Internet, we hardly knew ye.
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ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com is down.
THATGUYWITHTHEGLASSES.COM IS DOWN!?
THATGUYWITHTHEGLASSES.COM IS DOWN!?
The Penguin in his stereotypical monocle with stacks of money falling off the table makes this fit all the better for me.
Man, you guys better be entertaining today. I am caught up on my work and have some time to kill. AND THERE IS NO WIKIPEDIA!!1!!!!!!11!!!
Who cares about Wikipedia? I lost the fucking Cheezeburger Network. No Failbook, No Rage Comics, No The Daily What, that place is like 50% of my workday! It's going to be a long day today.
/First world problems.
I would find a picture of that meme if I could go to memebase.
*cough*RSS*cough*I would find a picture of that meme if I could go to memebase.
I guess Scott will protest by not updating PvP today...
The message is getting out there, though not everyone seems to understand it: Herpderpedia.
Yes.But what are the dental plans?
or just use the mobile site.
You do realize the blackout was not designed to hit the internet savvy, correct?
Even my own posts about cheezeburger above were in jest. Hell, you can bypass the Wikipedia block by simply hitting the "stop" icon on your browser right before it does the redirect to the blackout page or using NoScript in Firefox.
This was designed as a method to bring awareness of the issue, and what it means, to those that are not keeping up on the problem. For every funny "OMG WIKIPEDIA BLACK OMG THE FUCK" you see on twitter, you have many more informing them of the reason, causing even more to be looking into the issue and becoming aware of it that will get more names in with congress to stop this madness before it goes any further.
You are not the person this was designed for Necronic, so your comments just seem silly.
A few have, many of them co-sponsors of PIPA that have decided to no longer support either bill. This is great news.
Excellent article by the always entertaining and informative Andy Ihnatko.
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Anyone see this? Looks like its getting shelved. http://www.gamespot.com/news/congress-shelves-sopa-6348670?tag=updates;trending;all;title;9
That was two days ago, and from what I hear, it was a tactic to try and stop what is going on today (Internet Blackout Day). The bill has not actually been "shelved" but simply held off till congress convenes again. Whether that is true or not, I don't know, but the bill still "exists" and we won't have won till it gets destroyed, shelved or not.
BTW, Athene has been live streaming his own attempts to stop SOPA by doing tweet bombs, basically going to the twitter accounts of senators and imploring them to not support SOPA. So far they have been getting responses and have caused a few to withdraw support, including another PIPA cosponser, Orrin Hatch.
http://www.athenelive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1801
He also gives links to the twitter accounts of senators who support the bill to continue the communication.
Not only did he update, but yesterday on Twitter he was going on about how he's not going down to protest it. Penny Arcade seems to hold the same perspective of not giving a shit. I expected it from Scott, but not from the PA guys.
PATV Season 3, Ep. 24a - Stand Together: The Gaming Community vs SOPA and PIPA
As for Scott, let's be fair, it's not like any other webcomics from controversial artists took a stand.
Oh. Um.... awkward.http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/stand-together-the-gaming-community-vs-sopa-and-pipa
That black out would have probably been more effective if he'd actually update his comics more than once a month.
While not hitting as hard of an audience as Wikipedia or Google (even Reddit is mostly preaching to the choir), the sheer amount can lead to more word of mouth, which leads to more interest and even coverage. I wouldn't call it pointless.
If just two big companies did it, it wouldn't have the impact as when someone says hundreds did it, even if those hundreds are probably websites I will never visit, the fact they did it would make me more curious.
If just two big companies did it, it wouldn't have the impact as when someone says hundreds did it, even if those hundreds are probably websites I will never visit, the fact they did it would make me more curious.
That's the joke.
Congress speakers back-pedaling, say bills "not ready for a vote" or "prime time".
Then why were you fuckers gonna vote on them last week? I wonder if they intended this bill to stop the internet from cataloging political flip-flops.
Then why were you fuckers gonna vote on them last week? I wonder if they intended this bill to stop the internet from cataloging political flip-flops.
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