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Sony Update Bricks Playstations
Stoobalou writes "A controversial update which was seeded by Sony in order to remove the ability to run Linux on the Playstation 3 games console has caused a storm of complaints.
The 3.21 firmware upgrade, which removes the security hole provided by the 'Install Other OS' widget used by lots of educational institutions and hackers alike, also removes the console's ability to play games... turning it into a very expensive doorstop."
If you never use your power windows, the regulators will never fail!
Blar.
Without fail, every time there is a PS3 firmware update the forums light up with post about "bricked my PS3" or "Yellow light of death" or "Can't play games WTF?"
And it's the same people over and over again, making the same claims they did the last update and the ones before. I'm certain there is a rabid anti-PS3 community out there that's in a state of perpetual pissed off about the existence of the PS3 and their inability to crack& pirate PS3 games. They make outrageous claims about massive number of bricked consoles and an epidemic of the YLD, but it's all FUD and trolling.
The fact that this even became a Slashdot article is just sad, but deliberate trolling does generate page hits...
2 wrongs DO make a right. It's why we deprive thieves of their freedom and mass-murders of their lives. We commit the second wrong in order to bring justice to the 1st wronged party (the victim).
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