Here's a really interesting bit about scientists using consoles for massive computing tasks. It probably won't do much to convince people that gaming is more useful and less dangerous than they imagine, but at least the hardware itself can be seen as more than a toy.

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At 7:37 PM , Anonymous said...
There's another PS3 cluster at North Carolina State Univeristy, I think it was the first. You can install Linux on the console, and for 5 grand you get a supercomputer. I hear the RAM is the biggest constraint but they're working on it.