for any non /.er's out there.... this is sorta neat.

Can online gaming help defeat Osama bin Laden? That's not as silly a proposition as it may sound.

A Pentagon-sponsored group called the Highlands Forum met recently to discuss what are known as "Massively Multiplayer Online Games." These games, which can allow several million people to play, are among the hottest trends in the Internet world, and they may have some fascinating uses in fighting terrorist networks.
As a long time addict to EverCrack, and now, Dark Age of Crack, I got a kick out of that...

DOH, I forgot the link....

here it is.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...2/IN244067.DTL