Agreed. I was only half-serious. I do think that what this DARPA project could do, for much less than $40 million, is write software that scrapes a bunch of exi

Agreed. I was only half-serious. I do think that what this DARPA project could do, for much less than $40 million, is write software that scrapes a bunch of existing websites and newsfeeds, looking for common patterns that could constitute memes. And that Reddit.com would be one obvious site to have in their list. I would gladly write such a system for a mere -- (pinky in mouth) -- one million dollars, however.