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    Hey, You Can't Take A PSP Into A Nuclear Warhead Facility!

    This Flight Sim Needs 120 Graphics Cards Just To Get Off The Ground

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    Image of SinisterBill SinisterBill
    07/17/09

    In reply to Hey, You Can't Take A PSP Into A Nuclear Warhead Facility!
    Hmmm, I'd say don't get too hung up on what the capabilities of the actual device are, be concerned about what could be smuggled in/out in the size of the device. A few ounces of C4 going in, some top secret part going out.

    I feel bad for them but damn, they shoulda known better.
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    Image of EnidHaermm EnidHaermm
    07/17/09

    In reply to Hey, You Can't Take A PSP Into A Nuclear Warhead Facility!
    No personal electronics of ANY variety are allowed in those facilities. I'm glad they're busted. That's an incredible potential security threat.
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    Image of Ur-Lord-Crypy Ur-Lord-Crypy
    07/17/09

    In reply to Hey, You Can't Take A PSP Into A Nuclear Warhead Facility!
    Awesome.
    Great to know that the idiots who work on the most important, dangerous stuff are so irresponsible that they bring damn video games to work.
    ITS WORK you damn idiots. Get over it, and play a game when you get home.

    Hell, I work in a damn video game store, and I dont touch anything till I get home....... Its called being responsible..

    But i guess your parents dont teach you that type of stuff anymore, Lets rely on the FCAT tests to teach them stuff like that right...........
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    Image of Kandralla Kandralla
    07/17/09

    @Ur-Lord-Crypy: Working in any industry that has the word "Nuclear" in it tends to involve long frequent periods of downtime. Before you go on your rant about "kids these days" you might want to consider perhaps that they were using the devices at times when there was literally nothing else to do.

    That being said, I have little sympathy because it's also extremely likely that they also aren't allowed to bring any non-work related reading material into the protected area either so it's not like it's not obvious that electronics would also be forbidden.

    For a time in my life I worked in nuclear power plants for a contractor during maintenance outages. I probably spent more than half of my paid time sitting in break rooms and offices waiting to be cleared to go back into the plant because they were testing something or whatnot. There were similar restrictions on what could be brought into the plant. I probably read through the Spring 2000 Grainger catalog about 4 times at one job.
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    Image of Crippen Crippen
    07/17/09

    In reply to Hey, You Can't Take A PSP Into A Nuclear Warhead Facility!
    Does this mean the iPhone is not going to be on the workplace?
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    Image of Fontane Fontane
    07/17/09

    @Crippen: I would guess that cell phones in general aren't permitted.
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    Image of ZivLucas ZivLucas
    07/17/09

    In reply to Hey, You Can't Take A PSP Into A Nuclear Warhead Facility!
    Seriously, I'm a guard at a major hedge fund and if we're caught reading anything that does not pertain to work, we're immediately terminated, no questions asked.
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    Image of WolfmanWalt WolfmanWalt
    07/17/09

    In reply to Hey, You Can't Take A PSP Into A Nuclear Warhead Facility!
    "just bring a newspaper and do the crosswords, ok?"

    Some places don't even allow that. I know at the prison I work at, you're not allowed to bring in any reading material and if it's not official bussiness, you have no reason to be reading it. I suspect these guys might even have similar rules. Needless to say, that PSP is a real no-go. I'm suprised that since it's so high security that they were allowed to enter with it.
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    Image of TheNexusRebound TheNexusRebound
    07/17/09

    In reply to Hey, You Can't Take A PSP Into A Nuclear Warhead Facility!
    That must blow because government jobs can get you seriously black balled for screwing up.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    07/17/09

    In reply to Hey, You Can't Take A PSP Into A Nuclear Warhead Facility!
    Finally, the iPhone would have a place as a covert-op games player.


    Edit: Btw Luke, thats probably your absolute worst photoshop ever, lol. Its so bad its good.
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    Image of Xer0Ph0kus Xer0Ph0kus
    07/17/09

    @Komrade Kayce - Hero of Soviet Kotaku: Except that cell phones and anything with recording or picture taking capabilities is also illegal in classified rooms. So no cell phones at work either.
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    Image of Luke Plunkett Luke Plunkett
    07/17/09

    @Komrade Kayce - Hero of Soviet Kotaku: Hey, it's late, cut a man some slack
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    Image of Revenge_of_Nekojin Revenge_of_Nekojin
    07/17/09

    @Komrade Kayce - Hero of Soviet Kotaku: Cellphones are the first thing to be banned from high-security areas. I have to give mine up all the time when I go for PATRIOT exercises, and PATRIOT isn't even all that secret.
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    Image of Monolith Monolith
    07/17/09

    In reply to Hey, You Can't Take A PSP Into A Nuclear Warhead Facility!
    Is constructing potentially massively lethal war weapons, and maintaining some of the word's tightest security really that boring?

