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The Flood / Re: Discussion thread.
« on: February 13, 2015, 12:17:50 PM »
How did you forget that you lost your virginity?
Errm. I was drowning in virginal material and it made me feel really pure. Which isn't hard. I'm a nice guy.
*cough*
Bless you.
I didn't sneeze though.
At least half the time, I sneeze after I cough.
Oh.

I still don't understand how you would just up and "forget" something important like not being a virgin.
He was very mad and wanted to make me very small, so I let him.
what???
What don't you understand?
I would like some of whatever it is you're on right now.

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The Flood / Re: Discussion thread.
« on: February 13, 2015, 12:14:26 PM »
How did you forget that you lost your virginity?
Errm. I was drowning in virginal material and it made me feel really pure. Which isn't hard. I'm a nice guy.
*cough*
Bless you.
I didn't sneeze though.
At least half the time, I sneeze after I cough.
Oh.

I still don't understand how you would just up and "forget" something important like not being a virgin.
He was very mad and wanted to make me very small, so I let him.
what???

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The Flood / Re: Discussion thread.
« on: February 13, 2015, 12:08:06 PM »
How did you forget that you lost your virginity?
Errm. I was drowning in virginal material and it made me feel really pure. Which isn't hard. I'm a nice guy.
*cough*
Bless you.
I didn't sneeze though.
At least half the time, I sneeze after I cough.
Oh.

I still don't understand how you would just up and "forget" something important like not being a virgin.

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The Flood / Re: Discussion thread.
« on: February 13, 2015, 12:03:39 PM »
How did you forget that you lost your virginity?
Errm. I was drowning in virginal material and it made me feel really pure. Which isn't hard. I'm a nice guy.
*cough*
Bless you.
I didn't sneeze though.

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The Flood / Re: I Forgot I Lost My Virginity
« on: February 13, 2015, 12:02:52 PM »
Be careful not to drown in virginal material.

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The Flood / Re: Discussion thread.
« on: February 13, 2015, 12:00:07 PM »
How did you forget that you lost your virginity?
Errm. I was drowning in virginal material and it made me feel really pure. Which isn't hard. I'm a nice guy.
*cough*

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The Flood / Re: Discussion thread.
« on: February 13, 2015, 11:47:46 AM »
How did you forget that you lost your virginity?

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The Flood / Re: Le ebin ruse thread
« on: February 13, 2015, 11:45:43 AM »

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The Flood / Re: My thread :(
« on: February 13, 2015, 11:41:43 AM »
Help me get this straight: how did you forget that you're not a virgin?

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Serious / Re: Net neutrality fight dials up to 11
« on: February 13, 2015, 11:20:08 AM »
Well hopefully opposition to the FCC will be overruled.

It's just a matter of time before companies like Google and Sonic.net put the old cable companies out of business by offering gigabit connections are roughly the same rate that AT&T and Comcast are offering their shitty megabit connections.
There's starting to be a bunch smaller, unheard of providers offering gibabit. My ISP Metalink is offering in Defiance OH, Ting is putting it in 2 places, and dozens of others.  Seems they can only focus on cities to make their investment back so it'll prolly be a while before I can get modern internet.
My concern/expectation is that the bigger companies will simply buy out their smaller competition to take them out of the running.

Good luck buying out Google.
Obviously not Google, but everybody else. Or just keep Google at bay by obtaining local monopolies faster than they can.

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Serious / Re: Net neutrality fight dials up to 11
« on: February 13, 2015, 11:16:42 AM »
Well hopefully opposition to the FCC will be overruled.

It's just a matter of time before companies like Google and Sonic.net put the old cable companies out of business by offering gigabit connections are roughly the same rate that AT&T and Comcast are offering their shitty megabit connections.
There's starting to be a bunch smaller, unheard of providers offering gibabit. My ISP Metalink is offering in Defiance OH, Ting is putting it in 2 places, and dozens of others.  Seems they can only focus on cities to make their investment back so it'll prolly be a while before I can get modern internet.
My concern/expectation is that the bigger companies will simply buy out their smaller competition to take them out of the running.

