Posted on Feb 23, 2008 - 2:11pm by Eric Cumberworth in News, Politics, Video Games
The U.S. intelligence community is developing software to detect violent extremists in the World of Warcrfaft and other massively multiplayer online games. According to a data-mining report from the Director of National Intelligence, this project, known as the Reynard project, will begin with profiling online gaming behavior. The ultimate goal of the Reynard project is “automatically detecting suspicious behavior and actions in the virtual world.”
The cultural and behavioral norms of virtual worlds and gaming are
generally unstudied. Therefore, Reynard will seek to identify the
emerging social, behavioral and cultural norms in virtual worlds and
gaming environments. The project would then apply the lessons learned
to determine the feasibility of automatically detecting suspicious
behavior and actions in the virtual world.
The report is publicly available, as mandated by Congress. Read the full report in .pdf format.
It’s interesting that Reynard the Fox is a trickster in folklore and literature.
Posted on Jan 12, 2008 - 10:06pm by Eric Cumberworth in Politics
As if Ron Paul was not already the clearest choice for the next leader of the free world, he now has Glenn Jacobs backing him. Known as Kane in the WWE, just look at Glenn modeling the Ron Paul Revolution t-shirt and meeting Ron himself!
Posted on Nov 08, 2007 - 10:36pm by Eric Cumberworth in Politics
Let’s face it, even though Ron Paul is red hot on the Internet and has earned an admirable amount of money, unless something dramatic happens it is unlikely that he will have enough steam to get elected. However, there is still that possibility and it is up to us to actualize it. Here are the 10 things each of us should do if we really want to get Ron Paul elected.
Posted on Nov 07, 2007 - 10:17pm by Eric Cumberworth in Entertainment, Humor, Politics, Videos
Christopher Knight ran for the Rockingham County Board of Education. Although he did not win, he produced one of the best political campaign commercials I have ever seen.
Posted on Nov 06, 2007 - 2:42am by Eric Cumberworth in News, Politics
Hillary Clinton is a lesbian.
Posted on Nov 01, 2007 - 8:09pm by Eric Cumberworth in Politics
“I think it’s clear by now that the federal government needs to reclassify marijuana. People who need it should be able to get it – safely and easily,”
Amen Price is Right host! This comes from Reason.tv’s Drew Carey Project and the video is available here.
Posted on Oct 29, 2007 - 4:40pm by Eric Cumberworth in Politics
60-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger recently said, “Marijuana is not a drug, it’s a leaf.” This is the same Arnold taking a drag on a joint in a video made 30 years ago. I don’t care, really. But, in a world where people get arrested for marijuana, it is newsworthy in a sad way. Rather than go into a “legalize it” tirade, I will leave it as that and link you to the source.
Via The Independent
Posted on Oct 28, 2007 - 5:21pm by Eric Cumberworth in Opinion, Politics
Bill Cosby is one cool guy. Finally, a black guy willing to tell black people to take responsibility for their own damn selves instead of clinging on to the whole slave thing.
Posted on Oct 26, 2007 - 3:14pm by Eric Cumberworth in Politics, Stupid
The same government that hates marijuana and denies that it has any medical value also supplies patients with 300 joints every 25 days. These lucky few are legally allowed to toke up wherever and whenever they please.
Posted on Oct 26, 2007 - 1:08pm by Eric Cumberworth in Internet, Politics
It happened. Facebook group “1,000,000 Strong for Stephen T Colbert” has surpassed the 1,000,000 member mark! The group, just days old, has demolished the largest Hillary group which is sitting around 488,000 people deep. This comes right after the results of a recent survey suggests that Colbert has the support of 13% of the voters as independent running against Mrs. Bill Clinton and Mr. 911 Rudi Giuliani.
Posted on Oct 25, 2007 - 9:32pm by Eric Cumberworth in News, Politics
Okay, so the American God (comedian) Stephen Colbert may not be a serious threat to win the office of President of the United States of America, but odds are he will be receiving a fair amount of votes.
According to a new national telephone survey, Colbert is preferred by 13% of voters as an independent running against Clinton and Giuliani. The survey was conducted right after the Colbert made the announcement that he would be a presidential candidate. The world would be a better place if Colbert brought truthiness to the oval office.
Posted on Oct 19, 2007 - 2:28pm by Eric Cumberworth in News, Politics
Democratic Senator Harry Reid sent a letter to Clear Channel’s CEO arguing that radio talkshow host Rush Limbaugh should not be on the air. Reid, along with his Media Matter goons, presented a very unconvincing argument that Rush is anti-troops. And then Rush got the letter.
Posted on Oct 16, 2007 - 10:37pm by Eric Cumberworth in News, Politics
Colbert has made it official. On tonight’s Colbert Report, he announced he would be running as South Carolina’s favorite son. If this holds true - screw Paul. Vote Colbert!
Posted on Oct 15, 2007 - 2:55pm by Eric Cumberworth in Opinion, Politics
Let’s face it: Rush Limbaugh is a powerful man in politics. Sure, many people disagree with Limbaugh but none should question his influence. That said, on October 12 a caller actually got on the show and made mention of Ron Paul. Unfortunately Rush cleverly avoided any discussion of Ron Paul as you can see by reading the following transcript:
Posted on Oct 14, 2007 - 11:24pm by Eric Cumberworth in Internet, Politics
As is evident to anybody that frequents digg, Ron Paul is digg.com’s favorite politician. Here is a collection of the 81 Ron Paul articles that have made the front page of digg with at least > 1,000 diggs