Tax Dollars on PS3 Mods?

Ok you hear about all the mods done by all the citizens but now the goverment appears to be modding consoles as well? It appears the Dept. Of Defence has ordered 2,200 Ps3 consoles for the microproccessors included to add to their "Super Computer", Yeah sounds pretty sci-fi right? well its the truth! Keep working so you can give uncle sam that PS3 your not getting for Christmas, after all its a time for giving right?

According to an official Justification Review Document, the U.S. Department of Defense has ordered 2200 PlayStation 3 consoles in an effort to expand their supercomputer.

The current supercomputer has 336 PS3s arrayed in a cluster, all running a Linux operating system. The consoles have Cell microprocessors, and offer the best value for devices that can be used in the supercomputer. The systems purchased are 160GB "fat" PS3s because they can run alternate operating systems, unlike the slim PS3s which cannot.