US defence experts are investigating claims that Saddam Hussein is building a weapons supercomputer from Sony PlayStation 2s.
Individual units of the powerful games console can be linked up and boosted so their computing powers can be used to design long-range missiles or even nuclear devices.
The news confirms the worst fears of the Japanese government which first warned of the potential danger of the high specification PlayStation eight months ago.
A leaked US Defence Intelligence Agency report now confirms that up to 4,000 of the consoles have been bought and shipped to Iraq in the last three months.
Experts say that the PlayStation 2 designers may have unwittingly built a machine ideal for weapons work because its technology is so advanced.
One source told WorldNet Daily: "Applications for this system are potentially frightening. One expert I spoke with estimated that an integrated bundle of 12 to 15 PlayStations could provide enough power to control an Iraqi unmanned aerial vehicle."
Those are old news, but it's still a lesson to us all. At least if we're planning on ever making consoles.
"Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica and is widely regarded as the most important innovator in scientific and technical computing today." - Stephen Wolfram
Originally posted by Sirpullido WOW!!!!!!!! REALLY???????!!!!!
I don't care....I don't even know who Suzzane somer's is so stop talking and go back sucking my balls
nintendo ahs always made consoles for kids 10 and under, if you see most of nintendo 64 and gamecube are silly pink games.....+ they end in like an hour of playing (xcept zelda)
Haha. Oh I see. I dunno dood. I'm definitely going to post this if anyone hasn't beat me to it. But things are looking gloomy in the Nintendo camp. If you haven't read already... Rare is gone. They're giving head to Bill Gates now. Microsoft bought 'em. If this is old news sorry. I'm busy with school, so I get to everything about a week late. http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...881404,00.html