OMG A SECRET:

Get free 50 gallon trashcans from the Wal-mart parking lot....I mean, from a garage sale >_>.

Hey guess what

Fret no more. When you're stuck out in the desert with nothin' but your good ol' '47, nothin' else to light them dang ol' cig'rets. There is a solution.

You know a guy could light cigarettes with an AK. (this is a link if you're an idiot or something).

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Quit School and Get an Education

Daggum school's pluggin' my brain up.

Here's a list of people who are probably unsatisfied with their lives: Jim Carry, Tom Cruise, Jackie Collins, Whoopee Goldberg, Eminem, Colonel Sanders, Groucho Marx, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin, James Ready,, Mark Twain, Dr. Dre, George Bernard Shaw, George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Earnest Hemmingway, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Harry S. Truman, Walt Disney, John D. Rockefeller, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Steve Martin, Charlton Heston, Peter Jennings, Elvis Presley, Paul Allen, and Penn Jillett. They all either had no college education, or were dropouts. BILL GATES IS A COLLEGE DROP OUT.

Part 1: pomp and consequences

1. First thing's foist: you gotta have a rhyme or reason to be stop goings to schools. Either them's money grubbin' dumb ol' teachers...lack of dang ol' content...waste of time....all thems are good reasons to rectify your quittin'.
2. Second thing's second: you gotta realize that it's still going to be work. You can't just sit around and do nothing but shit--you actually got to do shit, you know? Be prepared to work. Probably a lots mores thans normals.
3. Third thing's third: you gotta know that lots of people will haychoo (that's "hate you", you practitioner of over-pronunciation--fucking idiot) if you starts quiting to goto school and they'll says that you rn't eduzcated, or they'lls be mad that you aren'ts doings anythings withs yours live and stuff. Parent's are the biggie here. If they's the ones payin' for that so-called "edumacation," you's best be geetin' yerself and your ass back in the classroom fella. But if you're the only one paying, and you are unsatisfied, get your ass out of there...you're only ripping yourself off. Be done ripping yourself off.
   
4. Anyways, get past first few hurdles and you're home frees. Now's when the learnin' commences. More cool people will respect you for quiting your dull, cyclic existence, you fucking robot. Actually live. Fly. Lemme ask you something: what do you gain from repetition?

Part Two: homework...or anywherework

We paid $14,000 a semester to play beer pong and to get read to from profs!!! WHOOOOO!!!

1. Why drop out? How about versatility? How does that sound?
   
2. How about the fact that you can be listening to your favorite punk while getting your lecture?
   
3. How about being able to fall asleep during a lecture with zero repercussion?
   
4. How about being able to study whatever your little student heart desires? Things they won't even talk about in any schools?
   
5. How about the fact that your wallet won't be raped. That's right--free education. $0.00 is a fair price.

Part III: the resources

SHIT. I just noticed the best channel on youtube--the channel this post was based on--has been suspended!!! Illparadox was the best channel there ever was. I guess posting all the episodes of $howtime's Bullshit! was just too much. Fuck it. Let us drudge on--we lose lot's of pirates in these seas--we can just hope we aren't next.


Anyways, there's still plethora's of free lectures. Whole courses we're talking here, by the way.
Berkeley's Free Lectures
It looks incredibly fake, but LectureFox.com is actually a kick ass place for shit tons of free lectures.
Here's a blog that only has video lectures about computers and such.
I don't remember what this was, but it was in the folder of links to add. Must have some good free lectures, too.
Also, g2p's book search is your friend. Just type the name of the course you want. The teachers at school just read them to you anyways.

Also hey, I guess you don't have to be a drop out to enjoy these links either. But I'm saying that there is enough here to not ever have to goto school and still have more education than most college kids.

Good luck!

You Shouldn't have to Pay for Videogames part 2

for years i've lived a double life....

The people here at Secret Hints aren't even going to pretend to have invented today's hacks. But we feel that they are so worthwhile, that it would be wrong of us not to spread the news about them. Some of these you may know about, others, you may not. Remember, the goal is to game for free ;). Let us live in a world where gamers can game if they please, not if their pocket book says so!



