PlayStation 3 tackles world ills

[Video_freak]

Wow, Sony is probably going to sell each unit to them over the price it costs to make them, so they make some profit (since they won't be buying games....or will they ).

[NoQuarter]

I'm sure they cut some kind of profitable deal,seems like a bit much for a PR stunt.
It does seem like an attempt to back Ken Kuratagi's claim of the PS3 being a computer.

[Video_freak]

Well if it's a computer, I want to run Linux on it. Not "PS3 Linux", just Linux.

[NoQuarter]

Amen to that!!!!!!!

[jerrt]

Yeah,sounds like a potential market controlled shortage huh?
Maybe not though if it's only 10,000.

I don't think they are going to hold units. i think it is software that will either ship with the ps3, or they will allow to download through the online service, that will allow ps3's that are on but not actively running any games or video to be used to do calculations. i'm really excited and i can't wait till i get my ps3.

[NoQuarter]

Does any body remember SETI and the download to help that program search radio signals?
Guess what, that was a disaster!!!!
The thing got hacked and some people got free supercomputing over the internet by distibuting trojanized versions of the program..
Think again whether this is what you want on your PS3!!!!!!!
Not me buddy,I like to own my own processor computing time whether I choose to use it or not.
I especially don't want some damn exploit like that waiting to happen on my machine.
Granted no machine is secure,but I'm not going to help some people do it.
The SETI program did the same thing with the program running during your free cycles.

I'm with video freak,I want to be able choose what distro of linux I put on my PS3.I'm not sure how current linux development is with the cell processor though,need to do some checking now.

After checking the Cell wiki,it appears that sony is reserving one of the processing units of the cell processor for security use.If the firmware updates tell any story,it's that it will not be likely for us to put another OS on the PS3.

[stotheamuel]

Wait, wait.. so you're telling me that the reason why there's going to be a shortage of PS3s, and the reason why I'm going to have to fight hobos in the bitter cold to get one instead of being able to reserve it is because they're using 10,000 for this?! O_O

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!

youre right you should get a ps3...

screw studying to cure DISEASES

[NoQuarter]

I'm all for studying to cure diseases,just not with distributed supercomputing over the internet.Too many bad things could come from that.
I would much rather them do it in some warehouse somewhere or on a campus.

[jerrt]

I have been running f@h for a few years now and have had no problems with it. the program is only online when it has to set work order results and fetch new work units. so i don't mind much.