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Knyte
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Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
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Last month, Sony nixed the option to install a second operating system to the PlayStation 3, one of the console's original features. That angered some folks, particularly those who bought the console specifically for that feature, like the Air Force.
Last year, the United States Air Force Research Laboratory bought a whole mess of PlayStation 3s—following their successful assessment of the hardware—to capitalize on the system's Cell processor and relatively cheap hardware. With "Install Other OS" yanked from the system, the USAF sounds none too pleased about its investment.
Lab reps told Ars Technica that the change "will make it difficult to replace systems that break or fail."
"The refurbished PS3s also have the problem that when they come back from Sony, they have the firmware (gameOS) and it will not allow Other OS," a USAF lab spokesperson said, "which seems wrong. We are aware of class-action lawsuits against Sony for taking away this option on systems that use to have it."
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Godofhardcore
Joined: Feb 22 2010
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BOMB SONY HQ Air Force Show them now to fuck their customers over
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Godofhardcore wrote: |
| BOMB SONY HQ Air Force Show them now to fuck their customers over |
But wait for the marines to get out of the way first! Right Ash?
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
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The USAF better hope none of their PS3s break down, or they'll never get Skynet online.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
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| Knyte wrote: |
The USAF better hope none of their PS3s break down, or they'll never get Skynet online.
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The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
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SoldierHawk
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Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
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I heard about this. If its really that important to the USAF and they offer enough money, I see no reason why Sony couldn't create unlocked PS3s just for them (or whatever other companies offer the right price.) This seems like a logical solution to me--am I grossly miscalculating how difficult and/or expensive that would be for Sony to do?
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Ice2SeeYou
Title: Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Joined: Sep 28 2008
Location: South of Heaven
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I don't like the idea of the USAF using videogames to train their pilots:
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GPFontaine
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I don't like the idea of the USAF using videogames to train their pilots:
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I am quite certain I could land a real plane on a carrier before I would be able to consistently land in Top Gun.
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Ice2SeeYou
Title: Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Joined: Sep 28 2008
Location: South of Heaven
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
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I don't like the idea of the USAF using videogames to train their pilots:
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I am quite certain I could land a real plane on a carrier before I would be able to consistently land in Top Gun. |
I'm pretty sure I could land a 747 on a pack of gum easier than landing on the carrier in Top Gun.
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Atma
Title: Dragoon
Joined: Apr 29 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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| I'm pretty sure I could land a 747 on a pack of gum easier than landing on the carrier in Top Gun. |
I'll take that Challenge. Just need a 747, and some Big Red now.
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