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Re:Richard Stallman Inducted Into the 2013 Internet Hall of ... by gargoiler80 on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @06:09PM (#5949455)
Yes, I fix my kids toys. But I don't require the manufacturing details to do that.

Just as I don't need source code to modify/analyse software.

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Re:Richard Stallman Inducted Into the 2013 Internet Hall of ... by Uhhrrr on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @07:15PM (#5949741)
You use a hex editor?
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Re:Richard Stallman Inducted Into the 2013 Internet Hall of ... by dllthomas on Thursday June 27, 2013 @11:54AM (#5952930)
Not that it defeats your broader point, but there are certainly better tools than a bare hex-editor for reverse engineering and hacking binaries.
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