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US Military Builds MMO Earth Simulator
transient writes "BBC reports that the US military is creating a second Earth with help from There. At the moment, only Kuwait City has been modeled, but the ultimate goal is to model the entire Earth using existing terrain data and a super-accurate physics model. While combat will be part of the game, 'the emphasis in the artificial Earth will be on human interaction rather than conflicts involving lots of military hardware.'"
Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of Earths!
you hippie communist! how dare you say anything against our proud and sucessFul millitary! if we had this traiNing tool earlier, we may have been able to discover the weapons Of mass distruction (not that they were the Reason we went to war, minD you!)
haH! i am so sick of you people knocking our obviously sucessful millitary And economic progress! do you know who Is responsibLe for Everything we have? do you? how can you sit there, like every other ameRican, safe, with plenty of food, a roof over your head, and a secure future, and say anything agaInSt our government?!
Get a life, not a lifestyle. - Hikem Bey
Like all the nude beaches in Europe
Fat German businessmen & women with breasts at their knees and hairy armpits and legs?
*shudder*
Sigh. Why does the US spend Billions every year figuring out to kill people, and do bad stuff? The money that Bush intends to spend on getting to Mars, could educate, feed, and clothe every single person on the planet. (Source : The internet) Sorry, maybe I'm slightly off-topic, but I'm fed up of seeing "US military to spend $49 Billion making WMD-proof cheese" type stories...
"This is your life, and it's ending one second at a time."
Because the BBC loves trashing the US, and they will run anything with a "US == Warmonger" slant. It's only recently that the Beeb has begun requiring the stories to have an element of truth.
As somebody who has worked in the Pentagon, shouldn't you be a bit more respectful and eloquent when responding to someone who dislikes you? Your response is the equivalent of a teenager's retort.
His response is that of someone replying to a teenager.
You dont have to be 30 to have DOD clearance.
The total immersion viseo game that makes all your fantasy's come true.
The US win wars (proper ones against proper enemies)
GWB gets a third term
What global warming
Tony Blair is popular
and everyones a lottery winner every week!
Worst
the MMO simulator simulates YOU!