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Iraq buying up Playstation 2's.
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Tuesday, 26-December-2000 01:39:56 (GMT +10) - by Sciby
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Well, we all know they've been buying them, there's been enough reports of it. Whether they're for controlling Scud missles or just for having a few games over the x'mas period, it seems they've still getting the things. Be this as it may, the stupid/silly/laughable thing is the power of the PS2 is developing from being sold to Saddam.
Normally, you'd think a computer product, PC or console would only gain in power with a physical upgrade, a cpu here, some more memory there, maybe a new video card, or a mod chip in your trusty old Playstation, but not the PS2 it seems. Maybe Sony have merged their marketing and R&D departments.
Anyway, here's a quote from an email we received, and here's a "report" *COUGH COUGH CHOKE* from MSN.
Thanks to Paul Scott for the email.
WASHINGTON - Iraq has been buying computer video games to harvest their microprocessors for weapons, a TV network claims.
NBC, citing unidentified government sources, said an informant warned US Customs officials a month ago that a group with links to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was buying large numbers of Sony Plation games and shipping them to the Iraqi military.
NBC said federal investigators discovered the group had bought 1400 Playstations, but could not confirm they had be shipped to Iraq. No export controls exist on such games.
Experts (Sciby: Cough, cough, blergh) said the game's computer chip and video processor have 1000 times the power of the most sophisticated computer on the consumer market, making them highly desirable for military use.
PlayStation 2 is even more sophisticated. One expert said even Game Boy has 11 times the power of the computers that first send man to the moon.
For Pete's sake, my cat has more processing power that the Apollo 11 computers. Note how all the reports we've seen so far have been about Iraq buying PS2's, now this one claims Saddam is buying original Playstations, then they tack something on about PS2's. Unh, hello Mr. Reporter guy, if Saddam was even buying consoles to put into rockets, don't you think he'd buy the latest, not cruddy old last-generation consoles?? Sheesh.
I love it when people quote "experts", which usually turn out to be:
A)Their son, who's aiming for a PS2 for Christmas. "Please Dad? I can help defend America against Iraq with it!"
B)Some guy who bought an original Nintendo and a 386 "do-it-yourself" home computer kit.
I'm still amazed and dismayed by this, but what can we do? I hope I see them in a Darwin Award soon.
I'll go calm down now.
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