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[alway]

24 hour Wikipedia blackout starts tomorrow. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout

The banner at the top of wiki pages has been changed to announce such.

Full list of sites which will blackout tomorrow: http://nlb-creations.com/2012/01/13/websites-confirmed-for-the-jan-18-blackout-protesting-sopa/

[Sirus]

24 hour Wikipedia blackout starts tomorrow. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout

The banner at the top of wiki pages has been changed to announce such.

Isn't that unnecessary now?

[alway]

24 hour Wikipedia blackout starts tomorrow. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout

The banner at the top of wiki pages has been changed to announce such.

Full list of sites which will blackout tomorrow: http://nlb-creations.com/2012/01/13/websites-confirmed-for-the-jan-18-blackout-protesting-sopa/

Isn't that unnecessary now?

Nope. SOPA has been shelved, but there's a difference between that and tossed in the garbage. That just means it will sit in legislative limbo until they can sneak it in somewhere in the future. There's also PIPA, SOPA's twin legislation, which is still on track for a vote on the 24th.

[Criptfeind]

Isn't that unnecessary now?

Not really. There is still the other thing, PIPA, and the fact that the biggest issue is the trend that came up with these laws.

I am sorta sad to see Google is not joining in apparently. No offense to the other sites, but as long as Google and their other sites are still up the internet will be for the most part unhurt. I mean, Wikipedia is big, true, but not something that is world shaking if it goes out for a day I would think.

But of course I can also understand not shutting down Google, for basically the same reasons as I would want to shut it down. It really is a huge huge thing.

[SalmonGod]

Just completed Dead Island.  I liked it quite a bit.  It's about as crammed full of zombie goodness as a game can get.  Nothing about it was totally outstanding, but overall it was pretty solid.  It was also interesting how the writing and pace of gameplay got better as the game progressed, which is atypical.

[alway]

Found another interesting webcomic: http://smbhax.com/cgi-bin/d.pl?e=0001
Single panel, simple graphic style more than a little resemblance to storyboards used. Each one will lasts no more than about 10 seconds, with the more action-y scenes being almost stop motion.

[Bauglir]

Well probably I just have a minor virus kerjigger so they're just giving me some saline and anti-nausea medication and sending me on my way. Shouldn't fuck with my insurance too badly, though even the copay hurts this month. Still, it's payable and better than not knowing, honestly.

This is the second day off in a row, though, where I've had to cancel on plans to go see friends. Feeling kinda rotten about being so unreliable, even if last time it was due to incredibly unsafe driving conditions for the interstate and this time due to not being fit to drive and not wanting to spread this around.

[RedKing]

Had a good holiday yesterday. And finished it up by splitting firewood for an hour, followed by eating buffalo meat that I cooked over an open fire which I made with the wood I split. +10 Man Points. About the only way I could've been more manly would be to have done it all shirtless. (Which in my case, would probably have resulted in net negative points...)

[Haspen]

I've easily passed something lectured by super angry old woman with no respect toward younger people (Theory of Literature)

And I thought I will have to try at least several times, woo!

Also, this

[palsch]

Someone commented on my old Air Rivals video and I ended up spending a good hour or so in the memory hole watching videos from when playing an MMO meant multi-hour, hundred man wars, goonz trolling entire nations by being awesome, raiding meant going into enemy maps and picking a fight with people trying to grind and obscene tug of war meat grinder fights involving ridiculous missile spam. Oh, and occasionally spamming chat so hard it crashed the servers. Twice.


... I'm tempted to reinstall if that didn't involve grinding for a week to compete with the level 80+ population. And if everyone I knew hadn't quit. And if it still had those numbers.

[Aklyon]

24 hour Wikipedia blackout starts tomorrow. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout

The banner at the top of wiki pages has been changed to announce such.

Isn't that unnecessary now?

No it isn't. PIPA is still hiding in the Senate, and the bill isn't entirely dead yet. Shelving this is just to try to get people's attention to go elsewhere until they can drag it back into the house.

[Nadaka]

I am super out of shape. I know this because I rode my bike to work and it nearly killed me. I need to nearly kill me to get home. As long as the weather holds I will do this every day until it doesn't kill me.

[Shook]

Aw yeah passed my Sedimentology exam! That means i have vacation now, which translates to I CANT WAIT TO BE A USELESS PIECE OF SHIT ALL DAY AND PLAY ALL THESE GAMES.

And on a more personal note, i got told on the way home that i'm nice to talk with. Sounds inane, but it means a good deal to me. c:

[Simmura McCrea]

I've survived 2 days of the new semester.

[freeformschooler]

I've been almost completely without Internet for nearly a week now, but this has allowed me and my brother to rediscover our love of Chess. Chess is incredible, so many layers of strategy.

If only Dungeons and Dragons Chess existed like in that one comic.