The Internet Blackout

[BlazeRaider]

*checks list*

I'll be playing neopets.

 

[Steve the Pocket]

http://www.3dsbuzz.com/

3DS Buzz is already down in protest.

That's..not that dramatic, to be honest, it's like a local convenience store trying to declare independence. The fact that google searches are built into firefox and chrome URL bars is a bit more important. However, a vast proportion of sites that people actually use for content, not methods of accessing content, are still up. I mean, seriously, no one actually gets news or entertainment from wiki, reddit or google, they just find links to other places from there. The other places will still be up.

I know. This protest is turning out to be pretty pathetic. Even with Wikipedia participating, most people still probably won't even notice that this is going on. Particularly the people who are still in the dark about these bills... i.e. the ones who need to know.

Eh, maybe Google's planning to make it a surprise. (He said, with the wishful-thinking tone of an unpopular kid thinking the other kids are just avoiding him because they're planning a surprise party and not just because they don't want to be around him.)

I agree that SOPA is a flawed piece of legislation and that it probably shouldn't be passed, but labeling it as a censorship bill makes you look like a supreme idiot. ENFORCING COPYRIGHT LAW IS NOT CENSORSHIP, the first amendment or any other free speech laws do not go hand in hand with general anarchy on the internet.

This is true. Even if the law were passed and abused to hell and back by Big Media, calling it "censorship" does send a misleading message and does seem to be little more than a ploy to get more attention. Then again, what term would one use that conveys the message "law that could easily be exploited by Big Media to silence negative opinions of its products and stifle competition from independent content creators"?

...Yeah, actually now that I think about it, "censorship" does sound more or less correct.

 

[SPARTANXIII]

Kind of irrelevant, seeing how SOPA hasn't passed (For now anyway).

Still, a good way to show how any censorship on the net will end up. I have the list here for people to look at:
http://sopastrike.com/on-strike/

The few, the brave, the hateful of Youtube takedowns

If there is a list of Z list internet sites, I think that list has them all. Other then wiki, I have no idea who any of the sites are.

Really? Never head of Facebook?
Or Twitter?
Or Tumblr?
Or the CIA? (Dead sirius, the CIA website is here)

Besides, there are real web addresses here.
What web addresses do you own?
(Please bare in mind these are WEB addresses, not home addresses!)

 

[Pyramid Head]

I've only heard talk so far, the only thing that is for sure is that the English Wikipedia is going to be taken offline Wednesday for 24 hours in protest, and some people are calling it silly. Twitter may have a point, the motion picture group in favor of SOPA can suck my cock for helping create this massive problem in the first place. But that's just me, i may be a little behind.

 

[ResonanceSD]

http://www.3dsbuzz.com/

3DS Buzz is already down in protest.

That's..not that dramatic, to be honest, it's like a local convenience store trying to declare independence. The fact that google searches are built into firefox and chrome URL bars is a bit more important. However, a vast proportion of sites that people actually use for content, not methods of accessing content, are still up. I mean, seriously, no one actually gets news or entertainment from wiki, reddit or google, they just find links to other places from there. The other places will still be up.

I was just listing another website doing what it can.

What have you done that is of any importance, at last they did what they could.

I've secured a well-paying job with News Corporation. I'd call that important =D All I'm saying is that no one is quaking in terror that a site dedicated to the 3DS is going offline for a few hours.

 

[ResonanceSD]

EDIT: Double post, -_- delete.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

http://www.3dsbuzz.com/

3DS Buzz is already down in protest.

That's..not that dramatic, to be honest, it's like a local convenience store trying to declare independence. The fact that google searches are built into firefox and chrome URL bars is a bit more important. However, a vast proportion of sites that people actually use for content, not methods of accessing content, are still up. I mean, seriously, no one actually gets news or entertainment from wiki, reddit or google, they just find links to other places from there. The other places will still be up.

I was just listing another website doing what it can.

