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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    12/05/09

    In reply to In Case of Asteroid, Use Lasso
    You rang?
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    12/05/09

    In reply to In Case of Asteroid, Use Lasso
    Ah, Government. No idea's too stupid that you won't throw a ton of money at it.

    And, basically what you're saying is, in the event of a collision our only hope is rodeo riders? Have you met these people? The best ones are a step up from carnie.
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    Image of Hospitals in Hawaii? Hospitals in Hawaii?
    12/05/09

    @badhatharry: Amen to that.
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    Image of Grive Grive
    12/05/09

    In reply to In Case of Asteroid, Use Lasso
    Great. A giant space Surujin flying around.

    Either we save the earth, or end up in a wranglin' of proportions so beyond epic no words make justice to it.
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    Image of Grive Grive
    12/05/09

    @Grive: On the same note (too late to edit). The name of the resulting weapon is way too omnious to be disregarded:

    [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Edited by Grive at 12/05/09 1:22 PM Grive was starred Grive was unstarred
    Image of thechansen thechansen
    12/05/09

    In reply to In Case of Asteroid, Use Lasso
    Well we could just find evidence that it was Anubis who sent the asteroid our way and then get the Asgard to save our asses.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    12/05/09

    In reply to In Case of Asteroid, Use Lasso
    This guy brings shame to engineers everywhere.
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    11/30/09

    In reply to Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer
    "isn't it just a bit curious that someone thought to save on upgrading the supercomputer just after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released?"

    That was my first thought.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/30/09

    In reply to Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer
    Do they get a discount for buying in bulk?
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    Image of Avocadobride Avocadobride
    11/30/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: If anything, Sony would probably want more. Since they *probably* wont be buying any games for the consoles. Or, someone is planning a huge MW2 LAN party. A man can dream.
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    Image of mmsk8erboi mmsk8erboi
    11/30/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Maybe, maybe not.

    Don't sony lose money on the consoles and make it back on the games anyway?
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    Image of ForestFire0 ForestFire0
    11/30/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I'd think they'd get an extra charge. The reason it makes sense to buy PS3s for supercomputing like this is because Sony sells the PS3 at a loss and recoups that cost with the huge profits on games. I don't think these PS3s will lead to a lot of game purchases by the US government, so whoever they bought them from must be somewhat annoyed.
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    11/30/09

    In reply to Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer
    Along with 2200 copies of MW2 our "next-gen" soldiers will finally receive realistic training and will be more capable due to perks providing increased ammo and faster running speed. Not to mention the morale boost from soldiers getting achievements and the simplification of the entire battle process with "action buttons" allowing each soldier to win the war with an appropriately timed button press of the correct color and geometric shape.
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    Image of AtomFury AtomFury
    11/29/09

    In reply to Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer
    Oh common, we ALL know that they're really just organizing a massive LAN party :D. I hope they remembered to order 5000 bags of Doritos too.
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    Image of Jamez Jamez
    11/29/09

    In reply to Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer
    IMB? IBM maybe? Or are we talking about something completely different?
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/29/09

    @Jamez: I am very much blushing over that typo. Corrected, thank you.
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    Image of Rejexted Rejexted
    11/29/09

    @Rosa Golijan:
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/29/09

    @Rejexted: Hmm. Wrong hair color.
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    Image of toyster17 toyster17
    11/29/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Oh how I missed your posts this weekend, now I can leave my laptop and stop refreshing for once..
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    Image of snoop_dizzle snoop_dizzle
    11/29/09

    @Rejexted: Blasphemy! The only picture that will suffice is one of Rosa as she is much more beautiful than she. ;)
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/29/09

    @toyster17: Pshaw. I post and you run off? I see how it is.
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/29/09

    @snoop_dizzle: Oh, you charming suck up.
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    Image of snoop_dizzle snoop_dizzle
    11/29/09

    @Rosa Golijan: I was just playing. ;)

    I deserve the backhanding I suppose though. So go for it. :'(

    (For the record though, you are pretty. I say that in the most non creepy way possible :P)
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    Image of Jamez Jamez
    11/30/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Just blame it on Jesus. I'm sure it's his fault anyways. It usually is.
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    Image of Greatbam Greatbam
    11/30/09

    @Jamez: I thought the popular thing to blame stuff on these days was still global warming. I guess we are getting close to winter and Christmas though.
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    Image of Jamez Jamez
    11/30/09

    @Greatbam: Are you living under a rock? Global warming is a sham! Watch the news!
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    Image of aogfilter001 aogfilter001
    11/29/09

    In reply to Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer
    Yeah, I'll bet a few of the "backup" units are being stored "off site" in the homes of the technicians.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/29/09

    @aogfilter001: Nah, those are the units that "fell off the truck''.
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    Image of Weihovah Weihovah
    11/29/09

    In reply to Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer
    "isn't it just a bit curious that someone thought to save on upgrading the supercomputer just after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released?"

    i was thinking the same thing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/29/09

    @Weihovah: Well, it is the Air Force. They have to try and get the feel for actual combat somehow.
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    Image of Paul 'Pauly Crush' Geller Paul 'Pauly Crush' Geller
    11/29/09

    @Nathan Obbards: drone practice!
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Paul 'Pauly Crush' Geller was starred Paul 'Pauly Crush' Geller was unstarred
    Image of Illundiel Illundiel
    11/29/09

    @Nathan Obbards: hey be nice to the air force...just because they...uh...umm...just because they took over officially watch dogging the internet from the NSA and mostly fly unmanned drones...who says they don't still care?
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/29/09

    @Paul 'Pauly Crush' Geller: Nah, those are XBox 360s.

    [kotaku.com]

    [www.army.mil]
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    Image of SSgtTEX SSgtTEX
    11/30/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Hey hey, there are plenty of Air Force career fields that see combat.

    Just cause I am a mechanic and sit 700 miles from the lines doesn't mean we don't have guys running convoys through the heart of Baghdad.

    I am just yanking your chain. But we do have quite a few guys that see combat. Think of Tyrese in Transformers. Him calling in air strikes. AF really has those guys attached to Army units.
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    Image of agfuentes agfuentes
    10/14/09

    In reply to Astronomers and the Air Force Face Off Over Lasers
    As an astrophysicist I have to OF COURSE side with the telescopes. I have read a lot of misconceptions. These lasers are low powered (some ~ 25 W) they are not going to blow up satellites. All they can do is blind the cameras for less than a sec. over the USA. Also they are not used in every telescope. Only a few telescopes in the USA (Hawaii, AZ and in PR) have laser guided stars. A bigger problem is planes flying by but this is already taken care of by having direct communications with nearby airports and a person dedicated to staying outside the telescopes with a big red button that shuts down the laser when a plane gets close to it. We need these laser AO systems because without them we could not point at anything that is small or faint in the sky due to atmospheric turbulence. In conclusion "suck on it AirForce".
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    10/14/09

    In reply to Astronomers and the Air Force Face Off Over Lasers
    How hard is it for the Pentagon to look at a computer and see if there are any satellites in the area at a given time when the astronomers call and say yay or nay?
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    Image of Wokcus Wokcus
    10/14/09

    In reply to Astronomers and the Air Force Face Off Over Lasers
    This is incredibly stupid. It's not like the Air Force can stop observatories in other countries from using lasers. Also, if the satellites are that easily blinded (something I'm skeptical of), they're now making sure that everyone is aware of that via the Streisand effect.
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    Image of Fletch Lives Fletch Lives
    10/14/09

    @Wokcus: Excellent point, +1
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