How I mine for nukes?

[Bob The Mercenary]

If you've bought MMO gold from farming sites, you may have supported North Korea's nuclear program. (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/08/06/report-north-korea-39-s-kim-jong-il-is-running-mmo-gold-farming-racket.aspx)

The full New York Times article. (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/world/asia/05korea.html?_r=3)

In one of the week's oddest stories, the New York Times reports that North Korea, led by notorious despot Kim Jong-il, is using a team of hackers to infiltrate popular South Korean MMORPGs and farm in-game points.

Western sources believe the money generated through these activities is used to help fund North Korea's nuclear program and Kim Jong-il's lavish lifestyle.

I may or may not have contributed a few bucks to that. Oh well. I wasn't sure where to put this because it's a little newsy, a little video game-ish, and a tad ridiculous.

[Kim]

Well, Bob, if you weren't contributing to North Korea's nukes, you were probably contributing to the torture of China's political prisoners.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Don't nuclear programs cost hundreds of millions or even billions? And they've made, what, 6 million? That's not even pocket change

[Bob The Mercenary]

Well, Bob, if you weren't contributing to North Korea's nukes, you were probably contributing to the torture of China's political prisoners.

At least I know my money was being used for something legitimate and not things like wealth redistribution and social justice! :argh:

[ChaoticBrain]

Wait, wait, wait wait waitwaitwait. Wait.

North Korea has the internet??

[Tev]

Don't nuclear programs cost hundreds of millions or even billions? And they've made, what, 6 million? That's not even pocket change
Actually, last I remember hearing, 6-10 mil is a about the going rate for a black market nuclear weapon these days.

[Aerozord]

Wait, wait, wait wait waitwaitwait. Wait.

North Korea has the internet??

Koreans are notorious for being gaming fanatics. How bad? When Starcraft 2 came out they declared a national holiday

[Jagos]

Wait, wait, wait wait waitwaitwait. Wait.

North Korea has the internet??

You know those Wikileaks?

They explained that Kim's second son is quite the SC player.

[Krylo]

Koreans are notorious for being gaming fanatics. How bad? When Starcraft 2 came out they declared a national holiday

That's South Korea.

North Koreans are generally pretty poor and downtrodden folks. Of course the upper class, military families, Kim Jong Il and his family... they all live pretty well off.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

I don't know what this North and South Korea shits are, DPRK and ROK for life. Acorynms are so much better cause then East Germany becomes Dance dance revolution.

[Krylo]

It's just that lots of people don't know the acronyms.

For the uniformed: DPRK = Democratic People's Republic of Korea = North Korea.

ROK = Republic of Korea = South Korea.

[TDK]

Actually, last I remember hearing, 6-10 mil is a about the going rate for a black market nuclear weapon these days.

...What?

[Aerozord]

It's just that lots of people don't know the acronyms.

For the uniformed: DPRK = Democratic People's Republic of Korea = North Korea.

ROK = Republic of Korea = South Korea.

reminds me of this quote
Sir Humphrey: East Yemen, isn't that a democracy?
Foreign Office Official: Its full name is the Peoples' Democratic Republic of East Yemen.
Sir Humphrey: Ah I see, so it's a communist dictatorship

[EVILNess]

...What?

To be fair, I can totally picture North Korea's entire nuclear weapons program as some guy going "PSST! You got nukes for sale?"

[Professor Smarmiarty]

I reckon lots of their nukes turn out to be repainted grain silos with some fireworks strapped to the bottom.

[synkr0nized]

This thread needs more shunning of Bob for paying for in-game money.

[BitVyper]

I reckon lots of their nukes turn out to be repainted grain silos with some fireworks strapped to the bottom.

I'll believe they have firework technology when I see it.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I reckon lots of their nukes turn out to be repainted grain silos with some fireworks strapped to the bottom.

Hey you can't really blame them, that nice man at ACME Nukes and Ordanance has good deals man.

[Krylo]

This thread needs more shunning of Bob for paying for in-game money.

But how can I shun him any more than I already do?

[Ecks]

by posting Zoidberg's famous "THIS _______ IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD."

LIKE SO!

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRBsG-uK12RF8J1q0g73T80ca5TkKKGQOOjYN28Qb_it3QY919L

[Kyanbu The Legend]

So... Korean MMO Games like Mabinogi are secretly being used to fond NK's Nukes program?

Wow what a great time for me to pick Cosmic Break to waste money on over that and other MMOs instead.