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HickBoy
December 20th, 2001, 03:05 AM
Why dont you "Gods" post workarounds as quickly as you do kills. You seem a little hipocritical to me. If "dave" already knows the kills then he "already knows" any help provided here. Dave thank you for all the kills you posted. Sounds to me like someone on this board is selling 3M sw and just wants his to work.

FreeTV2!
December 20th, 2001, 11:19 AM
Originally posted by HickBoy
Why dont you "Gods" post workarounds as quickly as you do kills. You seem a little hipocritical to me. If "dave" already knows the kills then he "already knows" any help provided here. Dave thank you for all the kills you posted. Sounds to me like someone on this board is selling 3M sw and just wants his to work.

That has got to be the most asinine thing I've seen all month. You come in here with one post and bite the hand that feeds you. These guys bust their butts to help everyone out there, and they get comments from morons like you to thank them. I know several of the people in here you call "gods," and you are dead wrong about them selling anything. Why don't you shut your mouth and learn something. You might be able to figure out how to write something that will stay up if you don't close your mind.

dadmd
December 20th, 2001, 02:30 PM
Ditto FreeTV2, HickBoy is the type that would throw bottles in a football game, if things didn't go his way.

dustydog
December 21st, 2001, 12:12 AM
I am just one of many newbies that has no idea what ram means when he post some of his messages. I have been into the hobby just 6 months and know that we owe RAM very much along with a couple more guys. But we(or me) have no idea yet how to write our own private script, so i guess a lot of us will just be left hanging;) but i guess that's the way the game is played, but someday if i live long enough i will not have to depend on others to help me keep my tv going. But untill that day comes we are at the mercy of others, so i hope that the guys that can write the private scripts have fun:)
But the bad thing is i can't even get info.on where to go to purchase a private script:( And that does'nt help our cause at all.
Take Care,

HickBoy
December 21st, 2001, 05:52 AM
To all you ppl that suck RAMs .... you are the most assinine ppl that there are. You treat a person like a god that has nothing better to do than kill files and every...and i mean EVERYONE knows why he and AOL do it. I wasnt born yesterday and RAM knows who the real guys are and RAM better know that he has a lot of the guys highly PO`d at his non-sense posts of kill codes. Kiss his a$$ all you like but he isnt helping you at all, hes hurting you, you are just too brainwashed like a magi idiot to see it. RAM knows he is selling software and lots of ppl know he does too. His day will come for what he does...just a matter of time. You gotta pay the piper sooner or later.

Rodnie
December 21st, 2001, 06:31 AM
Hickboy,

I'm sure you know you're barking up the wrong tree here. You're "wise-ass" remarks aren't going to impress anybody here. I suggest you find what you're looking for elsewhere or you will be escorted out shortly......

aol6945
December 21st, 2001, 06:59 AM
HickBoy,

It has been explained countless times that the purpose of the posts of potential Cmd 82's and C9's is to let people who write their own software see what potential attacks their software should be designed to withstand. It helps them write better software.

You're absolutely wrong about RAM or I selling anything. Neither one of us make a dime off of this hobby, and neither one of us accept "donations". We're in this for the hobby, nothing more.

You owe RAM and I an apology for your slander. So that you won't clutter this thread with your meaningless, baseless accusations, you're a Reading Club Member until both of us receive that apology.

dustydog
December 21st, 2001, 07:28 AM
HickBoy,
It's smart**** like you that hurt this hobby, if you want to help, then post some good info. of where or how a new person can get a good fix. And another thing, you could have gotten the same message across without being a little *******. And another thing, if we were face to face you would never say what you just wrote about (you people) because i figure that i'am one of those people that you were referring to, and the first few words are all you would have gotten out of your smart*** mouth.
I have not been into this hobby long enough to know the pro's and con's of the game yet, and sure don't have the education and knowhow to write my own script, so i have to depend on others to keep going(and yes it sucks) having to depend on anyone for anything. But i still can't understand why you could not have gave your input in a more mature manner.
To me i have read and heard that Ram and AOL do a lot for this hobby, so as far as i know they deserve the credit thats due to them even through when they post i really don't understand what they are telling me. So if you can shed more light on the subject, then do so in a more mature manner.

