Discussion
Ater searching on the internet trying to find out where to buy one I noticed that they have become illegal (as per yesterday).
I guess this means I will not be able to get one.
Is there anything similar that can be used in a DS?
(as I don't have an ipod, I planned on using my DS as a music player)
I guess this means I will not be able to get one.
Is there anything similar that can be used in a DS?
(as I don't have an ipod, I planned on using my DS as a music player)
I like the way they ban them AFTER they have sold the bulk of them and sales are dropping. Nearly everyone I know who bought a DS, did it purely to buy an R4 card with it.
Its the same with the PSP, the only reason people spent that amount of money on a handheld system was because it could be EASILY hacked. Now they have made their money they ban them lol.
Its the same with the PSP, the only reason people spent that amount of money on a handheld system was because it could be EASILY hacked. Now they have made their money they ban them lol.
clonmult said:
Thanks for the link.The cards have gone from there now, but I managed to order one elsewhere.
How could they ban them though, as there was nothing illegal about the cards themselves??
That's like banning blank CD's
They are capable of transferring illegal material, but not on their own, only by filling them with illegal material do they then become illegal.
Or have I got the wrong end of the stick??
SB767: R4 owner.
That's like banning blank CD's
They are capable of transferring illegal material, but not on their own, only by filling them with illegal material do they then become illegal.
Or have I got the wrong end of the stick??
SB767: R4 owner.
Silverbullet767 said:
How could they ban them though, as there was nothing illegal about the cards themselves??
That's like banning blank CD's
They are capable of transferring illegal material, but not on their own, only by filling them with illegal material do they then become illegal.
Or have I got the wrong end of the stick??
SB767: R4 owner.
You're absolutely right - there is nothing illegal about the cards themselves. May as well ban the internet as well, as that allows you to download illegal software.That's like banning blank CD's
They are capable of transferring illegal material, but not on their own, only by filling them with illegal material do they then become illegal.
Or have I got the wrong end of the stick??
SB767: R4 owner.
In the same vein, they should ban Pandora batteries for the PSP, and ban sales of the few games that gave the save game exploits for the earlier PSP firmwares.
clonmult said:
Silverbullet767 said:
How could they ban them though, as there was nothing illegal about the cards themselves??
That's like banning blank CD's
They are capable of transferring illegal material, but not on their own, only by filling them with illegal material do they then become illegal.
Or have I got the wrong end of the stick??
SB767: R4 owner.
You're absolutely right - there is nothing illegal about the cards themselves. May as well ban the internet as well, as that allows you to download illegal software.That's like banning blank CD's
They are capable of transferring illegal material, but not on their own, only by filling them with illegal material do they then become illegal.
Or have I got the wrong end of the stick??
SB767: R4 owner.
In the same vein, they should ban Pandora batteries for the PSP, and ban sales of the few games that gave the save game exploits for the earlier PSP firmwares.
The same reason our cars, in 10 years, will not go faster than 90mph.
Arese said:
Lancashire said:
What are they? Sorry for being a bit of a numpty.
Rather than risk a PH'er getting banned for advocating piracy, you might be better off using Google.
They are cards that allow people to run homebrew applications/systems on a Nintendo DS(i). More often than not though, they are used to play illegally downloaded games.
Compare it to the Jailbreaking of an iPhone, you can use it to "modify" it to your needs, or to install illegal applications.
ZesPak said:
Arese said:
Lancashire said:
What are they? Sorry for being a bit of a numpty.
Rather than risk a PH'er getting banned for advocating piracy, you might be better off using Google.They are cards that allow people to run homebrew applications/systems on a Nintendo DS(i). More often than not though, they are used to play illegally downloaded games.
Compare it to the Jailbreaking of an iPhone, you can use it to "modify" it to your needs, or to install illegal applications.
Lancashire asked what 'torrents' were. I was hoping to prevent someone posting a link to a torrent site, which would lead to a ban.
Arese said:
ZesPak said:
Arese said:
Lancashire said:
What are they? Sorry for being a bit of a numpty.
Rather than risk a PH'er getting banned for advocating piracy, you might be better off using Google.They are cards that allow people to run homebrew applications/systems on a Nintendo DS(i). More often than not though, they are used to play illegally downloaded games.
Compare it to the Jailbreaking of an iPhone, you can use it to "modify" it to your needs, or to install illegal applications.
Lancashire asked what 'torrents' were. I was hoping to prevent someone posting a link to a torrent site, which would lead to a ban.
To put it (without resorting to illegal references) like this:
A torrent is a type of P2P "filesharing", much like Napster, Kazaa and Limewire are (were).
A global site/server stores small files (.torrent), that contain sharing information about the files, but not the files, as they work P2P.
Some sites saw a legal loophole in that: they don't store the illegal files, but just "links" to the files.
ZesPak said:
Arese said:
ZesPak said:
Arese said:
Lancashire said:
What are they? Sorry for being a bit of a numpty.
Rather than risk a PH'er getting banned for advocating piracy, you might be better off using Google.They are cards that allow people to run homebrew applications/systems on a Nintendo DS(i). More often than not though, they are used to play illegally downloaded games.
Compare it to the Jailbreaking of an iPhone, you can use it to "modify" it to your needs, or to install illegal applications.
Lancashire asked what 'torrents' were. I was hoping to prevent someone posting a link to a torrent site, which would lead to a ban.
To put it (without resorting to illegal references) like this:
A torrent is a type of P2P "filesharing", much like Napster, Kazaa and Limewire are (were).
A global site/server stores small files (.torrent), that contain sharing information about the files, but not the files, as they work P2P.
Some sites saw a legal loophole in that: they don't store the illegal files, but just "links" to the files.
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