SOPA 'shelved' until consensus is found : Othor Games

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:10 am

Because that minority pro-SOPA has really deep pockets.

My blades will run deeper... :angel:

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:46 am

That's legalese for you.

At the bottom of some school tax levy in fine print: "also we're gonna kill the internet."

Ugh, I hope not. That does sound like something they would try to pull though.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:00 am

Papanet is well better than you Internet, I has live kitties running the servers.

Sweet Jesus, you built a real life HEX

Does this mean Wikipedia is going to call off their blackout?

» Sat May 12, 2012 7:40 pm

It's a stalling tactic used to wait for bad press and political rivals to go away/forget about it.

What a silly schemeing goverment :rolleyes:

Sweet Jesus, you built a real life HEX

Does this mean Wikipedia is going to call off their blackout?

Yeah out of metal tin cans, lego and some copper wiring, though something was always missing then I dropped the caesium and WEYHEY PRESTO!

I think they'll still go through with it - though it is up right now and I can't remember if it was today or tomorrow - whenever - it goes down

» Sat May 12, 2012 9:59 pm

Aww... I was looking forward to it, and then watch the big companies Congress got themselves killed from all these security exploits. We'd have a better world afterward.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:05 am

The thing won't work, I don't see how the companies think it would work.

Sure you stopped the piracy, but at what cost? Everyone with a brain hating you to the point that you fear a bomb threat on your headquarters everyday?

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:13 am

The thing won't work, I don't see how the companies think it would work.

Sure you stopped the piracy, but at what cost? Everyone with a brain hating you to the point that you fear a bomb threat on your headquarters everyday?

Plus I doubt it would stop piracy anyway.
Secret mailing lists would be near impossible to track, so in the end, like so many other things the innocent people will get screwed over yet again.

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:04 am

... in the end, like so many other things the innocent people will get screwed over yet again.

I don't really think that's one of their concerns.

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:41 am

I don't really think that's one of their concerns.

Its never anyones concern unless there is money involved.

Piracy would just increase if it did pass, I won't be changing my avatar just because it incorporates someone elses design :meh:

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:09 am

Looks like the blackout effort is still going strong. The Wikimedia Foundation is going through with blacking out the english Wikipedia worldwide, instead of the original plan that called for a total Foundation blackout just in the 'States.

» Sat May 12, 2012 10:07 pm

Looks like the blackout effort is still going strong. The Wikimedia Foundation is going through with blacking out the english Wikipedia worldwide, instead of the original plan that called for a total Foundation blackout just in the 'States.

Good good. It's not Google or Facebook, but it's the next best thing to get the message out to the masses.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:04 am

Prawns are not the only fruit.

I hate that [censored] book.

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:18 am

Obama for is for free speech? Thats a new one. They'll probably pass it with some other bill in fine print and use the excuse that they are saving the children. Kind of like what they did with health care.

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:30 am

Looks like the blackout effort is still going strong. The Wikimedia Foundation is going through with blacking out the english Wikipedia worldwide, instead of the original plan that called for a total Foundation blackout just in the 'States.

What are you talking about?

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:35 am

What are you talking about?

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout
Less than 8 hours to go until the blackout.

Looks like Google will do something, too.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-17/google-plans-home-page-protest-against-u-s-anti-piracy-bills.html

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:25 am

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout
Less than 8 hours to go until the blackout.

Looks like Google will go something, too.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-17/google-plans-home-page-protest-against-u-s-anti-piracy-bills.html

Does this mean that, it will be shut down for 24 hours? Nooooooo, I have so much homework to do!

» Sat May 12, 2012 9:27 pm

Does this mean that, it will be shut down for 24 hours? Nooooooo, I have so much homework to do!

That's why you should stop procrastinating and do it now. There's your new deadline! :tongue:

Alternatively you could learn another language and use its wikipedia, only the english one goes offline.

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:43 am

That's why you should stop procrastinating and do it now. There's your new deadline! :tongue:

Alternatively you could learn another language and use its wikipedia, only the english one goes offline.

Hopefully my limited knowledge of French will do me

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:43 am

As luck would have it, I have a research paper on SOPA due Thursday that I have yet to start...

» Sat May 12, 2012 9:53 pm

I wonder if YouTube will go down due to the blackout as well, I think google owns it and if Google goes down so will YT.

» Sat May 12, 2012 7:51 pm

I wonder if YouTube will go down due to the blackout as well, I think google owns it and if Google goes down so will YT.

I hope not. I'd have to go back to watching... gulp... television.

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:15 am

I hope not. I'd have to go back to watching... gulp... television.

Same here----I spend 99% of my time watching YouTube, it's better then cable.

» Sat May 12, 2012 9:20 pm

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout
Less than 8 hours to go until the blackout.

Looks like Google will do something, too.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-17/google-plans-home-page-protest-against-u-s-anti-piracy-bills.html

Y'know, there's probably a better way to protest than inconveniencing thousands of people.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:26 am

Y'know, there's probably a better way to protest than inconveniencing thousands of people.

Google's doesn't inconvenience anyone and Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization and the protest is in-line with the organization's goals and viewpoints :shrug:

» Sat May 12, 2012 8:13 pm

Google's doesn't inconvenience anyone and Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization and the protest is in-line with the organization's goals and viewpoints :shrug:

I mean people who aren't involved and just want to use the web site. Yeah, it's their site so they are free to do what they want with it, but I'm not entirely clear on the purpose of this.