Jokers3
December 21st, 2001, 08:15 AM
Get him good AOL6945. I don't post very much but have been a member for a good while. Hickboyboyneeds to be brought down a few notches and I think you are up to the task dude. I know it is not our business but we all hope you will post his personal responce for all to see. Keep up the good work.

DishSwish
December 21st, 2001, 09:15 AM
Maybe HickBoy works for the other side. One of Dave's bitches!

martycone
December 21st, 2001, 09:29 AM
The truth is Pri¢kBOY, you wouldn't even be coming to this board for info if it wasn't for AOL and RAM's input!!

nuggy
December 22nd, 2001, 04:44 AM
That was like Tony Banks of the Redskins saying before Sunday's game against the Bears that Brian Urlacher sucks....If Urlacher does not get him, I can name five other Bears that will be after his ass....

What purpose? Except to get you squashed, ridiculed, in Banks' case hospitalized, or the like....

Too bad Web sites do not test intelligence quotients before you can enter....

I find it amazing how many John Walkers there are walking around out there....

I guess under stress, you really find out the true identity of a person....

Oh ----, I lost my DirectTV for a couple of days or longer....Give me a break.....

It's the art of the game stupid!

megados
December 22nd, 2001, 08:13 AM
Gee alo6945, You're alot nicer to Hickboy than I would have been! :)

As has been stated numerous times throuout this and other threads, these kill codes are posted to show how weak software is attacked by DTV.

Hickboy, do you honestly think that the ECM department at DTV is so lame that they couldn't come up with their own kill codes without them being provided? Do you further think that DTV is gonna come here and post how they analyze software in order to kill it? In the case of a damaging ECM, isn't it better to see how it could be done, rather than finding out after the fact how it was done?

I would be willing to bet, that if something were written that RAM9999 or aol6945 couldn't come up with a kill code for, then niether could DTV LOL :D

EAO
December 23rd, 2001, 01:22 AM
Originally posted by RAM9999
1000kmyass.bin:

Umm.. just about any change to the DPBB hashing C9 will take care of this.. even a simple NOP at the beginning.

Next?

folks,APPARENTLY,DTV HAS REFINED THINGS TO THE POINT THEY'RE NOT AFFECTING SUB'S.

the message is clear,anything public right now won't last very long.
it's time to learn how to take the public scripts and learn how to modify them or make your own.

that's not simple but ,the alternative is spending a lot of time trying to get the latest fix that will only last a few days at most.


there are many, if not the majority of people that need and have grown accustomed to fix's being released within hours and staying up for at least a couple of weeks or months.


I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION SOME PEOPLE HAVE STATED ON OTHERS POSTING FIX'S OR LEAKING FIX'S.
BUT IF THERE ARE NO FIX'S,EVEN ONE'S THAT ONLY LAST A DAY OR 2,THERE WOULDN'T BE MUCH DEMAND OR NEED FOR DSS PRODUCTS .

THAT'S GOING TO SERIOUSLY AFFECT THE ECONOMICS. SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF CUSTOMERS,INCOME AND PROFITS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLY LESS ADVERTISNG REVENUE FOR DSS SITES.

FEWER CUSTOMERS, MEANS LESS MONEY/INCOME/ REVENUE FOR THE DEALERS AND SITES THAT PROFIT FROM THIS BUSINESS.
IF THERE'S NO PROFIT THERE WON'T BE ANYONE WRITING SCRIPTS FREE OR OTHERWISE.

DO A LITTLE CRITICAL THINKING BEFORE CALLING NAMES/BASHING ETC.. BECAUSE SOMEONE GIVES OUT SOMETHING YOU THINK IF THEY KEPT IT SECRET EVERYONE WOULD BE ENJOYING LESS DOWN TIME.

