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[Radio Controlled]

I have a crush when I look in the mirror.

No, wait. I crush the mirror when I look into it. Yes, that's the one.

[TD1]

I don't have a crush on anyone from the internet.

I reserve such fancies for meat space.

[Loud Whispers]

Literal fancies

[penguinofhonor]

.

[pisskop]

That doesnt mean it wasnt.  Id see how much they want to fill it up :\



Pedit:

although this probs belongs in the happy thread, I finally qualify to have my license back, pending a repayment of all the fines I have.

[TempAcc]

Could be that the radiator itself isn't working properly, somehow, or is leaking coolant. If you replace the coolant and it still keeps overheating, its probably the radiator :v

[Dutchling]

sue both of them

youre now a millionaire

[IcyTea31]

Assuming you're on the Northern Hemisphere enjoying the summer, don't buy any fancy chemical coolants. Water will do when you don't need to worry about freezing.

[Yoink]

TPB dun got banned in my country, apparently.

[Loud Whispers]

What happened to the peanut butter in your country?

[wierd]

I love how the new net neutrality regs take a back seat to commerce.

see, only "legal" content is free from being filtered. That means "illegal content" can and will be blocked with wreckless abandon, because that conent interferes with some plutocrat's revinue stream.

Money first, principles later.

nevermind that it opens the door to politically motivated censorship, since information deemed dangerous by the state often becomes "illegal".

So, blocking of TPB is probably being worked on dilligently here in the US as well.

[Loud Whispers]

nevermind that it opens the door to politically motivated censorship, since information deemed dangerous by the state often becomes "illegal".

Is that the unintended benefit to the people trying to push it through or the purpose?

[Yoink]

I don't overly mind TPB being blocked/banned.
I mean, I use it, sometimes. But I can fully understand why people/businesses would want it gone, and it seems fully logical for them to want that.
The only reason I'm WTF'ing over it is because it was so sudden. I would have expected to have heard far more of a public outcry over it beforehand. I guess everyone with a penchant for swashbucklin' is sailin' the seas in a ship with a VPN by now, anyway.

[Frumple]

... or just using one of the dozen and change other torrent sites, for that matter. Or non-torrent options, which still exist fairly prolifically. TPB itself gets banned or shut down often enough people don't really seem to care all that much -- they just chill until the next incarnation or a different portal pops up, and use that instead.

[wierd]

nevermind that it opens the door to politically motivated censorship, since information deemed dangerous by the state often becomes "illegal".

Is that the unintended benefit to the people trying to push it through or the purpose?

I'd say that it is basically this:

MPAA/RIAA/BSA/whoever else with such interests: Hey, the pirate option is totally destroying our media empire! If you want to keep using us as propoganda engines,  you need to protect our interests! We demand free money and total control over media!

Powers that Be: Oh my! Yes, we need to be able to drum up nationalistic sensations at the drop of a hat to distract from scandals when they happen! Also, if we give you that bone in THIS way (only "legal" content is safe), then we can censor unpopular ideas by saying they are dangerous, and thus OK to declare as being illegal! we win both ways.

MPAA and pals: YAY! Now give us the TPP!

Powers that Be: We're still working on that. People keep leaking our secret legislation before we can finalize it, and drumming up popular backlash against it. we'll succeed eventually though.

MPAA and pals: We better get it soon; new technologies and competitors threaten to unseat us daily-- we NEED this global enthronement, and soon!

Powers that be: Yes, we know. we know.