NOTE FROM KIM:

An astrophysicist is using an array of eight
Sony PlayStation 3s in place of a supercomputer.

The Top 7 Features of the
PlayStation 3 Supercomputer

7> Until you’ve seen it run on this thing, you’ve never really seen Pong.

6> It totally kicks the butt of that stupid X-Box 360 supercomputer!

5> Text scrolls side to side rather than up and down.

4> Eight Sony PS3’s from Target: $4,000. 16 TB of Sony Memory Sticks: $400,000.

3> It runs a realtime simulation of Earth — and that’s just the screensaver.

2> Its most difficult calculation so far: determining the release date for Halo 4.

and the Number 1 Feature of the PlayStation 3 Supercomputer…

1> All that “wasted” time gaming as a child means you get to call your mother with the world’s greatest “I told you so!”

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Credits:

Selected from 22 submissions from 9 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Marshall Gatten, Glendale, CA — 1, 7
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 2, 6
Kim Moser, New York, NY — 3, List Moderator, Topic
Nathan Sherman, Bellevue, WA — 4
Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH — 5