ASK YOURSELF, IF IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY OF PEOPLE TO KEEP A SECRET,THAT YOU SEE THESE FIX'S PUBLICLY ? ,OR IS IT BY DESIGN BY THE DEALERS AND SITES THAT STAND TO LOSE CONSIDERABLE INCOME/INTEREST IF THEY DON'T OFFER A SOLUTION,EVEN IF ONLY TEMPORARY, TO KEEP PEOPLE INTERESTED UNTIL SOMETHING BETTER IS DEVELOPED ?


FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE SO MUCH SMARTER THEN THE MAJORITY OF THE REST OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN WRITE YOUR OWN SCRIPTS,OR THINK YOU CAN. IMO,ALL THE FATALISTIC AND ANGRY PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT RELEASING SCRIPTS/FIX'S AND THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY TO WRITE YOUR OWN SCRIPT, PLAYS RIGHT INTO D-V'S HANDS.
MAYBE YOU MISSED THAT POSSIBILITY.
SO HERE'S WHAT I THINK, THERE GOAL IS ; STOP/REDUCE/DISCOURAGE AND ELIMINATE THE ABILITY OF THE AVERAGE PERSON TO ACCEES THERE PROGRAMMING/SIGNAL,BY DOING THE PHYSICAL THINGS NECESSARY,LIKE ECM'S BUT ALSO FROM THE WONDERFULL SUPPORTING FRIGHTINING DISCOURAGING COMMENTS MADE BY THOSE THAT BY WHAT THEY SAY HAVE NO NEED TO BE HERE............BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT ALL AND COULD CARE LESS ABOUT US IDIOTS.

HOW ABOUT EXCERSING SOME PATIENCE AND JUST LETS KEEPING D-V BUSY COUNTERING THE FIX'S AND USING UP MORE AND MORE BANDWITH TO DO SO.

aol6945
December 23rd, 2001, 09:14 AM
Originally posted by EAO

folks,APPARENTLY,DTV HAS REFINED THINGS TO THE POINT THEY'RE NOT AFFECTING SUB'S.

there are many, if not the majority of people that need and have grown accustomed to fix's being released within hours and staying up for at least a couple of weeks or months.

First, DTV has never hit that many subs. That has been greatly exaggerated - hit cards are those with changed EEPROM bytes. Pure and simple. Second, the people waiting on "the fix" to be released are another part of the problem of this hobby. They leech and contribute nothing. It is not my duty or anyone else's to support their free TV.

Originally posted by EAO

I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION SOME PEOPLE HAVE STATED ON OTHERS POSTING FIX'S OR LEAKING FIX'S.
BUT IF THERE ARE NO FIX'S,EVEN ONE'S THAT ONLY LAST A DAY OR 2,THERE WOULDN'T BE MUCH DEMAND OR NEED FOR DSS PRODUCTS .

THAT'S GOING TO SERIOUSLY AFFECT THE ECONOMICS. SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF CUSTOMERS,INCOME AND PROFITS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLY LESS ADVERTISNG REVENUE FOR DSS SITES.

FEWER CUSTOMERS, MEANS LESS MONEY/INCOME/ REVENUE FOR THE DEALERS AND SITES THAT PROFIT FROM THIS BUSINESS.

Who cares? The only people who care about revenue and profit are the dealers who are selling hardware that supports this hobby. The true hobbyist doesn't care. I'll build my own hardware if necessary, or a buddy will build the hardware and I'll write him the software. That's the way it used to be before this became a business that people live off of.

The true hobbyists share information and ideas through non-advertiser sponsored sources. For the true hobbyists to share information requires no dealers and no advertisers.

Originally posted by EAO

IF THERE'S NO PROFIT THERE WON'T BE ANYONE WRITING SCRIPTS FREE OR OTHERWISE.

Bull. I'll always write scripts for myself. Money is the entire problem with this hobby. It was never meant to be a business - it was meant to be a hobby.

