[Newsbot]

Title: PS3 consoles become military supercomputer
Category: Tech
Posted By: canuckns
Date: 2010-12-28 08:18:19

[Heavy_Metal]

...and the xbox 360 to be the official target for the military

[QBC]

Hey, we just bought one of those...I wonder if we can launch a nuke with it?

[BartSimpson]

QBC QBC:

Hey, we just bought one of those...I wonder if we can launch a nuke with it?

I used to do that all the time when I played 'Missile Command' on my Atari.

[Freakinoldguy]

Okay let me get this straight.

They bought 1760 PS3's, linked them and it ended up costing US 2 Million dollars???

$1:

The "Condor Cluster" is energy efficient and at $US2 million, has a price tag well below that of traditional computing equipment.

Yet, when I do the math I get:

1760 PS3's @ $299.99 = $527,982.40 which leaves a grand total of $1,472,017.60 unaccounted for.

It must be the lesser of two evil theories. Although...........maybe Sony threw in a couple of those hundred thousand dollar toilets seats the pentagon seems to require on a yearly basis to sweeten the deal.

[Canadian_Mind]

You have to include the manhours involved in linking the machines, modifying them, programming them, etc.

When they talk about shit like this, they include the wages of the military pers who worked on the projects.

Considering the capability they got out of it, it sounds like they are walking away with an outstanding deal.

[Public_Domain]

[Canadian_Mind]

Mr_Canada Mr_Canada:

This was the preferred option?

Dude, if you could buy a Japanese sports car that could go 260kph and go from 0-100kph in 3.5 seconds, that cost $25 000 bucks, or a corvette which could go 300kph and go from 0-100kph in 3.0, that cost $75 000, which would you, as a consumer, be able to afford?

Yes, most people would want the Vet, but it's affordable and not much loss to you to go with the Japanese car.

And personally, if I had $75 000, I'd be buying a brand new F-350 and modifying the thing to perform better in my back yard hauling 10 000 pound logs out of the bush for firewood, delivering hay, etc. Not some dinky little POS I couldn't get above 50% of it's top speed on the highway without getting it impounded.

[ShepherdsDog]

The added expenses were the lounge chairs and snack food to go with the system...all the techs are wetting their pants to try out the newest games on the system.

[Canadian_Mind]

Imagine playing Call of Duty MW 2 on that network... 1760 players on one map!

[canuckns]

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

Imagine playing Call of Duty MW 2 on that network... 1760 players on one map!

HELLZ YEAH

[Canadian_Mind]

canuckns canuckns:

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

Imagine playing Call of Duty MW 2 on that network... 1760 players on one map!

HELLZ YEAH

Deathmatch would be epic. Don't think it'd be possible to play anything else aside from that or Team Deathmatch... Imagine the battle lines in that one.

[Freakinoldguy]

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

You have to include the manhours involved in linking the machines, modifying them, programming them, etc.

When they talk about shit like this, they include the wages of the military pers who worked on the projects.

Considering the capability they got out of it, it sounds like they are walking away with an outstanding deal.

They may include the wages of military personell and the manhours, but, had they not been pounding the pooch with this PS3 super computer they'd still have been getting paid and working the same amount of hours.

So to include all that in the cost is pure unadultrated bullshit. Why don't they call a spade a spade, or at least a shovel.

If they paid this much to have their already employed techs link 1760 PS3's and consider it a savings, can you imagine how much the other big computer companies are raping the US Government for?

[Canadian_Mind]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

You have to include the manhours involved in linking the machines, modifying them, programming them, etc.

When they talk about shit like this, they include the wages of the military pers who worked on the projects.

Considering the capability they got out of it, it sounds like they are walking away with an outstanding deal.

They may include the wages of military personell and the manhours, but, had they not been pounding the pooch with this PS3 super computer they'd still have been getting paid and working the same amount of hours.

So to include all that in the cost is pure unadultrated bullshit. Why don't they call a spade a spade, or at least a shovel.

If they paid this much to have their already employed techs link 1760 PS3's and consider it a savings, can you imagine how much the other big computer companies are raping the US Government for?

Same thing happens here dude. Most the lifetime costs "associated" with the F-35 purchase are wages that would be paid to military pers and civilians that maintain/manufacture parts that would be paid to do that anyways, regardless of which aircraft is chosen. It's a way to over-inflate costs to make a political purchase look bad.

[Regina]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Yet, when I do the math I get:

1760 PS3's @ $299.99 = $527,982.40 which leaves a grand total of $1,472,017.60 unaccounted for.

The rest was used up purchasing 10 HDMI cables.