What have you done that is of any importance, at last they did what they could.

I've secured a well-paying job with News Corporation. I'd call that important =D All I'm saying is that no one is quaking in terror that a site dedicated to the 3DS is going offline for a few hours.

I'm not sure if I'd admit that around here; people hate Newscorp on this site, although they tend to mistakenly call it Fox News when talking about its TV arm[footnote]even when they're actually referring to the local stations that are owned by Newscorp, but separate from the national Fox News.[/footnote], and The Daily Mail when they're talking about the news papers. Plus, I doubt Mr. Murdoch would approve of one of his employes publicly /dis/approving of SOPA.

 

[Von Strimmer]

Actually SOPA is still kicking around, allegedly it has not been shelved
http://torrentfreak.com/sopa-is-baaack-120117/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[ResonanceSD]

http://www.3dsbuzz.com/

3DS Buzz is already down in protest.

That's..not that dramatic, to be honest, it's like a local convenience store trying to declare independence. The fact that google searches are built into firefox and chrome URL bars is a bit more important. However, a vast proportion of sites that people actually use for content, not methods of accessing content, are still up. I mean, seriously, no one actually gets news or entertainment from wiki, reddit or google, they just find links to other places from there. The other places will still be up.

I was just listing another website doing what it can.

What have you done that is of any importance, at last they did what they could.

I've secured a well-paying job with News Corporation. I'd call that important =D All I'm saying is that no one is quaking in terror that a site dedicated to the 3DS is going offline for a few hours.

I'm not sure if I'd admit that around here; people hate Newscorp on this site, although they tend to mistakenly call it Fox News when talking about its TV arm[footnote]even when they're actually referring to the local stations that are owned by Newscorp, but separate from the national Fox News.[/footnote], and The Daily Mail when they're talking about the news papers. Plus, I doubt Mr. Murdoch would approve of one of his employes publicly /dis/approving of SOPA.

1) I don't care what people think about Newscorp on this site, or by extension, what they think of me.

2) When did I say I was against SOPA, remind me?

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

http://www.3dsbuzz.com/

3DS Buzz is already down in protest.

That's..not that dramatic, to be honest, it's like a local convenience store trying to declare independence. The fact that google searches are built into firefox and chrome URL bars is a bit more important. However, a vast proportion of sites that people actually use for content, not methods of accessing content, are still up. I mean, seriously, no one actually gets news or entertainment from wiki, reddit or google, they just find links to other places from there. The other places will still be up.

I was just listing another website doing what it can.

What have you done that is of any importance, at last they did what they could.

I've secured a well-paying job with News Corporation. I'd call that important =D All I'm saying is that no one is quaking in terror that a site dedicated to the 3DS is going offline for a few hours.

I'm not sure if I'd admit that around here; people hate Newscorp on this site, although they tend to mistakenly call it Fox News when talking about its TV arm[footnote]even when they're actually referring to the local stations that are owned by Newscorp, but separate from the national Fox News.[/footnote], and The Daily Mail when they're talking about the news papers. Plus, I doubt Mr. Murdoch would approve of one of his employes publicly /dis/approving of SOPA.

1) I don't care what people think about Newscorp on this site, or by extension, what they think of me.

2) When did I say I was against SOPA, remind me?

That was kind of my point. If you do approve of it, you're a shill for Murdoch. If you don't, your bosses won't like it if it ever gets back to them. Lose-lose, unfortunately for you.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I think I'll keep living life as normal and avoid giving any of the sites that join in this absurd blackout any of my money if possible. They are just tools of pirates and corporations and I refuse to help them.

Lol... just, lol.

What, what?

>tools of pirates and corporations
>Pirates and corporations
>pick one

 

[ResonanceSD]

http://www.3dsbuzz.com/

3DS Buzz is already down in protest.