Originally posted by EAO


ASK YOURSELF, IF IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY OF PEOPLE TO KEEP A SECRET,THAT YOU SEE THESE FIX'S PUBLICLY ? ,OR IS IT BY DESIGN BY THE DEALERS AND SITES THAT STAND TO LOSE CONSIDERABLE INCOME/INTEREST IF THEY DON'T OFFER A SOLUTION,EVEN IF ONLY TEMPORARY, TO KEEP PEOPLE INTERESTED UNTIL SOMETHING BETTER IS DEVELOPED ?

Oh sure, it would be greatly in the dealers' interest to post fixes. They need to unload their hardware. But they KNOW the fixed they release will go down in a few days. By selling hardware KNOWING that it will be useless, they're scamming people as far as I'm concerned.

Originally posted by EAO

FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE SO MUCH SMARTER THEN THE MAJORITY OF THE REST OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN WRITE YOUR OWN SCRIPTS,OR THINK YOU CAN. IMO,ALL THE FATALISTIC AND ANGRY PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT RELEASING SCRIPTS/FIX'S AND THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY TO WRITE YOUR OWN SCRIPT, PLAYS RIGHT INTO D-V'S HANDS.
MAYBE YOU MISSED THAT POSSIBILITY.
SO HERE'S WHAT I THINK, THERE GOAL IS ; STOP/REDUCE/DISCOURAGE AND ELIMINATE THE ABILITY OF THE AVERAGE PERSON TO ACCEES THERE PROGRAMMING/SIGNAL,BY DOING THE PHYSICAL THINGS NECESSARY,LIKE ECM'S BUT ALSO FROM THE WONDERFULL SUPPORTING FRIGHTINING DISCOURAGING COMMENTS MADE BY THOSE THAT BY WHAT THEY SAY HAVE NO NEED TO BE HERE............BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT ALL AND COULD CARE LESS ABOUT US IDIOTS.

HOW ABOUT EXCERSING SOME PATIENCE AND JUST LETS KEEPING D-V BUSY COUNTERING THE FIX'S AND USING UP MORE AND MORE BANDWITH TO DO SO.

The effort is totally futile. So you can get a couple more days of free TV and then have to glitch your card again. Is that what you want? Tell the truth, EAO. You want someone to provide you with your free TV instead of accepting the fact that the free ride is over. WHY is it my job to provide you with fixes? WHY is it ANYONE's job? WHO said you have some inherent right to free TV? If I don't want to release anything and no one else does either, that's just your tough luck. Go find another "hobby".

What the hell else do you want from "us smart people"??? ClipGrp gave you a disassembler. RAM has given you countless analyses of stream packets. I gave you an assembler. rob13572468, techie, no1b4me, Magician, and countless others have posted reams of information about the HU card. And now we're posting information to help you write a more robust script.

But that's just not enough for you, I guess. "Serve me my working script on a silver platter, and make it snappy."

Screw off, EAO. I'll be so glad when all the dealers, all the freeloaders, and all the "business" is gone. And this hobby is back in the hands of the true hobbyists.

robinhood
December 23rd, 2001, 10:37 AM
AMEN! ! ! to that...

EAO
December 23rd, 2001, 06:56 PM
Originally posted by CubsFan
My hat is off to aol6945, but for different reasons than most.

I have finally found someone that is physically capable of reading one of EAO's posts. Generally my eyes begin to bleed, and my face begins to burn from the blinding text and CAPS. I normally read one or two lines of EAO's posts, then am forced to break out the visine. I almost never finish reading his posts, due to the fact that I value what's left of my eyesight.

Happy Holidays!!


I'M NOT A DEALER ,I DON'T HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS WITH ANY.

my comments were directed at the REASONS why these fix's come out.
i appreciate your work AOL, even if it didn't seem like it.
i wasn't putting it on you or anyone else to release fix's as an obligation. THE point was that there are financial reasons that point to those who have the most to lose that if this were only for the TRUE HOBBYIST they would have to look for another line of businees.


I DON'T disagree with your personal views of what this hobby should be all about and/or who should or should not be included/welcomed.

