roll any harder, they'd shoot into the back of my head and I'd be permanently blind.

GeoHot isn't a hero - nor should he be treated as such.

OH MY GOD SOMEONE DID RECREATIONAL DRUGS - ONES NOT PERMITTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

Crime of the century, Story of the Decade, Certainly worth writing an article about.

Also, this.

 

[RJ 17]

GASP! A computer hacker that smokes pot?!

No.

Fucking

Way!

/sarcasm

One thing I do fail to understand is how hacking of any kind can be considered "legit and aboveboard."

 

[chexlltim]

GASP! A computer hacker that smokes pot?!

No.

Fucking

Way!

/sarcasm

One thing I do fail to understand is how hacking of any kind can be considered "legit and aboveboard."

How is it illegal to hack your own PS3?

 

[RJ 17]

GASP! A computer hacker that smokes pot?!

No.

Fucking

Way!

/sarcasm

One thing I do fail to understand is how hacking of any kind can be considered "legit and aboveboard."

How is it illegal to hack your own PS3?

I'm not claiming to be a legal expert and I can easily be wrong about this, but I'd imagine the terms of service with any piece of hardware states that you can't fuck around with the coding and then post said fuckery on the internet.

If nothing else, according to this article, it was enough to get Sony to sue him.

 

[Da Orky Man]

So he's a smart guy who's a dick about it? Isn't that pretty much any mentor character or cocky protege (is that the word?) in movie history?

Pretty much, yeah. Stereotypes had to come from somewhere, as do stock characters.

 

[Mr. Hooves]

Dumbest title ever.

 

[geizr]

...

For example, while running a red light near his residence in Palo Alto, CA, he said. "Fuck these assholes. Stupidest red light ever. It makes no sense at all. I live by morals, I don't live by laws. Laws are something made by assholes."

...

That is the kind of thinking that leads to bullshit rationalizations that allows a person to think it's okay to just do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, to whoever he wants, in whatever manner he wants, for whatever reason he want without regard to the effects or consequences his actions may have on others. That is the kind of thinking that leads to thinking that everything is supposed to just go his way and nothing bad is supposed to ever happen to him. That is the insular, conceited, self-centered, self-absorbed thinking of a person who is mentally 5-years old, or less. That is 100% selfish, child-like, douche-bag asshole thinking.

GeoHot, you are not the only one living on this planet. Grow up and get over yourself.

 

[AnarchistFish]

[b/]For example, while running a red light near his residence in Palo Alto, CA, he said. "Fuck these assholes. Stupidest red light ever. It makes no sense at all. I live by morals, I don't live by laws. Laws are something made by assholes." [/b]

and THATS the problem..some jerk thinks he's smarter than "the systm" and somone will end up hit by a car...dress it up all you want running a red light is running a red light...no matter how "justified" you feel

I do understand that mentality though. Although I can't really judge much without knowing the exact context.

 

[GonzoGamer]

What a nice young man.
I hope he had a happy 4-20.

 

[grigjd3]

This really isn't news so much as mud-raking. We've had several presidents who've used drugs as well. So please, Escapist Magazine, stop trying to "break a story". This is at the very heart of what's wrong with journalism and it's a large part of why we often don't like journalists. It's none of my business what this guy does on his own. The only thing he's done that deserves my attention is crack the iPhone and the PS3. This other stuff is what sleazy lawyers bring into a courtroom to paint a picture. I can paint my own picture.

 

[Gottesstrafe]

I wasn't going to release the PS3's master key, until I got high.

I was going to exploit it for my own personal use, but then I got high.

Now Sony is suing my ass, and I know why.

Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high...

 

[RoBi3.0]

This just in Geohotz is neither a sinner or a saint... still a 100% douche bag though.

 

[RoBi3.0]

GASP! A computer hacker that smokes pot?!

No.

Fucking

Way!

/sarcasm

One thing I do fail to understand is how hacking of any kind can be considered "legit and aboveboard."

How is it illegal to hack your own PS3?

We will never know really if it is truly illegal cause Goehotz didn't have the balls to take it all the way to court. He settled out of court and no legal determination was really ever made. So the world may never know.

 

[Kargathia]

Still, George Hotz isn't a bad guy. He honestly doesn't believe he is doing anything wrong by hacking computers, phones or gaming consoles, even though major corporations like Sony and Apple may think differently. "This is the struggle of our generation, the struggle between control of information and freedom of information."

That Norwegian gunman and Hitler didn't believe they were doing anything wrong either.

*leans back in chair*

I await everyone's counter-arguments.

Tshk, tshk. You should put a bit more effort in your flamebait.

But if I understand this correctly we have a very gifted adolescent who considers his talents an excuse to act like a twat.

How... original. And news-worthy. Especially news-worthy.