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Gaming / Re: So MH4U comes out tomorrow
« on: February 13, 2015, 01:12:59 AM »
Never played a monster hunter game until now.  Will most likely be playing Majoras Mask more though
I can teach you the ropes when you start playing Monster Hunter.  :D

Just went to Gamestop about 40 mins ago to pre-order it. I'm too tired to get it tonight, though.
Oohh, I really wanted to pre order it for the pin, to late for me now though.
Yeah, I hope they don't run out by tomorrow >.>

If you already preordered from Gamestop,  they should hold your copy for a couple days
Nah, I meant the pin >.> on rare occasions, they run out of a pre-order bonus and don't have enough for everybody.

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Gaming / Re: So MH4U comes out tomorrow
« on: February 13, 2015, 12:06:26 AM »
Never played a monster hunter game until now.  Will most likely be playing Majoras Mask more though
I can teach you the ropes when you start playing Monster Hunter.  :D

Just went to Gamestop about 40 mins ago to pre-order it. I'm too tired to get it tonight, though.
Oohh, I really wanted to pre order it for the pin, to late for me now though.
Yeah, I hope they don't run out by tomorrow >.>

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The Flood / Re: (☠) what is your favorite punctuation mark
« on: February 12, 2015, 11:38:31 PM »
Interrobang

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Serious / Net neutrality fight dials up to 11
« on: February 12, 2015, 11:32:15 PM »
I hope everyone groaned at my title pun  :P

In a few weeks, the Federal Communications Commission is set to vote on net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic be treated equally. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has indicated that he will opt for Title II classification, which would label the Internet as a utility. It's a marked shift from his previous 'fast-lane' position.

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After more than a decade of debate and a record-setting proceeding that attracted nearly 4 million public comments, the time to settle the Net Neutrality question has arrived. This week, I will circulate to the members of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed new rules to preserve the internet as an open platform for innovation and free expression. This proposal is rooted in long-standing regulatory principles, marketplace experience, and public input received over the last several months.
   
Broadband network operators have an understandable motivation to manage their network to maximize their business interests. But their actions may not always be optimal for network users. The Congress gave the FCC broad authority to update its rules to reflect changes in technology and marketplace behavior in a way that protects consumers. Over the years, the Commission has used this authority to the public’s great benefit.
   
The internet wouldn’t have emerged as it did, for instance, if the FCC hadn’t mandated open access for network equipment in the late 1960s. Before then, AT&T prohibited anyone from attaching non-AT&T equipment to the network. The modems that enabled the internet were usable only because the FCC required the network to be open.   

Companies such as AOL were able to grow in the early days of home computing because these modems gave them access to the open telephone network.

I personally learned the importance of open networks the hard way. In the mid-1980s I was president of a startup, NABU: The Home Computer Network. My company was using new technology to deliver high-speed data to home computers over cable television lines. Across town Steve Case was starting what became AOL. NABU was delivering service at the then-blazing speed of 1.5 megabits per second—hundreds of times faster than Case’s company. “We used to worry about you a lot,” Case told me years later.

But NABU went broke while AOL became very successful. Why that is highlights the fundamental problem with allowing networks to act as gatekeepers.

While delivering better service, NABU had to depend on cable television operators granting access to their systems. Steve Case was not only a brilliant entrepreneur, but he also had access to an unlimited number of customers nationwide who only had to attach a modem to their phone line to receive his service. The phone network was open whereas the cable networks were closed. End of story.

The phone network’s openness did not happen by accident, but by FCC rule. How we precisely deliver that kind of openness for America’s broadband networks has been the subject of a debate over the last several months.

Originally, I believed that the FCC could assure internet openness through a determination of “commercial reasonableness” under Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. While a recent court decision seemed to draw a roadmap for using this approach, I became concerned that this relatively new concept might, down the road, be interpreted to mean what is reasonable for commercial interests, not consumers.
That is why I am proposing that the FCC use its Title II authority to implement and enforce open internet protections.

Using this authority, I am submitting to my colleagues the strongest open internet protections ever proposed by the FCC. These enforceable, bright-line rules will ban paid prioritization, and the blocking and throttling of lawful content and services.  I propose to fully apply—for the first time ever—those bright-line rules to mobile broadband. My proposal assures the rights of internet users to go where they want, when they want, and the rights of innovators to introduce new products without asking anyone’s permission.
All of this can be accomplished while encouraging investment in broadband networks. To preserve incentives for broadband operators to invest in their networks, my proposal will modernize Title II, tailoring it for the 21st century, in order to provide returns necessary to construct competitive networks.  For example, there will be no rate regulation, no tariffs, no last-mile unbundling.  Over the last 21 years, the wireless industry has invested almost $300 billion under similar rules, proving that modernized Title II regulation can encourage investment and competition.