"Screw off, EAO. I'll be so glad when all the dealers, all the freeloaders, and all the "business" is gone. And this hobby is back in the hands of the true hobbyists."

i was merely pointing out no matter wether people agree with your view or not that there are many others that need the fix's even for a short time,and that the economics and pressure is on the dealers and those that want to continue making a living selling there products and services to provide solutions if they want to continue to prosper.

NOWHERE DID I SAY THAT YOU OR ANYONE ELSE THAT ARE NOT IN THAT GROUP HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE FIX'S FOR THE DEALERS AND FREE TV'R.

I SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE SARCASTIC REMARKS OUT. BUT I SEE SO MANY POST ON THE SUBJECT OF LEAKS/FIX'S/SECRECY AND NOT POSTING CERTAIN INFO,THAT JUST DOesN'T MAKE SENSE.

without a doubt people should start learning how to program, but most start with the free tv perception and need to be encouraged to learn.

I'M NOT GOING TO DIE IF THIS IS RELEGATED ONLY DOABLE IF YOU CAN PROGRAM. I'VE BEEN READING AND TRYING TO LEARN FROM THE VERY HELPFULL INFO YOU AND OTHERS HAVE PROVIDED AS TUTORIALS. AS A MATTER OF FACT IN THE LAST WEEK I FOUND SOME LINKS TO EXCELLENT GUIDES ON PROGRAMMING,AND YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF SOME. I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT INFO HERE BUT I DIDN'T.
MY COMMENTS WERE INTENDED TO GIVE SOME HOPE AND A REASON FOR OPTIMISM TO NEW PEOPLE OR THOSE JUST RECENTLY INVOLVED THAT THOSE THAT HAVE A FINANCIAL STAKE WILL DO ALL THEY CAN TO PROTECT THERE INTEREST.
I HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN OR LOSE,BUT I FELT THE NEED TO ADD SOME BALANCE TO THE DOOM AND GLOOM BEING POSTED.

MY REMARKS ABOUT IDIOTS VS SMART ONES/KNOW IT ALL'S WERE DEVISIVE,SARCASTIC,AND WAS THE OPPOSITE OF THE MESSAGE I REALLY SHOULD HAVE RELAYED.

TO BE HONEST,THE DEALERS AND THOSE WITH A FINANCIAL STAKE ARE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE OFFERING REBUTTAL AND HOPE. NOT ME.

brak
December 24th, 2001, 08:25 AM
So young, so angry,.......

Damn that rap music!!!!!

(My eyes are bleeding now)
Can we move on, and stay on focus????
Dealers and freeware sux, Aol plz remove any
posts that aren't technical. I only read the
technical posts so I can try to avoid just
what this thread has become. Kiss and make up,
let's move on.

-Brak

aol6945
December 24th, 2001, 09:11 AM
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EAO
December 24th, 2001, 02:47 PM
Originally posted by renegade
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LONG TIME REN.



you see i desrved what i got because i was not clear on my purpose.

i contacted aol to clear things up and he gracefully accepted my apology.

I DON'T THINK,my credibility/reputation/charcter are damaged because a well respected member and major contributor was pissed at my commentary,ACTUALLY I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES THAT I DON'T SPEAK WITH FORKED TONGUE. I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT ANYONE SHOULD ACCEPT CRITICISM AND ADMIT ERRORS AND CORRECT THEM WHEN THE CRITICISM/COMMENTS ARE VALID .

I'LL PROBABLY MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN,BUT I'LL KEEP IN MIND THE SUGGESTIONS MADE BY AOL IN THE FUTURE.




have a merry xmas and a happy new year

crownvic
December 24th, 2001, 05:54 PM
Got pulled up for running a Red light..
Officer said OK I will let it go this time but you have to answer a few Questions.. I said OK..
Officer asked..What does AMBER mean? I answered CAUTION...very good he replied..
Officer asked ...What Does RED mean? I answered STOP...very good he said...
Now for the Final Question... What comes after RED?.....
I answered...
Don't know ..I'm usually Gone by then:)
EAO, YOU DON"T LIKE THE AVATAR I CREATED FOR YA??...