That's..not that dramatic, to be honest, it's like a local convenience store trying to declare independence. The fact that google searches are built into firefox and chrome URL bars is a bit more important. However, a vast proportion of sites that people actually use for content, not methods of accessing content, are still up. I mean, seriously, no one actually gets news or entertainment from wiki, reddit or google, they just find links to other places from there. The other places will still be up.

I was just listing another website doing what it can.

What have you done that is of any importance, at last they did what they could.

I've secured a well-paying job with News Corporation. I'd call that important =D All I'm saying is that no one is quaking in terror that a site dedicated to the 3DS is going offline for a few hours.

I'm not sure if I'd admit that around here; people hate Newscorp on this site, although they tend to mistakenly call it Fox News when talking about its TV arm[footnote]even when they're actually referring to the local stations that are owned by Newscorp, but separate from the national Fox News.[/footnote], and The Daily Mail when they're talking about the news papers. Plus, I doubt Mr. Murdoch would approve of one of his employes publicly /dis/approving of SOPA.

1) I don't care what people think about Newscorp on this site, or by extension, what they think of me.

2) When did I say I was against SOPA, remind me?

That was kind of my point. If you do approve of it, you're a shill for Murdoch. If you don't, your bosses won't like it if it ever gets back to them. Lose-lose, unfortunately for you.

Remind me again why I care what people who aren't paying me for my time think of me? The reasoning behind SOPA is sound, the way it's being implemented is somewhat heavy handed and is the reason that there's a strong opposition to it.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

http://www.3dsbuzz.com/

3DS Buzz is already down in protest.

That's..not that dramatic, to be honest, it's like a local convenience store trying to declare independence. The fact that google searches are built into firefox and chrome URL bars is a bit more important. However, a vast proportion of sites that people actually use for content, not methods of accessing content, are still up. I mean, seriously, no one actually gets news or entertainment from wiki, reddit or google, they just find links to other places from there. The other places will still be up.

I was just listing another website doing what it can.

What have you done that is of any importance, at last they did what they could.

I've secured a well-paying job with News Corporation. I'd call that important =D All I'm saying is that no one is quaking in terror that a site dedicated to the 3DS is going offline for a few hours.

I'm not sure if I'd admit that around here; people hate Newscorp on this site, although they tend to mistakenly call it Fox News when talking about its TV arm[footnote]even when they're actually referring to the local stations that are owned by Newscorp, but separate from the national Fox News.[/footnote], and The Daily Mail when they're talking about the news papers. Plus, I doubt Mr. Murdoch would approve of one of his employes publicly /dis/approving of SOPA.

1) I don't care what people think about Newscorp on this site, or by extension, what they think of me.

2) When did I say I was against SOPA, remind me?

That was kind of my point. If you do approve of it, you're a shill for Murdoch. If you don't, your bosses won't like it if it ever gets back to them. Lose-lose, unfortunately for you.

Remind me again why I care what people who aren't paying me for my time think of me? The reasoning behind SOPA is sound, the way it's being implemented is somewhat heavy handed and is the reason that there's a strong opposition to it.

You work for Newscorp. It's ultimately the public that pays for your time, since they're the ones that watch ads and buy newspapers. But what I was really getting at here is that getting a job with Newscorp is not something that people are going to congratulate you for, unless it's just a "congrats on getting a job in this market" type thing. You said you had a job there when someone asked you what you had done that was worthy of note. I pointed out that on this site, it's not something that the average user would see as something to be proud of.

 

[ResonanceSD]

http://www.3dsbuzz.com/

3DS Buzz is already down in protest.

That's..not that dramatic, to be honest, it's like a local convenience store trying to declare independence. The fact that google searches are built into firefox and chrome URL bars is a bit more important. However, a vast proportion of sites that people actually use for content, not methods of accessing content, are still up. I mean, seriously, no one actually gets news or entertainment from wiki, reddit or google, they just find links to other places from there. The other places will still be up.

I was just listing another website doing what it can.

What have you done that is of any importance, at last they did what they could.

