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  1. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    For PlayStation fans, here is an interesting article:

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    Air Force To Expand PlayStation-Based Supercomputer -- Supercomputing -- InformationWeek

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    Stev0 Honorary Hong Kong Cavalier

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    How much Grand Theft Auto do they need to research?!?
     
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Yeah, talk about massive MP gaming!

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    Isn't this how they train to fly the Predator?
     
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    Actually, the PS3 packs a lot of processing power into that little box, at a good price. Sure beats having to invest in an IBM or Cray
     
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Yeah, that's why I bought a PS3 for my den instead of the Cray. I was going to go with the Cray, but Blu-ray playback was a problem.

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