Muggles
December 24th, 2001, 07:55 PM
Normally I do not post like this but, seeing as how I am intitled to one a year here it is.


Get off your dead ass, and learn to help yourself.

You wanna critize everyone else? Do something for yourself. Or, are you just too fricking lazy?

The days of FREE TV is over, done, finished, kaput. Better learn to help yourself, cause if, not you are gonna be spending a lot of your own money.

jnix
December 24th, 2001, 08:28 PM
I DAMM sure do Not Post a Lot, I do a Bunch Of Reading. Maybe, There is some reading to be done, by some folks on this forum. Folks, Please keep any private scripts in the background. Do the PM route, and Make sure you know who you have send a file to:cool:

EAO
December 24th, 2001, 11:19 PM
Originally posted by crownvic
Got pulled up for running a Red light..
Officer said OK I will let it go this time but you have to answer a few Questions.. I said OK..
Officer asked..What does AMBER mean? I answered CAUTION...very good he replied..
Officer asked ...What Does RED mean? I answered STOP...very good he said...
Now for the Final Question... What comes after RED?.....
I answered...
Don't know ..I'm usually Gone by then:)
EAO, YOU DON"T LIKE THE AVATAR I CREATED FOR YA??...

MERRY XMAS. I HAVE A PROBLEM LOADING PAPER IN THE PRINTRE SANTA BROUHT MY DAUGHTER
CYL

megados
December 26th, 2001, 02:54 PM
Originally posted by Muggles
Normally I do not post like this but, seeing as how I am intitled to one a year here it is.


Get off your dead ass, and learn to help yourself.

You wanna critize everyone else? Do something for yourself. Or, are you just too fricking lazy?

The days of FREE TV is over, done, finished, kaput. Better learn to help yourself, cause if, not you are gonna be spending a lot of your own money.

Thanks Muggles . . . I didn't want to put it just that way, but . . . :D

It seems as though the non-technical side of this thread has taken on a life of it's own! At first I wasn't going to post in the thread at all when I first saw it in the Technical Forum, But then "someone" irritated me to the point that I had to vent as little.

Thanks, aol, for sorting it out! :)

That being said, and seeing as how the thread is where it belongs, it does bring with it an interesting discussion, and just before New Years, about the future.

Right now, we're at a juncture of sorts. There is an increase of activity by DTV. People waiting for free fixes to their free TV problems are finding the TV is on less and less. While that's the norm right now, The people who want to learn, and be resourceful, are not really having that bad a time of it, while those who sit and wait for "something" to come out, are finding that by the time they apply their fix, it only lasts a day or so. Now I don't consider myself in any way to be in the league, software-wise with the likes of RAM and aol. Compared with them I'm kinda lame. hehe But I do get my own stuff back going again by reading in here, trying things, and experimentation. If I can do it, that shows that it's not really all that hard. :) I can see that some people are new to the game, and need to get a little more experience. But there are alot of people, that we don't see between ECM's. Those people are going to be SOL in the coming months, as public fixes, and ideas become more and more scarce.

Personally I like the feeling of trying to figure out what to do, and playing with it until I get it right. (Yes, sometimes it's difficult, for me at least) But the satisfaction that comes from solving the puzzle, well you just have to do it to know what I mean.

But PLEASE, dont deny yourself the fun of at least trying !

quaddawg
December 26th, 2001, 04:25 PM
Originally posted by megados



Personally I like the feeling of trying to figure out what to do, and playing with it until I get it right. (Yes, sometimes it's difficult, for me at least) But the satisfaction that comes from solving the puzzle, well you just have to do it to know what I mean.

But PLEASE, dont deny yourself the fun of at least trying !


Well......that about sums it up, right there. That is the difference between the hobbyist and the Free Tv'er. If you don't feel the way Megados describes up there, then don't expect a free ride much longer. If you do feel that way, then searching for bits and pieces of the things you don't understand and can't figure out, won't bother you at all, the search for knowledge becomes part of the puzzle in itself. Well put sir.