Congress wisely gave the FCC the power to update its rules to keep pace with innovation. Under that authority my proposal includes a general conduct rule that can be used to stop new and novel threats to the internet. This means the action we take will be strong enough and flexible enough not only to deal with the realities of today, but also to establish ground rules for the as yet unimagined.

The internet must be fast, fair and open. That is the message I’ve heard from consumers and innovators across this nation. That is the principle that has enabled the internet to become an unprecedented platform for innovation and human expression. And that is the lesson I learned heading a tech startup at the dawn of the internet age.   The proposal I present to the commission will ensure the internet remains open, now and in the future, for all Americans.

Needless to say, the ISP lobby and Republicans aren't too happy about that:

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The finish line for the FCC’s new net neutrality proposal is drawing closer — and Republicans are looking for every avenue to throw up last-minute roadblocks. GOP leaders are mounting a multipronged attack on Chairman Tom Wheeler’s rules, which would tighten regulation of Internet service providers to ensure all Web traffic is treated equally. They’ve launched investigations into alleged White House interference in the FCC process, drafted an alternative and weaker net neutrality bill, complained the agency is drawing up plans behind closed doors — and even used net neutrality as a political rallying cry to supporters.
     
The moves amount to an emerging game plan for how Republicans plan to oppose the net neutrality rules, which have the backing of President Barack Obama. While the FCC’s Democratic majority is expected to approve Wheeler’s proposal at its Feb. 26 meeting, the GOP is doing everything it can to cause a delay — or make the move as politically painful as possible.

“The reason you’re seeing so much activity is because there’s so much fundamentally wrong with what the FCC and the White House is doing to regulate the Internet,” said former Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.), who now serves as honorary co-chairman of Broadband for America, a nonprofit supported by the telecommunications industry. “On substance, there are fundamental problems with this kind of an over-reaching regulatory approach. In terms of process, there are fundamental problems with the way this has been pursued.”

House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) have both announced probes into whether the White House improperly influenced the FCC, which is an independent agency.

Obama inserted himself into the debate last fall, calling on the FCC to regulate broadband like a utility — a tough approach ultimately endorsed by Wheeler. While nothing prevents the president from expressing his views, the question of White House influence over the new rules is catnip for both Chaffetz and Johnson, who are new to their committee leadership posts and eager to seize their oversight roles.

“He’s supposed to be an independent agency,” Johnson said in an interview off the Senate floor Tuesday, referring to Wheeler. “We’re trying to find the communications between himself and the White House, his agency and the White House, to see if this really was an independent act.”

Another GOP strategy on net neutrality: legislate.

The party, which previously viewed any net neutrality rules as a solution in search of a problem, has come to the table with a bill that would prevent ISPs from blocking or throttling Web traffic — while also avoiding utility-style rules for broadband and tying the FCC’s hands on regulating the Internet.

Senate Commerce Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) and his House counterparts Reps. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) are seeking bipartisan support for their measure, which they say provides more solid legal footing and is better able to withstand lawsuits from the telecom industry.

But they’ve had trouble attracting Democrats, who say the bill effectively handcuffs the FCC and is riddled with loopholes that could allow for pay-for-play online “fast lanes.”

On another front, GOP lawmakers are increasingly making an issue out of transparency, chiding the FCC for not releasing Wheeler’s plan for public debate prior to the agency’s vote. And they’re getting an assist from the FCC’s senior Republican, Ajit Pai.

Pai drew attention last week for tweeting a photo of himself with a printout of the Wheeler net neutrality proposal, saying, “I wish the public could see what’s inside.” At a press conference Tuesday, Pai — who spoke at the FCC dais where the chairman presides over agency meetings — lambasted the rules and repeatedly called on Wheeler to fully reveal what he termed “the president’s plan.”

“The American people are being misled about President Obama’s plan to regulate the Internet,” the commissioner said. “Last week’s carefully stage-managed rollout was designed to downplay the plan’s massive intrusion into the Internet economy and to shield many critical details from the public.”

FCC officials and Pai, however, have noted the agency traditionally does not allow the publication of items before they’re approved by the commission — and Pai himself refused to release the Wheeler proposal.

