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US Air Force To Suffer From PS3 Update 349

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday May 13, 2010 @06:45AM from the sounds-like-an-act-of-terrorism-to-me dept.

tlhIngan writes "The US Air Force, having purchased PS3s for supercomputing research, is now the latest victim of Sony's removal of the Install Other OS feature. It turns out that while their PS3s don't need the firmware update, it will be impossible to replace PS3s that fail. PS3s with the Other OS feature are no longer produced since the Slim was introduced, so replacements will have to come from the existing stock of used PS3s. However, as most gamers have probably updated their PS3s, that used stock is no longer suitable for the USAF's research. In addition, smaller educational clusters using PS3s will share the same fate — unable to replace machines that die in their clusters." In related news, Sony has been hit with two more lawsuits over this issue.

Comment The human factor (Score 0) 618

by vegardh on Sunday April 11, 2010 @02:34PM (#31809746) Attached to: What Advice For a Single Parent As Server Admin?

Try to make deals with your kids? No offense but you sound almost militant. I think you need a whole team of techs to do all the stuff you mention too. :-)

Comment I will let you live, little alien (Score 1) 202

by vegardh on Saturday July 11, 2009 @05:43AM (#28658689) Attached to: Why Video Games Are Having a Harder Time With Humor

PSYCHE! Mr Zurcon lives only to kill.

Comment Re:Metacritic (Score 1) 138

by vegardh on Saturday January 31, 2009 @06:38AM (#26676007) Attached to: Looking Back At <em>Far Cry 2</em>

I loved it, all the gripes are probably valid, it's monotonous but _montonously fun_ in a way. It helps if you love wilderness shooters (as opposed to stuff like Doom 3). The landscape graphics are breathtaking, the ending is cool, and that also manages to recreate some of the vibe from Far Cry.

Comment thanks (Score 1) 75

by vegardh on Saturday October 18, 2008 @03:23AM (#25422547) Attached to: Playstation Network Gets Revised, More Restrictive ToS

I got this horribly long mail about this, and thought: fuck it, if this is bad, it'll be on slashdot. thanks as always slashdot.

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