Roms and Emulators, bitch
Some may laugh that these are even being brought up...they're almost second nature to our kind. But hey, there may be a few of you who don't know about these god given gifts. A rom is essentially data ripped from a physical copy of a game. An emulator is a program that is used to mimic a system, and can load and read their specific rom files. So, you could play your favorite Snes games on your PC. Some people even get fancy and make new systems play older system's games--especially the Xbox, the DS, and the PSP.

Here's some links to bring some up to speed:

• Rom World
• Rom Nation
• NDS Roms (very nice community here)
• Emulator Zone
  

Softmodding your Xbox, mother fucker

Face it, the majority of us are too pussy to install a mod chip on our systems (or we lack technical skill--yeah, right, technically skill...sure......). The xbox has a nice exploit built in that lets us run a linux of sorts....which lets you put a custom dashboard in....which therefore lets you play burned games, emulators for other systems, homebrew, etc.

• deas tut
  
• tut with lots of pictures
  
• download these (xbox-scene is a pretty cool site actually)

Torrenting for Games, you turkey
Man, you are living in the past if you don't know about torrenting yet.

1. Get this.
   
2. Use the search to find your favorite games. Including, but not limited to, PC, Playstation, Xbox, Dreamcast, N64, etc.
   
3. Wait...sometimes it takes 30 minutes...sometimes it takes all month. Be patient, and give utorrent enough time to run.
4. What you'll want to do is get this guy so you can burn iso images properly. If its a PC game, it'll usually just be a .rar with the appropriate .exe and stuff.
5. Enjoy.

There's more shenanigans a-commin', just hold on to your britches.

You shouldn't have to pay for videogames Part 1

If you are still paying for video games, you are living in the past, and in shackles.

Did you know that the original playstation can play burned copies of games right out of the box?

1. Get a match, or some gum, or a paperclip.
2. Open the circular lid and look towards the back end of it--there is a button that the lid presses down to tell the playstation if the lid is open or closed.
3. Use your object to keep the button pressed, while having the lid open. This is the first part of the hack.
4. You need a legit playstation game--any game will do...demo disks would probably work, but don't quote or nothing. You also need your burned copy.
5. These next steps prove your skill--just be calm and cool and it will work. Put the legit game in the playstation, and turn it on.
6. The disk will spin and for a split second, it will slow down--grab the disk and switch it with the burned copy.
7. The new disk will spin...speed up for a bit...and again for a split second, it will slow down--grab the disk and switch it back to the legit game.
8. Now you got to watch the TV...it should be the colorful playstation logo...but the second the screen goes black, switch back to the burned copy.
9. Enjoy Silent Hill for free.

Too good to be true? Try it. If you are scared of ruining your playstation, you're an ignorant fool, because the disk spinner thing works on magnets--don't worry about stripping or anything.

More to follow, promise. Beat Final Fantasy VII and Metal Gear Solid again in the mean time.

How to be a Slacker

Because slacking and hacking are only a few letters different.

1. Get to it later.

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Sorry for the lack of content guys....there's some good hacks cooking up though, just be patient ;)

Sticking it to Barnes & Noble

*thunder*

It's Hacking Barnes & Noble with Secret Hint Online's very own Dr. Zamphjeer!
(Ideas and Concepts actually by Confucious and T@nner)
I'm Dr. Zamphjeer with another Secret Hint for ya: If you're buying books and it gets over your budget, just take some pictures dummy! For your health.
Now, I NEED to clarify: I didn't think of this idea at all, all the credit goes to Confucious and T@nner.....Danny was there too....I merely typed it up and stuff...I needed to put Dr. Zamphjeer to add a little 'umph' the Tim and Eric joke. Anyways, onto the hackings.

Preface:

Normally, when you think books, you think of libraries, and nerds, etc. Libraries are free....all you really need is a bit of identification and you can get yourself access to a vast array of books and knowledge....for free. Seeing this freeness as an opportunity, the founders of Barnes 'n' N0ble, Mr. Barnes and Mrs. Noble (they failed library school and were having an affair...long story) started a vile and wicked branch of libraries that, was new in the sense that it offered lots of cool books, but evil and sinful in the sense that it forced its readers to pay for what they read. And the world was dark. Until this hack came about.
Now, thanks to the pleasures of contemporary science, there are multiple exploits one can perform at nearly every B'n'N to avoid actually purchasing a book, and thus, sticking it to the sinful lovers/free-knowledge haters. You got the "Johnny Cash" method, "Evidence" method, and internet method.