As the net neutrality debate generates national headlines, Republicans like Sen. Mike Lee have also begun to use the traditionally wonky issue to rile up their base.

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) sent an email to political supporters likening Wheeler’s plan to Internet censorship in Turkey and Iran and asking for signatures opposing the rules. The subject line of Sasse’s email: “Putin and Obama in charge of the Internet?”

The message is hyperbole — Wheeler’s proposal wouldn’t give the FCC control over Internet content — but it underscores how much Republicans are opposed to new forms of what they call government over-regulation.

“People on the right and in the middle are finally understanding that this debate isn’t really about ‘net neutrality’ at all,” said Berin Szoka, president of TechFreedom, a conservative think tank.



My thoughts on the matter:

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*sigh* This is going to be a hard fight that'll last long after this month's vote. On the bright side, Republicans will probably never get anything signed into law as long as the president would veto it. But... the GOP has gone off the deep end on this. I can't think of a better way of alienating the youth vote, other than marriage equality.

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Gaming / Re: So MH4U comes out tomorrow
« on: February 12, 2015, 06:50:30 PM »
Just went to Gamestop about 40 mins ago to pre-order it. I'm too tired to get it tonight, though.

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The Flood / Re: i had five guys for the first time today
« on: February 12, 2015, 06:47:26 PM »
Since when did they have Five Guys in Britbongistan?
they opened one up recently near my house, I thought today should be the day I try some
congrats  :D
are you a fan of 5 guys? It's probably basic food for you guys. You merocans have great fast food
There's not as many locations as you're probably thinking, but they're growing fast. There's a lot more locations now than there were a few years ago. It and Wendy's are the only fast food places I'd still go to eat.

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Gaming / Re: Sep7agon Game Night *Vote For The Game*
« on: February 12, 2015, 06:42:24 PM »
Voted for Reach. I don't have MCC or an Xbone yet ;_;

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The Flood / Re: i had five guys for the first time today
« on: February 12, 2015, 06:34:53 PM »
Since when did they have Five Guys in Britbongistan?
they opened one up recently near my house, I thought today should be the day I try some
congrats  :D

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The Flood / Re: i had five guys for the first time today
« on: February 12, 2015, 06:27:20 PM »
Since when did they have Five Guys in Britbongistan?

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Gaming / Re: Star Wars: Battlefront rumors
« on: February 12, 2015, 05:46:43 PM »
I would be extremely surprised if this were true. It wouldn't leave EA/DICE with much room for a sequel, and that sounds humorously out-of-character for them.

They can always do different battles and such. That's what Battlefront II basically did until it got into the Dark Times Era. Or follow different troopers. Add new game modes and stuff too. But yeah, I see what you mean.


IMO, this would be a great way to wrap up stories of Clone Troopers from The Clone Wars show, such as Captain Rex. You could still get all the action that'd you get from the TV show as well. If these rumors are true, I wonder which battles they'd incorporate from The Clone Wars into the game? I've always been a fan of Landing at Point Rain.

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I would be okay with that.

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Gaming / Re: Star Wars: Battlefront rumors
« on: February 12, 2015, 02:30:03 PM »
I would be extremely surprised if this were true. It wouldn't leave EA/DICE with much room for a sequel, and that sounds humorously out-of-character for them.

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The Flood / Re: Who should be the next host of The Daily Show?
« on: February 12, 2015, 12:41:19 PM »
Jason Jones, of course.

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The Flood / Re: What Does Sep7agon Look Like From Your Screen?
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:55:28 AM »
But what's that notification you got there?
Something. I never check them.
I don't know how you sleep at night not knowing what notifications you have.

Now click each and every one of them.

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The Flood / Re: What Does Sep7agon Look Like From Your Screen?
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:40:59 AM »
But what's that notification you got there?
Something. I never check them.
I don't know how you sleep at night not knowing what notifications you have.

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The Flood / Re: What Does Sep7agon Look Like From Your Screen?
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:33:43 AM »
But what's that notification you got there?

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The Flood / Re: You're now a mod.
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:26:39 AM »
clear halo of retards
don't use the r-word

it's really gay

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Let's go have fun riding bikes :D

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The Flood / Re: OysteinAarseth is a ginger cunt
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:01:48 AM »
tis true tho

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The Flood / Re: playing with her pussy
« on: February 11, 2015, 09:23:54 PM »
*squee* :333

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