Sony removing the OS feature causes the US Airforce to have collateral damage
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Next up: "USAF recruits teenage iPhone and PS3 hacker geohot"
Its official, without linux the navy collapses....
It would be easier if the aircraft carrier fuel came from somewhere else other than penguin glands...
What's with all the Sony hate over this? It's not like this even affects any of you at all.
[QUOTE=rnate;21915152]Couldn't the USAF just contact Sony personally? And uhh, not update their consoles?[/QUOTE]
Sony is a Japanese company. I don't think they care what the US Air Force has to say.
However I bet after buying that many consoles, they might be able to work out some under the table deal with them.
They've been taking a loss on each unit sold. I'm sure they expected to make their profits off of games sold, but obviously that won't happen with scientific clusters.
So I can understand it in that sense. This is the part where everything starts to look stupid:
[url]http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-3-General/PlayStation-3-Finally-Turning-a-Profit-on-Each-Console-Sold/m-p/45590204[/url]
They're finally in a position where they can profit off of PS3 usage for scientific clusters, and they drop support for it. That's a shame.
If their machines are so efficient for scientific algorithms, and they can profit off of this, I don't see why they don't just sell an alternate version specialized for this purpose. Obviously they're able to undercut all of the competition
[QUOTE=Pteradactyl;21935827]What's with all the Sony hate over this? It's not like this even affects any of you at all.[/QUOTE]
I used OtherOS to watch porn on my PS3 when my computer is off. DON'T TELL ME IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME!
[QUOTE=Metanoia;21935930]They've been taking a loss on each unit sold. I'm sure they expected to make their profits off [B]of games sold[/B], but obviously that won't happen with scientific clusters.
So I can understand it in that sense. This is the part where everything starts to look stupid:
[URL]http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-3-General/PlayStation-3-Finally-Turning-a-Profit-on-Each-Console-Sold/m-p/45590204[/URL]
They're finally in a position where they can profit off of PS3 usage for scientific clusters, and they drop support for it. That's a shame.
If their machines are so efficient for scientific algorithms, and they can profit off of this, I don't see why they don't just sell an alternate version specialized for this purpose. Obviously they're able to undercut all of the competition[/QUOTE]
What games? :smug:
[QUOTE=s0m3_guy;21935389]Aren't there hacked developer OS dumps? You could format the harddrive and install custom firmware, and yes that's been released.[/QUOTE]
No, it has not.
[QUOTE=Morphology53;21922891]Yes, because dumping the old firmware, and reflashing the new systems is impossible. Sometimes, I wonder about my brethren in blue.[/QUOTE]
If it's that easy, why don't you do it?
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[QUOTE=Flitchaye;21935974]What games? :smug:[/QUOTE]
Oh, I don't know, all 607 of them?
[QUOTE=Pteradactyl;21935827]What's with all the Sony hate over this? It's not like this even affects any of you at all.[/QUOTE]
I can't play LBP anymore because I refuse to update until geohot finally releases his CFW.
[QUOTE=Metanoia;21935930]They're finally in a position where they can profit off of PS3 usage for scientific clusters, and they drop support for it. That's a shame.
If their machines are so efficient for scientific algorithms, and they can profit off of this, I don't see why they don't just sell an alternate version specialized for this purpose. Obviously they're able to undercut all of the competition[/QUOTE]
They're probably too stupid to do this.
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^ What the fuck?
[QUOTE=Metanoia;21935930]They've been taking a loss on each unit sold. I'm sure they expected to make their profits off of games sold, but obviously that won't happen with scientific clusters.
So I can understand it in that sense. This is the part where everything starts to look stupid:
[url]http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-3-General/PlayStation-3-Finally-Turning-a-Profit-on-Each-Console-Sold/m-p/45590204[/url]
They're finally in a position where they can profit off of PS3 usage for scientific clusters, and they drop support for it. That's a shame.
If their machines are so efficient for scientific algorithms, and they can profit off of this, I don't see why they don't just sell an alternate version specialized for this purpose. Obviously they're able to undercut all of the competition[/QUOTE]
There are servers based on the PS3 hardware (or at least on Cell), but they're way more expensive than PS3s.
[QUOTE=Robber;21938507]I can't play LBP anymore because I refuse to update until geohot finally releases his CFW.[/QUOTE]
I just keep my console off the internet.
Sony deliberately did this to cripple America's defences so that they can invade.
It's a conspiracy.
It's also pretty funny.
Sony = Skynet. They can shut down everything.
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