I've secured a well-paying job with News Corporation. I'd call that important =D All I'm saying is that no one is quaking in terror that a site dedicated to the 3DS is going offline for a few hours.

I'm not sure if I'd admit that around here; people hate Newscorp on this site, although they tend to mistakenly call it Fox News when talking about its TV arm[footnote]even when they're actually referring to the local stations that are owned by Newscorp, but separate from the national Fox News.[/footnote], and The Daily Mail when they're talking about the news papers. Plus, I doubt Mr. Murdoch would approve of one of his employes publicly /dis/approving of SOPA.

1) I don't care what people think about Newscorp on this site, or by extension, what they think of me.

2) When did I say I was against SOPA, remind me?

That was kind of my point. If you do approve of it, you're a shill for Murdoch. If you don't, your bosses won't like it if it ever gets back to them. Lose-lose, unfortunately for you.

Remind me again why I care what people who aren't paying me for my time think of me? The reasoning behind SOPA is sound, the way it's being implemented is somewhat heavy handed and is the reason that there's a strong opposition to it.

You work for Newscorp. It's ultimately the public that pays for your time, since they're the ones that watch ads and buy newspapers. But what I was really getting at here is that getting a job with Newscorp is not something that people are going to congratulate you for, unless it's just a "congrats on getting a job in this market" type thing. You said you had a job there when someone asked you what you had done that was worthy of note. I pointed out that on this site, it's not something that the average user would see as something to be proud of.

I would very much like to get a demographic breakdown of the average user of this website. If the public's widely held belief about gamers (thanks EA, thanks so much) is even remotely accurate, I think we can agree that not being held in esteem by the aforementioned hypothetical demographic isn't actually a problem.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

http://www.3dsbuzz.com/

3DS Buzz is already down in protest.

That's..not that dramatic, to be honest, it's like a local convenience store trying to declare independence. The fact that google searches are built into firefox and chrome URL bars is a bit more important. However, a vast proportion of sites that people actually use for content, not methods of accessing content, are still up. I mean, seriously, no one actually gets news or entertainment from wiki, reddit or google, they just find links to other places from there. The other places will still be up.

I was just listing another website doing what it can.

What have you done that is of any importance, at last they did what they could.

I've secured a well-paying job with News Corporation. I'd call that important =D All I'm saying is that no one is quaking in terror that a site dedicated to the 3DS is going offline for a few hours.

I'm not sure if I'd admit that around here; people hate Newscorp on this site, although they tend to mistakenly call it Fox News when talking about its TV arm[footnote]even when they're actually referring to the local stations that are owned by Newscorp, but separate from the national Fox News.[/footnote], and The Daily Mail when they're talking about the news papers. Plus, I doubt Mr. Murdoch would approve of one of his employes publicly /dis/approving of SOPA.

1) I don't care what people think about Newscorp on this site, or by extension, what they think of me.

2) When did I say I was against SOPA, remind me?

That was kind of my point. If you do approve of it, you're a shill for Murdoch. If you don't, your bosses won't like it if it ever gets back to them. Lose-lose, unfortunately for you.

Remind me again why I care what people who aren't paying me for my time think of me? The reasoning behind SOPA is sound, the way it's being implemented is somewhat heavy handed and is the reason that there's a strong opposition to it.

You work for Newscorp. It's ultimately the public that pays for your time, since they're the ones that watch ads and buy newspapers. But what I was really getting at here is that getting a job with Newscorp is not something that people are going to congratulate you for, unless it's just a "congrats on getting a job in this market" type thing. You said you had a job there when someone asked you what you had done that was worthy of note. I pointed out that on this site, it's not something that the average user would see as something to be proud of.

I would very much like to get a demographic breakdown of the average user of this website. If the public's widely held belief about gamers (thanks EA, thanks so much) is even remotely accurate, I think we can agree that not being held in esteem by the aforementioned hypothetical demographic isn't actually a problem.

