U.S. Air Force Disappointed in Sony

[Balfree]

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didnt read the whole post and dont really need to. just want to say, spend a year or two fighting in iraq or afghanistan as a soldier before you knock the U.S. you will definitly realize how great u have it as an american. and if you are mad at the way polictics work or dont agree then move somewhere else or change it.

you really should have read the post. but to be quite honest i don't know what good would've come out of that anyway. there is such a thing as jumping to conclusions, and you just jumped to a whole different galaxy.

[Etra]

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I'm going to go with the standard "LoL @ the Civilan public" for using Military things outside of their intended purpose:

Hook and loop fasteners (Velcro)
A network of computers robust enough to withstand a nuclear blast (the fucking internet)
A way to track military units through out the world (GPS)
Long term, non-persihable food (CAPRI FUCKING SUNS)
A way to transport troops around the globe quickly (AIRPLANEEEEEEEES)

I could go on, but I believe my point has been made.

Thank you for clipping my quote and taking it out of context.

News Flash: PS3 was designed for other applications than home entertainment. I think it was MIT I saw the story on who are using the Cell to render complex 3D images of the human body for advanced medical studies. Might not of been them, but it was in Michigan >.>

Feba answered this one for me.

[Feba]

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No, I answered it for myself.

[Etra]

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No, I answered it for myself.

Either way, less typing for me.

[Malacite]

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Ah it's Massachusetts. Not sure why I thought it was Michigan o.O


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MIT Offers Cell Processor Class; Everyone Gets PS3s - Cell processor - Gizmodo

[Feba]

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Not sure why I thought it was Michigan

Probably because you never had a chance of getting into any university where people actually recognize the name beyond Generic State University.

[Vevau]

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I finished at a dedicated tech school in the UK in 2006 and a few of my classmates going on to postgrad work there in graphics (and other Cell-type tasks) were quite excited at racking up a bunch of PS3s in the same fashion and that was when they cost £500 a pop even to a university.

The utility of a subsidized Cell-based PC (don't even start on the definition!) to an organisation able to capitalise on it should not be underestimated especially if you look up what IBM will charge for the equivalent amount of processing, even after factoring in the fact that the IBM kit will use Infiniband and FC to get a decent amount of inter-CPU bandwidth.

Shep - thanks for making those points. I was mesmerised by WWI era aircraft and if anyone cares to look at the state of the art prior to and subsequent to both WW you can see quite how much military motivation has propelled us forward; notice it is not always the original invention but tech that may never have seen the light of day was moved forward - for reference the theory behind atomic weaponry was near enough complete before WWII but it still took a hothouse of geniuses to get it working at Los Alamos.

[ShepardG]

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@ Etra,

Yeah, If i'm saving face, i'm saving face, but yeah my apologies. I re-read your post, and I see it in a diferent context now. So... My bad ^^?

[ShadowHolyFlyingDragon]

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I don't get it.

Everyone bitches at the gov' to try to save money.

This branch tried.

Now this branch is pissed cuz of firmware updates not coming as promised or something.....? lol You can't just take this shyt back to Wal-Mart.............. oh wait

[Kailea]

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I don't get it.

Everyone bitches at the gov' to try to save money.

This branch tried.

Now this branch is pissed cuz of firmware updates not coming as promised or something.....? lol You can't just take this shyt back to Wal-Mart.............. oh wait

Firmware update that is pretty much mandatory, it removing support for a feature promised by Sony, and no... you cant just take back 2000+ PS3s to where you bought them after using them for 6+ months -.-

[ShadowHolyFlyingDragon]

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Firmware update that is pretty much mandatory, it removing support for a feature promised by Sony, and no... you cant just take back 2000+ PS3s to where you bought them after using them for 6+ months -.-

Yeh, SONY has gotten old and complacent to where they can pretty much just do WETF they want. Whose gonna blow the gaskets out of their engine soon?

NINTENDO DS LINUX

It's coming...... <speshul effex and lyting>

I want to watch 8,000 NDSL's hooked up at a naval station supporting their "endoftheworld" network. I can play New Super Mario Advance while it's raining Chernobyl outside then.... just gotta go join and sign up brother.


I was kidding about the Wal-Mart thing. And quote "Communism is just a red herring."

[Malacite]

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Like they couldn't fix it just for the Air Force if they were asked.

[Etra]

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@ Etra,

Yeah, If i'm saving face, i'm saving face, but yeah my apologies. I re-read your post, and I see it in a diferent context now. So... My bad ^^?

And I would also like to thank Mhurron for doing research on the examples you gave.

[Icemage]

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Firmware update that is pretty much mandatory, it removing support for a feature promised by Sony, and no... you cant just take back 2000+ PS3s to where you bought them after using them for 6+ months -.-

It's firmware, not hardware. If asked and they want to bother, Sony can slap any firmware they like on one of their machines. It wouldn't surprise me if they could make OtherOS work on a Slim if they had a mind to.

And since when does the Air Force need to log into PSN? If not, what's so "mandatory" about the firmware update?


Icemage

[Kailea]

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It's firmware, not hardware. If asked and they want to bother, Sony can slap any firmware they like on one of their machines. It wouldn't surprise me if they could make OtherOS work on a Slim if they had a mind to.

And since when does the Air Force need to log into PSN? If not, what's so "mandatory" about the firmware update?


Icemage

I meant "mandatory" in a more general since, to all PS3 users, yeah the Air Force does not use PSN I am sure for that system cluster, but they are mad none the less, and I don't blame them. Sure that Sony could/would/will make a deal with them to allow them to still use the feature, even with the latest firmware.