Ereader espionage!

Donnageddon · 09-24-2009, 04:49 AM

Finally made it down to my local Fry's to check out the new fangled Sony Readers all the kids are talking about. They had a feces load of 505's and several 300's but no 600's which was the model I was most interested in seeing.

The only displays they had Sony-wise was also the 505 and 300. I decided to check out the 300 display to discern the crispness of it's unfettered non touch screen, but was foiled in the attempt.

Some Joker had entered a "device lock" code on the 300, so all I could see was the screen asking me to enter the code, and the display telling me I had failed in reading the mind of the industrial terrorist who had coded the device!

I admit some small admiration for the ingenuity of the cretin who had obviously sabotaged the display (I would never have thought of code locking a display.. perhaps I am not evil enough... must work on that)

Kudos and Damn-You goes out to the Astak or Jetbook spy who carried out the scheme. Very clever.

Sony would be wise to disable such capability in display models. It is a dog eat dog ebook world out there.

Dylrob · 09-24-2009, 05:07 AM

Oy vey... Another bit of worthless pond scum did the exact same thing with the PRS-505 display at our local Walmart.

Donnageddon · 09-25-2009, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

Oy vey... Another bit of worthless pond scum did the exact same thing with the PRS-505 display at our local Walmart.

It's kind of astounding, The saboteurs had to be knowledgeable of the Sony UI, and used that information to screw everyone else that wanted to try it out.

Probably the same kind of person who would ... <insert your own horrible person analogy here>

GeoffC · 09-25-2009, 04:46 AM

Luddites !

Juliette · 09-26-2009, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

Some Joker had entered a "device lock" code on the 300, so all I could see was the screen asking me to enter the code, and the display telling me I had failed in reading the mind of the industrial terrorist who had coded the device!

I admit some small admiration for the ingenuity of the cretin who had obviously sabotaged the display (I would never have thought of code locking a display.. perhaps I am not evil enough... must work on that)

I saw the exact thing this morning when I picked up an external HD. Although in that case I know who's the culprit- the store clerk himself :P and it was against an iLiad iRex. Maybe he's paid by Bookeen? (It would explain the sudden presence of Cybook and Opus on catalogue for that particular boutique.)

fugazied · 09-26-2009, 07:16 PM

"Probably the same kind of person who would ... kick a puppy!"

Juliette · 09-27-2009, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by fugazied

"Probably the same kind of person who would ... kick a puppy!"

I sooo wanted to play with the iLiad before it went out of sale. They had/have a last one in their internet catalogue and then hop. It's gone!

carlobee · 09-27-2009, 11:16 PM

tsk3. it's sad to know these things happen.

09-24-2009, 04:49 AM	#1
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	Ereader espionage! Finally made it down to my local Fry's to check out the new fangled Sony Readers all the kids are talking about. They had a feces load of 505's and several 300's but no 600's which was the model I was most interested in seeing. The only displays they had Sony-wise was also the 505 and 300. I decided to check out the 300 display to discern the crispness of it's unfettered non touch screen, but was foiled in the attempt. Some Joker had entered a "device lock" code on the 300, so all I could see was the screen asking me to enter the code, and the display telling me I had failed in reading the mind of the industrial terrorist who had coded the device! I admit some small admiration for the ingenuity of the cretin who had obviously sabotaged the display (I would never have thought of code locking a display.. perhaps I am not evil enough... must work on that) Kudos and Damn-You goes out to the Astak or Jetbook spy who carried out the scheme. Very clever. Sony would be wise to disable such capability in display models. It is a dog eat dog ebook world out there.

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09-24-2009, 05:07 AM	#2
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,141 Karma: 47366760 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	Oy vey... Another bit of worthless pond scum did the exact same thing with the PRS-505 display at our local Walmart.

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Luddites !

09-26-2009, 07:16 PM	#6
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	"Probably the same kind of person who would ... kick a puppy!"

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