How to Hack Dr. Pepper Spider - Man 2 Contest

I am an avid 2600 reader and love to read on new hacking exploits. I do this just to see ways in which people are getting back at overcharging monopolistic empires. However, it seems anything you read about hacking (any books) you will be reminded over and over that anything can be hacked. I couldn't agree more!

As a disclaimer this thread is not to start a discussion on hacking or the ethics. I do not agree with any illegal hacking and I do not endorse any illegal activity on computers.

So now lets go back to the beginning the title reads "How to Hack Dr. Pepper Spider - Man 2 Contest" you are probably wondering what the heck I am talking well there is a way to hack the Spider - Man 2 Contest! Yes, that’s right! It is possible simply read-on.

Dr. Pepper has always been delicious. Dr. Pepper is what keeps me going on the all-nighters at the office. It is the fuel for the soul (lets not forget crack, it is up there tooo..gnarph--j/k). However it is always fun to win things but during this contest I have drank a few hundred Dr. Pepper bottles and not won a thing. Well I thought how can this contest be won the label that shows if you win or not isn't located underneath the cap so you are not able to tilt in and read the inside of the cap like it is possible on Pepsi. No, D-P thought that got tricky and put the "Please try again" or " Winner!" on the inside of the label and you have to look through the Spidey's eye to view it. Well this is only possible when the bottle is half drank right?! Wrong! If you look at the back of the bottle you will see the nutrition facts and under that you will see the ingredients. Read the ingredients until you read caffeine then look slightly more to the right and you will be able to see the P and the L no matter how much liquid is in the bottle. This will allow you to not buy or open the Dr. Peppers to win. It is simple if you see a P and an L you know that you didn't win so you grab another one from the local store and can continue this until you find a Winner. Congratulations you have just hacked a contest. I do not know the laws on this but as far as I can tell I don't see anything illegal in this action. I know that it is no illegal to try and look at the caps so I don't think this is illegal.

I hope you all find this fun! And remember that anything can be hacked, it is what you choose to hack that makes you talented and a help to society.

- MilitantEidolon


P.S. - This is kinda like a tutorial but since it isn't computer related I dumped it in GCC.