nsane.forums Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 When Sony issued a recent PlayStation 3 update removing the device's ability to install alternate operating systems like Linux, it did so to protect copyrighted content—but several research projects suffered collateral damage. The Air Force is one example. The Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, New York picked up 336 PS3 systems in 2009 and built itself a 53 teraFLOP processing cluster. Once completed as a proof of concept, Air Force researchers then scaled up by a factor of six and went in search of 2,200 more consoles (later scaled back to 1,700). The $663,000 contract was awarded on January 6, 2010, to a small company called Fixstars that could provide 1,700 160GB PS3 systems to the government. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 They should take Sony to court for this. Would be fun to read about it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnginEAR Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Why does the USAF update their PS3 firmware? And more importantly- how are they doing that while running an alternative OS? I don't remember an "Update Firmware" option in my Linux distribution's menu... This sounds like BS to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted May 13, 2010 Administrator Share Posted May 13, 2010 Now Air Force will need a hacker. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Now Air Force will need a hacker. :lol:never trust sony and buy a supercomputer XDwhy did they update ??LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted May 13, 2010 Administrator Share Posted May 13, 2010 Now Air Force will need a hacker. :lol:never trust sony and buy a supercomputer XDwhy did they update ??LOLSony made them feel that the new update will help Air Force find and strike Satan. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 I think it's the whole issue with the USAF subcontracting other firms to requisition the hardware for them and to do whatever else. Now those people will have a hard time getting replacement units or additional units. Just a maybe, I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Now Air Force will need a hacker. :lol:never trust sony and buy a supercomputer XDwhy did they update ??LOLthe ps3 where never updated. they are off the system. but when they need to make a bigger or other setups or replace ps3s it will become more difficult. im thinking less than a year they will be forced to allow 3rd party os again. sony gaming side is hurting badly. you dont hear about everquest anymore. pspgo was doa. ps3 network sucking. then there is used ea games going to require illegally $10s for code to play multi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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