And what happens if a disk comes along that has a system update on it, and we don't want to mess with GeckoOS to skip the update because we have no use for it otherwise? All this talk about discouraging the newest update seems a little shortsighted. True, I've had my share of bad updates for my pc OS (both windows and linux), and we've all heard the PS3 story I'm sure, but Nby Tanstaafl - Homebrew General
Actually, with RSA, it doesn't matter which stage is called "encryption" and which stage is called "decryption"; you can swap the keys and get the same result (read as: the public key works just as well to decrypt messages that used the private key for the encryption algorithm, and visa versa). As long as one of the keys is kept private, it does what it's intended. One thing thatby Tanstaafl - Homebrew General
This forum is as bad as slashdot. You try to appear legitimate by banning topics like backup loaders and wads that allow piracy, but you're all fine with emulator talk. And if heaven forbid someone points out this contradiction and tries to encourage a much needed discussion on this point, the thread gets sent to the junkyard. Out of sight, out of mind. It's things like this thatby Tanstaafl - Feedback & Support
Agreed. Saying "Backup loaders allow piracy" is a joke on a forum where emulator discussions are the norm. And disclaimers "don't download ROMs to games you don't own" is a joke too: Nintendo states quite explicitly that that is illegal as well. This link has the details. Now, I have no problem with running homebrew on my wii. But the "party line" on these forums and the wiki is fby Tanstaafl - The Junkyard