http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 4:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Josh Topolsky is a very busy man, he can't keep up with all non-iPad related news 24/7]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/No, actually they know which console is worth blowing up. ]]>Mar 1st 2010 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/+1]]>Mar 1st 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/If you don't have the time to read the article at least watch the short clip... the controller is used as an initiative device not as an explosive.]]>Mar 1st 2010 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
Nah, they had a choice from all the different consoles. They chose the PS2 for stability and backward compatibility.

"We failed to hit the games store last night because of a controller malfunction!!"
"Dammit. Take this back to (insert your least favorite console maker's name), and we'll try again in 4 weeks."]]>Mar 1st 2010 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
also, isn't it "afghani", not "afghanistani"?]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan#endnote_crownnone , enough of these language-related issues!]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Any idiot can just edit anything into wikipedia and you should NOT take that as authoritative.
]]>Mar 1st 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
In my native language of Farsi we say, "Ma Aafghaan astum" meaning "I am Afghan" no "MA AAFGHAANASTAANI ASTUM" serious.. gtfo k im done ranting :)]]>Mar 1st 2010 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Its the Afganistanani's with Aids.]]>Mar 1st 2010 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Interesting statistic: Afghanistan - HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.01% (2001 est.)
Source: CIA factbook]]>Mar 2nd 2010 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/18/use-a-ps2-controller-for-your-next-missile-launch/]]>Mar 1st 2010 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Well, if it is "there" you still can try to get a job as a professional, if you have some key achievements. Most valuable skill: know where to buy a nuke.]]>Mar 10th 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 5:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/lol.]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
It isnt a problem until the suspected terrorist is you, i guess.]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
couldn't the terrorist be using the PS2 to play some PES or something for some good ol' R&R?]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/So, should any of us playing missions in games as the bad guy be arrested too? Heck, wait till they find out I played the Nod campaigns in C&C! I must be a fundamentalist.]]>Mar 1st 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Infidel!

I keeel you!]]>Mar 1st 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
Here's an old radio transcript discussing it. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s119754.htm]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
Not launch but guide, according to the interview.
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Even a wireless controller would be pretty lousy, for poor range, and difficult to get the receiver.]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
Are they gonna ban soap, cause I've watched Fight Club and that stuff seems pretty lethal.]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
You realize it was on BBC as well. You know that really respected news company?]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
They sometimes do report things that happen in the world. When the story is not really about politics, it just might be accurate.

But, yeah, they really do need to add in quotes ... Fox "News"]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/]]>Mar 1st 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Yeah maybe we should use some real reliable news sources like media matters and the huffington post.... You make me laugh my friend.]]>Mar 1st 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 5:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Don't forget paperclips, bent peices of metal, or any other simple switch that can be fashioned!

I cannot wait for the TSA to start confiscating anything with microswitches.

ugh!]]>Mar 1st 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
Who even needs a designated switch? Tapping two bare ends of wire together accomplishes the same thing. OMG, we must regulate the sale/resale/disposal of anything conductive in the name of security!!!]]>Mar 1st 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/
amen.]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 1st 2010 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/I guess you could hack a ps2 with a bomb and set it so that the bomb is hooked up to the controller port and goes off when a button is pressed and it picks up the electronic signal.
Imagine if you would some troops busting down a door and a terrorist is sitting on a couch waiting for them to get in range and then he presses the button and boom.
It would only be practical for them in a urban environment though.
Maybe even forcing a kid into being the one to press the button.

I feel sad now, thinking about people using video game consoles to kill people.]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/if-you-throw-away-your-console-the-terrorists-have-won/Mar 3rd 2010 8:26PM