    I hope the game was worth it. Maybe it was DEFCON.
    Next time bring a good book.
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    Image of n00b_pwner n00b_pwner
    06/11/09

    In reply to This Flight Sim Needs 120 Graphics Cards Just To Get Off The Ground
    They should have a few of them plugged in to ave some multiplayer.


    Hyper-realistic Team Deathmatch anyone?

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    Image of Luke Plunkett Luke Plunkett
    06/11/09

    @n00b_pwner: They can do that. Watch the vid, it explains how it supports MP!
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    Image of Venix Venix
    06/11/09

    In reply to This Flight Sim Needs 120 Graphics Cards Just To Get Off The Ground
    I' still waiting for Skynet to become self aware
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    Image of karl_hungus karl_hungus
    06/11/09

    @ArJay: you can bet your ass if it were, it never would have allowed terminator salvation to see the light of day...
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    Image of ReconToaster misses garnett :( ReconToaster misses garnett :(
    06/11/09

    @karl_hungus:


    Amen

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    Image of Hinkuto Hinkuto
    06/11/09

    In reply to This Flight Sim Needs 120 Graphics Cards Just To Get Off The Ground
    Holy....wow, I'm guessing this will be the year 2042 for consoles to give this kind of experience.
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    Image of SansSanity SansSanity
    06/11/09

    @Hinkuto: or 2048
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    Image of KamikazeSim KamikazeSim
    06/11/09

    @Hinkuto: If 1989 gave us Sonic....


    If 1999 gave us Dreamcast....


    If 2009 gave us a prototype of Project Natal....


    I say by 2020 this will be possible...graphics wise, not the surrounding fuck-your-eyeballs simulation.

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    Image of ReconToaster misses garnett :( ReconToaster misses garnett :(
    06/11/09

    @KamikazeSim:


    What the hell does natal have to do with visual fidelity?


    Wait until the the comes out to judge the level at which it changes ANYTHING.

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    Image of Cennus Cennus
    06/11/09

    In reply to This Flight Sim Needs 120 Graphics Cards Just To Get Off The Ground
    Where do I sign up?
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    Image of Pikadrew Pikadrew
    06/11/09

    @Cennus: There are recruitment centers everywhere, but I'm not sure it's going to be what you think it is.
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    Image of Str8_Jihadin Str8_Jihadin
    06/11/09

    @Pikadrew:


    I was just going to say the same thing!

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    Image of MtlAngelus MtlAngelus
    06/11/09

    In reply to This Flight Sim Needs 120 Graphics Cards Just To Get Off The Ground
    So it's over 9000 entities? Vegeta will be surprised!


    On a more serious note, isn't this a bit of an overkill? Still, I'd give my kidney to be able to test that thing...

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    Image of SansSanity SansSanity
    06/11/09

    @MtlAngelus: Welcome to kidney for cash foundation, you're gonna love us


    Ok... sign here... here.. and here...

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    Image of Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods! Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods!
    06/11/09

    In reply to This Flight Sim Needs 120 Graphics Cards Just To Get Off The Ground
    It still can't run far cry or Crysis.
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    Image of Cennus Cennus
    06/11/09

    @Michael Dukakis the cautiously optimistic Mets fan:


    When did we add Far Cry to this meme?

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    Image of QualityJeverage QualityJeverage
    06/11/09

    @Cennus: Yeah, geez. My phone could run Far Cry at this point.
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    Image of Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods! Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods!
    06/11/09

    @Cennus: Truth be told I couldn't remember which one was the really high graphics one.
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    Image of NKato NKato
    06/11/09

    @Michael Dukakis the cautiously optimistic Mets fan: It was Crysis, you whackjob.
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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    06/11/09

    @NKato: @Sotiris (The Bassist): Could've been -alot- worse. I mean really, this is the internet guys.

    Maybe he didn't mean it as completely insulting and more of a playful name-calling?


    or maybe I'm just being overly optimistic again.

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    Image of MrBangBam MrBangBam
    06/11/09

    @Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: You need to check your humorus.
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