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    Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer

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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 Dallifornia Dallifornia
    11/29/09

    In reply to Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer
    ...courtesy of the best Black Friday sale, ever.
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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 pirate_panda pirate_panda
    11/29/09

    In reply to Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer
    Note that they had to buy the old non-slim models. The new slims are decidedly inappropriate for supercomputing because they don't support Linux.
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    Image of skierpage skierpage
    11/24/09

    In reply to Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Bogus
    I thought Cat Brain was a mind-blowingly impressive follow-on to the Blue Brain simulator. Blue Brain simulates a single neocortical column. It's only 10,000 neurons, but its model "consists of 10,000 3D digitizations of real neurons that are populated with model ion channels constrained by the genetic makeup of over 200 different types of neurons." It simulate the actual chemistry of neurons and as such is the only biologically accurate simulation (of a tiny part of a juvenile rat brain).

    Cat Brain sounds massively better with 1.6 billion neurons signalling each other through 9 trillion connections. But it only works if modelling neurons as simple "points" that signal each other with single values is a productive simplification of brain chemistry. As Blue Brain guy says "There is no qualified neuroscientist on the planet that would agree that this is even close to a cat's brain."
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/23/09

    In reply to Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Bogus
    So now scientists have gotten themselves into a brain simulator pissing contest. Awesome. Progress, here we come!
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    Image of JTX JTX
    11/24/09

    @Duckspwn: Hey, if it gets us one step closer to being able to do cool things with our brains, I'm all for it.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/24/09

    @JTX: I know, same here! Competition inspires progress. That's why I'm stoked about this.
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    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    11/23/09

    In reply to Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Bogus
    Meanwhile, scientists are puzzled by the dog brain simulator, unsure of whether they've created something endearing or stupid.

    Decide for yourself in Fable 3, due out Winter 2010.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/23/09

    In reply to Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Bogus
    Clearly the rat is thinking, "Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! Please let this just be a cat-skin rug and not an actual live cat..."
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/23/09

    In reply to Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Bogus
    Henry Markram, why do you hate cats?
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    Image of tomsomething tomsomething
    11/23/09

    In reply to Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Bogus
    What exactly is the Turing test on artificial cat brains?

    "I did something and it ignored me. SUCCESS!"
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    Image of Skid-Vicious Skid-Vicious
    11/23/09

    In reply to Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Bogus
    The rat is thinking, "I have a cat"
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/23/09

    @Skid-Vicious: The cat is thinking, "I have a masseuse"
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