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Posted by: Laodicea Jul 16 2010, 07:23 PM

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/07/eff-legal-director-cindy-cohn-colbert-report

The cyberdeck portion starts around 5:14.

Posted by: Nifft Jul 16 2010, 09:58 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if he knew decking from Shadowrun.

He is the guy who said: "I've never played poker, but if it's anything like Dungeons and Dragons, I'll be up to my baldric in +1 Scimitars before you can say 'Cure Light Wounds'."

Posted by: Draco18s Jul 16 2010, 10:15 PM

I don't know why, but somehow Colbert is less funny than I remember. Maybe because he was (more or less) insulting an organization that I approve of with stupid questions ("So you don't approve of the second amendment?").

His deck was interesting though.

Posted by: tagz Jul 16 2010, 10:16 PM

Get out of my head.

Posted by: Draco18s Jul 16 2010, 10:16 PM

I'm not sure how to take that....

Posted by: tagz Jul 16 2010, 10:18 PM

Depends on if you think the two of us thinking on the same wavelength is a complement or an insult.

Posted by: Draco18s Jul 16 2010, 11:12 PM

I wasn't sure if that is what you meant or not.

Posted by: Saint Sithney Jul 16 2010, 11:21 PM

I thought you were trying to hack his bionode...

Posted by: tagz Jul 16 2010, 11:55 PM

Not on the first date.

Posted by: Yerameyahu Jul 17 2010, 12:01 AM

Asking (satirically) stupid questions is kind of his thing. Like, his whole show? That's the funny.

Posted by: Draco18s Jul 17 2010, 12:20 AM

Asking the same one four times gets old really, really fast.

Posted by: nezumi Jul 17 2010, 12:27 AM

From what I can tell, Colbert really is pretty liberal. I'm honestly not sure about his position on the second amendment, but I'm pretty sure he supports 'reasonable regulation'. I do enjoy that he picks on just about everyone (usually) equally. That particular interview didn't bother me, but towards the end of the Bush term it started getting very old, since it was almost constant Republican-bashing.

(But he is definitely a geek.)

Posted by: Yerameyahu Jul 17 2010, 12:27 AM

It's a parody of Fox News. Again, that's *the point*.

Posted by: Draco18s Jul 17 2010, 12:57 AM

I understand the Colbert Report (*deliberately pronounces the T*). I just didn't find that segment funny.

Posted by: Laodicea Jul 17 2010, 03:57 AM

At least someone gets it.

Anyway, the point was the cyberdeck bit. Which was funny.

Posted by: Badmoodguy88 Jul 17 2010, 05:14 AM

I think cyberdecks are part of pop culture more because of movies, books, and video games. But he does have a staff of writers. When they got the idea of 'lets to some internet cyber space thing' one of them might have borrowed from shadowrun, but cyberdecks are purity solidly a fixture of all cyberpunk.

Posted by: biccat Jul 17 2010, 02:03 PM

It's not a parody of Fox News, it's a parody of the liberal perception of Fox News.

Posted by: tagz Jul 17 2010, 02:20 PM

Ugh, lets not get political on DS. There's already enough bickering between people who won't change opinions on just the rules of SR, no reason to bring RL politics in.

Posted by: SkepticInc Jul 17 2010, 03:05 PM

It's obvious why Stephen Colbert knows about the Cyberdeck. Stephen Colbert is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tek_Jansen cover personality.

Posted by: Yerameyahu Jul 17 2010, 03:43 PM

You could argue that it's a liberal parody of Fox News, which in no way makes my original statement untrue. All parodies have a perspective.

Posted by: RedFish Jul 17 2010, 07:01 PM

He's really just bringing awareness to the organization. It would be against the concept of the show if he wasn't poking fun at it at the same time though. Also very impressed by the lady he's interviewing. Hey look! Beercat!

Posted by: Xahn Borealis Jul 17 2010, 07:45 PM

I got "Sorry, Videos are not available in your country."

What am I missing?

Posted by: BookWyrm Jul 18 2010, 12:07 AM

You aren't missing anything, Xahn. Trust me.

Posted by: Link Jul 18 2010, 01:58 PM

Video works in the Antipodes, maybe it's blocked in retaliation for the oil leak.

Colbert and Vin Diesel play[ed] D&D, does SR have any celebrity players?

Posted by: Daylen Jul 18 2010, 03:15 PM

you must then be an evil, fat, old, white republican.

Posted by: Draco18s Jul 18 2010, 04:13 PM

No, I'm a young, skinny, white democrat.

Posted by: Nifft Jul 18 2010, 05:33 PM

That's unfair.

Not all Republicans are fat.

Posted by: Draco18s Jul 18 2010, 05:39 PM

And not all of them are old or white.

Posted by: Yerameyahu Jul 18 2010, 08:45 PM

Mostly, though.

Posted by: Xahn Borealis Jul 19 2010, 12:55 PM

Well, I'm British. So there.