The "Johnny Cash" Method (One Piece at a Time an amazing exploit)

1. Grab your book of choice from the self. Maybe the Kama Sutra or The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
   
2. Find somewhere to sit. They've got seats and benches in B'n'N....if they are full, the floor's nicely carpeted, and is perfect for sitting on....if all else fails go and "use the bathroom"...
3. Read as much as you want or can before the place closes.
4. When you are finished with your section for the day, use some toilette paper or a dollar (because they are both pretty much the same thing) for a bookmark or something--hell, they even have bookmarks in the store you could use, and they're purdy, too.
   
5. Either hide the book somewhere in the store if it is a good book--under the chair you read from maybe, or behind a shelf...you could just put it back on the shelf if it is a bad book (nobody buys bad books, hahahhahahaha). If you sucked at hide and seek when you were little, just write the page number on your hand with a sharpie or pen, and just pick up the book again when you come back to finish.

Pros: It's completely free....time consuming, but free. But what book isn't time consuming?

Cons: There's usually old folks (who know about this hack...) sitting in the comfy chairs, so you're usually going to be stuck standing, sitting on the floor, or going to the bathroom. Also, if you try to hide it, the janitor might find it and re-alphabatize it.

READING FUCKING KICKS ASS

The "Evidence" Method

1. Bring your digital camera with you the next time you goto Barnes and Noble.
   
2. Again, grab your book of choice from the shelf. Might I suggest Dr. Seuss or Robert Anton Wilson?
   
3. Find a secluded/not-suspicious-looking area (again, the bathroom is spiffy, but other good spots include the magazine area or the children's area....you could also probably make up a good story if you were a "photography student" in the art section) and start snapping pictures. Take a picture of every single page if you'd like, or just the key ones (the ones that have illustrations, boobs, dangerous information, etc.).
   
4. Buy something, or just leave with your "book".
   

Pros: You will have the book later for reading whenever you want, from the pleasure of your home. You could even feasibly print out the whole book if you wanted to. (Don't sell it though--books should be free.) This method is especially useful if you are stuck in a game; simply snap pictures of a strategy guide's maps and tables for reference later.

Cons: How do you explain taking a picture of an entire book? Sure, a student story or an investigation story would help, but it can only go so far... Also, this method takes a lot of work--you gotta turn each page, snap each picture, hide from employees and customers...all while under the pressure that there might be video cameras watching you. There's also the issue of quality: if you plan on using a cellphone camera or out-dated digital, you might be fucked when it comes to quality and size...if your hiding spot is dark, you are going to be fucked when it comes to lighting...




















The Internet Method

1. Goto g2p. (there's a link on the right, lazy bastard)
   
2. Click ebooks and type in the book, and hit enter.
3. Search the results for your book of choice.
   

Pros: It's fast, easy, and tricks Google to finding what you need. It's far less risky than taking pictures.

Cons: You might not get what you're looking for. You don't get the pleasure of 'feeling' the book between your hands...or the smell of each inked page...

Summin' it Up:
This is the basic foundation for getting around paying for a book. Remember, if you are really on a budget, there's always libraries--they smell like shit, have creepy people in them, and probably won't have the book you're looking for, but they are there. So there you have it, you dummy.


For your health.

The Wal-Mart Hack

All wal-marts should have semi-translucent red skull overlays.

Procedure:

1. Enter your nearest Wal-M@rt. Save some gas and pick the one on your block, not the one a few blocks away.
   
2. Goto the men's section; there, you should find a shelf that has lots and lots of wallets (if you're having trouble finding it, remember that it is pretty close to the ties).
3. If you look hard enough, you will find some flasks. Buy one--they aren't as expensive as they look...they're only like $3.45 or something.
4. Leave the store, but go back in, flask at hand, and make your way to the bathrooms.
5. Piss in the flask.

The Next Level:

See, this is just the beginning; what you do with the flask is completely up to you. Some suggestions include: return it and say it didn't work because of a scratch or incompatibility with your operating system; hand it to some unsuspecting passerby; throw it away; empty out the piss, fill it with drano, and trick people in to drinking some (with a straw, because that would be funny).

This is just one of the seemingly infinite exploits to be found at Wal-Mart. Yeah, this one may be shitty, but if you can do this, just imagine what else is possible at Wal-Mart.....

Concept: zamphjeer and josh0