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U.S. Navy swapping $38,000 periscope joysticks for $30 Xbox controllers on high-tech submarines
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| Sept. 19, 2017
| KURT SCHLOSSER
Posted on 09/19/2017 2:43:55 PM PDT by PROCON
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Interesting and a money saver.
I wonder if there's a video game blocker in the software to discourage goofing off.
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posted on
09/19/2017 2:43:55 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
A cost saving measure !
Someone's ass is gonna be in a serious sling !
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posted on
09/19/2017 2:46:00 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: tomkat
A cost saving measure ! Someone's ass is gonna be in a serious sling ! Yep, McLame is NOT going to be happy about stepping out of the game box on this one.
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posted on
09/19/2017 2:49:01 PM PDT
by
eartick
(Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
To: PROCON
‘What can we do to make your life better?'”
I thought is was ‘What can we do to make your wife better?'
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posted on
09/19/2017 2:50:29 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Lynch & Clinton - Snakes on a Plane)
To: PROCON
Now that’s thinking outside the XBox!................
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posted on
09/19/2017 2:50:56 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: PROCON; tomkat
Cost saving measure and probably just as effective if not more so.
When I was in the Air Force a supply run to the Government Contractors we had to pay $17 for a pack of pens!
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posted on
09/19/2017 2:50:58 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: PROCON
By the time they get their hands on it, how much FREE training have the kids already had..?
5,000 hours..?
Maybe more.
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posted on
09/19/2017 2:53:04 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: PROCON
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posted on
09/19/2017 2:54:20 PM PDT
by
Neidermeyer
(Show me a peaceful Muslim and I will show you a heretic to the Koran.)
To: PROCON
I hope they keep a box of back ups. The buttons get clogged up and sticky in short order.
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posted on
09/19/2017 2:56:35 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
To: PROCON
For anyone wondering: Technically speaking, a “bunch of J.O.s” refers to junior officers. (Any enlisted man, though, can tell you they’re probably what you were thinking.)
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posted on
09/19/2017 2:57:36 PM PDT
by
Bob
(Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
To: tomkat
Someone's ass is gonna be in a serious sling ! Yeah, someone at Microsoft! They could've "locked" the controller and charged the Navy a fortune to unlock it.
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posted on
09/19/2017 3:00:17 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: tomkat
Someone's ass is gonna be in a serious sling ! Yeah, someone at Microsoft! They could've "locked" the controller and charged the Navy a fortune to unlock it.
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posted on
09/19/2017 3:00:27 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: PhiloBedo
Considering that you can buy 12 thousand for the cost of the part they are replacing, a spare case or two should be simple to get and storing it should not be much harder.
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posted on
09/19/2017 3:01:09 PM PDT
by
Fraxinus
(My opinion, worth what you paid.)
To: tomkat
Why not more stuff in our subs that are made in China ?
Sure.
They should have put the bid out to make these things by an american company (They exist.. they are actually metal and quite sturdy) and sell for more - but $50 instead of this supposed $38,000 is still a win.
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posted on
09/19/2017 3:07:15 PM PDT
by
Celerity
To: tomkat
Why not more stuff in our subs that are made in China ?
Sure.
They should have put the bid out to make these things by an american company (They exist.. they are actually metal and quite sturdy) and sell for more - but $50 instead of this supposed $38,000 is still a win.
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posted on
09/19/2017 3:07:16 PM PDT
by
Celerity
To: PROCON
“Ummmmmm.....Captain?”
“Yes. What is it?”
“Well, me and Schmedlap thought we were playing Mario Party but I guess we kind of launched a nuclear missile instead.”
“You idiots!”
“Does this mean we won’t get any golden coins?”
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posted on
09/19/2017 3:08:31 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: PROCON
“I wonder if there’s a video game blocker in the software to discourage goofing off.”
Maybe in the new Navy playing a video game might be considered practice.
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posted on
09/19/2017 3:09:20 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
To: stylin19a
Being of an older age and a dimming of the lights, I know what you’re saying.
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posted on
09/19/2017 3:10:03 PM PDT
by
Rannug
(When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.)
To: PROCON
It’s just the controller. The game box is different.
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posted on
09/19/2017 3:11:23 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Burn. It. Down.)
To: PROCON
Static resistance? Over-voltage protection? Drop resistance? Sealed against salt water? Operation in an explosive atmosphere in case of fuel or solvent leak? Much of the price of defense equipment isn’t to get it to work on a nice day, but to make sure it still works when things have gone horribly wrong.
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posted on
09/19/2017 3:13:39 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
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