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The Pentagon, MMORPGs, and Catching Osama

Posted by timothy on from the thinktank-lip-flapping dept.

MarkRH writes "I know, it looked like a troll to me too. But apparently a Pentagon-funded group, the Highlands Forum, is investigating the possibility of fighting terrorism by postulating that terrorist networks are similar to the online communities found in MMORPGs. By studying interaction within a community like Everquest, the military hopes to find hints on how to crack Al Qaeda." See also the "Uncloaking Terrorist Networks" post of several months back.

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  1. Riiiight by MattW · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, the age-old question is answered:

    How can we play Everquest all day and get paid for it?

  2. I wonder.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If PKers will now be called terrorists.