from Youtube:
"Youve pressed the X button countless times to detonate virtual bombs, but the Taliban is using thrown-out video game technology, like a PlayStation controller, to ignite real incendiaries 7,000 miles away in Afghanistan."
from Engadget:
"In one of those fun, yet uncomfortable, instances where real life and video games interact, Fox News has uncovered a dusty (and old, very old) PlayStation controller during a raid of an Afghanistani farmhouse, which doubled up as a munitions depository. Lying there, in among rockets, grenades, plastic explosives and tank shells, was this humble blue-hued PlayStation appendage, which we're told can be rewired to act as a remote detonator. Should you question just how seriously the US government is taking this growing tide of console-aided terrorism, below you'll find a press release (seriously, a state-issued press release) detailing the detainment of four men in connection with the illegal transportation of digital cameras and PlayStation 2s to a "terrorist entity" in Paraguay. If convicted of the most egregious charge, they face 20 years in prison... for contraband consoles. Face, meet palm."
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/)
Here is the info on the legal stuff:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/prnewswire/press_releases/national/Paraguay/2010/02/19/DC58044
2 Comments
westysays...pritty stupid just a button , just as dangeoruse as them having light switches lying around.
siftbotsays...Moving this video to LarsaruS's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.
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