Bwahahahaha! This is the biggest load of BS I've read today...
The PS2 is wonderfully powerful - for graphics calculations. But for sheer number crunching, such as that used for missle controls, it is only in the same ballpark as a PIII or P4... probably not even a 1 GHZ Athlon! So why wouldn't Saddam be scooping up those?
The truth is usually more boring than what we want to think - the "4000" PS2s heading over to Iraq are the ones being ordered / eb@yed / sold to rich kids over there... same as rich kids anywhere.
How does Saddam propose to "hook" these PS2s up to form a super-computer? Through the Firewire port?
Sheesh!
Don't get me wrong, I love my PS2 - but its just a game console!
Missle control super-computer my @ss...
(BTW - good post, Skoorb, I'm just ripping on the news item)