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Playstation Controller Runs Syrian Rebel Tank
SternisheFan writes "As Syria's rebels work to overthrow the tank-equipped Assad regime, they've learned that it helps to have tanks of their own. They deserve bonus points for integrating video game technology. This is no exaggeration. Have a look at the opposition forces' "100 percent made in Syria" armored vehicle, the Sham II.
Named for ancient Syria and assembled out of spare parts over the course of a month, the Sham II is sort of rough around the edges, but it's got impressive guts. It rides on the chassis of an old diesel car and is fully encased in light steel that's rusted from the elements. Five cameras are mounted around the tank's outside, and there's a machine gun mounted on a turning turret. Inside, it kind of looks like a man cave. A couple of flat screen TVs are mounted on opposite walls. The driver sits in front of one, controlling the vehicle with a steering wheel, and the gunner sits at the other, aiming the machine gun with a Playstation controller."
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Everyone knows you use a mouse and keyboard! This choice of input devices has doomed the rebels to failure!
Umm, that's not a Playstation controller, or at least not an official first-party one. Give how many PC controllers have used that style, it's more likely just some generic PC controller.
These guys are out to smash the state; but they aren't the sort of depraved nihilists who violate EULAs!
I was actually thinking of Stripes ...
Man I wanted that bad ass RV when I was a kid.
Does pressing up up down down left right left right B A start give any additional protection?
Oh. That's the Nintendo tank. Nevermind.
Achmed, we have air conditioning now!
They would have used PS3s but sadly they only found ones that were updated and stripped of their ability to run Linux.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
. . . by the guys using a mouse and keyboard. Everyone knows the accuracy and response time of an optical mouse is an order of magnitude greater than a d-stick.