You know, I actually agree with you there (seriously, most gamers don't give a crap about politics, and most of the rest are liberals, with the odd libertarian floating around), but that brings us back to your original post: if you don't care what gamers think about you, why brag to them about getting a job with a company that you know they (generally) hate?

Edit: Wait a minute, did you just subtly blame EA for Fox's coverage of Mass Effect? Dude, you /must/ work for Newscorp. That's exactly the kind of spin that they pay good money for, and I'm both sickened and impressed.

 

[ResonanceSD]

http://www.3dsbuzz.com/

3DS Buzz is already down in protest.

That's..not that dramatic, to be honest, it's like a local convenience store trying to declare independence. The fact that google searches are built into firefox and chrome URL bars is a bit more important. However, a vast proportion of sites that people actually use for content, not methods of accessing content, are still up. I mean, seriously, no one actually gets news or entertainment from wiki, reddit or google, they just find links to other places from there. The other places will still be up.

I was just listing another website doing what it can.

What have you done that is of any importance, at last they did what they could.

I've secured a well-paying job with News Corporation. I'd call that important =D All I'm saying is that no one is quaking in terror that a site dedicated to the 3DS is going offline for a few hours.

I'm not sure if I'd admit that around here; people hate Newscorp on this site, although they tend to mistakenly call it Fox News when talking about its TV arm[footnote]even when they're actually referring to the local stations that are owned by Newscorp, but separate from the national Fox News.[/footnote], and The Daily Mail when they're talking about the news papers. Plus, I doubt Mr. Murdoch would approve of one of his employes publicly /dis/approving of SOPA.

1) I don't care what people think about Newscorp on this site, or by extension, what they think of me.

2) When did I say I was against SOPA, remind me?

That was kind of my point. If you do approve of it, you're a shill for Murdoch. If you don't, your bosses won't like it if it ever gets back to them. Lose-lose, unfortunately for you.

Remind me again why I care what people who aren't paying me for my time think of me? The reasoning behind SOPA is sound, the way it's being implemented is somewhat heavy handed and is the reason that there's a strong opposition to it.

You work for Newscorp. It's ultimately the public that pays for your time, since they're the ones that watch ads and buy newspapers. But what I was really getting at here is that getting a job with Newscorp is not something that people are going to congratulate you for, unless it's just a "congrats on getting a job in this market" type thing. You said you had a job there when someone asked you what you had done that was worthy of note. I pointed out that on this site, it's not something that the average user would see as something to be proud of.

I would very much like to get a demographic breakdown of the average user of this website. If the public's widely held belief about gamers (thanks EA, thanks so much) is even remotely accurate, I think we can agree that not being held in esteem by the aforementioned hypothetical demographic isn't actually a problem.

You know, I actually agree with you there (seriously, most gamers don't give a crap about politics, and most of the rest are liberals, with the odd libertarian floating around), but that brings us back to your original post: if you don't care what gamers think about you, why brag to them about getting a job with a company that you know they (generally) hate?

First of all, that's not the problem, the problem with most gamers is that we don't actually give a damn about differing opinions enough for it to matter. What's the biggest problem we currently have in the industry? Piracy. What's everyone most willing to discuss? Whether Steam is better than Origin (It totally is). Once people start wanting to talk about issues that aren't so self-centred, perhaps we'll get a better reputation in the general public, and then the general public might care about what we think of them. For the purpose of this scenario, assume that I am part of the general public.


In addition, who's bragging? The man (possibly) asked for accomplishments of note. I find that an accomplishment of note. If I was bragging I'd have added the bit about the private yacht, the helicopter and the weekend access to the ISS that we enjoy.

EDIT: Because you misunderstood me

http://kotaku.com/5322216/ea-provides-girls-asks-gamers-to-sin-to-win

http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/electronic-arts-marketing-of-dantes-inferno.html

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/05/ea-confirms-dantes-inferno-protest-was-staged/


and

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