EDIT: oh god this sounds so much like a Dustin post

One popular GOP talking point is that the news and media in general has a leftward slant--is this actually a thing, or are they just being delusional citizens of Republicantown? Even Wikipedia and Snopes have been accused of being liberal.

My gut reaction is that "it's not biased if it's true," and I think of Stephen Colbert's one-liner, "the truth has a well-known liberal bias."

...Is it actually a thing?

Quote from: Verbatim on February 26, 2015, 10:59:28 AM

i've yet to see an argument against net neutrality

It's not as if it's just big money lobbying for the death of NN. Internet engineers like this guy and the inventor of the transmission control protocol has said NN will kill innovation of the Internet.

Congressional involvement in the structure and nature of the internet could turn out to be damaging to any efforts at remodelling we may find necessary. The increased revenue which would be brought up by a preferential system would allow companies to re-invest in infrastructure, and deliver better overall services. Verizon itself has pointed out that the incentive to improve delivery systems if it can't change for the increased capacity, essentially allowing Google to free-ride.

I see you've been drinking the Breitbart Kool-Aid again, despite your previous denials.

First two links weren't working for me. Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the World Wide Web, and Vint Cerf, the other founder of TCP, have both defended net neutrality. T-Mobile and Sprint both support net neutrality rules, saying that it would not harm their business.

There really is no legitimate argument against net neutrality.

The meeting started over an hour ago, but you can watch it live here. This is the big day we've all been waiting for.

If the FCC chooses Title II Classification, the ruling will likely withstand any legal challenge brought against it. But at any rate (hue), even if the FCC votes against it, it already raised the definition of broadband to 25-megabits per second as kind of a fuck-you to the industry.

Later this morning, the Federal Communications Commission will take a vote on adopting new rules that would keep the Internet neutral.   Here's a guide to what all of this means.

— What does net neutrality mean?

Here's the Cliffs Notes version from NPR's Elise Hu:

Net neutrality is the concept that your Internet provider should be a neutral gateway to everything on the Internet, not a gatekeeper deciding to load some sites slower than others or impose fees for faster service."

In other words, it's a concept in which Internet service providers (ISPs) don't discriminate when it comes to Internet traffic.

Without net neutrality rules, ISPs could theoretically take money from companies like Netflix or Amazon to speed up traffic to their sites.

NPR's Laura Sydell explained one hypothetical like this:

"More than 30 percent of Internet traffic at peak times comes from Netflix, according to studies. So Verizon might say, 'Netflix, you need to pay us more.' Or maybe Verizon strikes a deal with Amazon and says your prime video service can get speedier delivery to the home and we're going to slow down Netflix."

— What is the FCC voting on?

The Federal Communications Commission is voting on whether to reclassify broadband access as a "telecommunications service under Title II."

In layman's terms, the FCC is looking to reclassify broadband as a utility, which would give the commission more regulatory power over Internet providers.

— What prompted this FCC vote?

Back in 2010, the FCC actually passed rules to keep the Internet neutral. But those rules were challenged by Verizon and in January of 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that the FCC did not have the regulatory power over broadband to issue those rules.

The court, however, said that the FCC could reclassify broadband and that would give it broad regulatory powers.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler decided to go that direction in February.

Earlier this week, Republicans in Congress dropped opposition to the proposed rules, saying they were not going to pass a bill without any Democratic support.

— What would the proposed rules do?

The proposed rules are pretty lengthy, but from an FCC fact sheet, here are the three things that the rules would ban that matter most to consumers:

"No Blocking: broadband providers may not block access to legal content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices.

"No Throttling: broadband providers may not impair or degrade lawful Internet traffic on the basis of content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices.

"No Paid Prioritization: broadband providers may not favor some lawful Internet traffic over other lawful traffic in exchange for consideration — in other words, no 'fast lanes.' This rule also bans ISPs from prioritizing content and services of their affiliates."

— What does John Oliver have to do with all this?

The comedian John Oliver brought this issue to the forefront when he dedicated 14 minutes on his program to explain why net neutrality is so important.

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He called on his viewers to write to the FCC to encourage them to adopt new rules. His call — and the enormous response — broke the commission's website.

A bunch of big Internet sites — Netflix, Etsy and Foursquare among them — joined the chorus in September when they took part in "Internet Slowdown Day," presenting their users with symbolic loading icons "to remind everyone what an Internet without net neutrality would look like."

— When is the FCC voting?

The FCC is voting during an open meeting at 10:30 a.m. ET.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/26/389089145/the-fccs-net-neutrality-vote-heres-what-you-need-to-know

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Uhh... Isaac is Walter White?

Years ago, Game Informer had a fascinating article on the game's development. It was years ahead of its time.

So after seeing Napalm's thread about what other online communities you are a part of, I decided to go check out a forum I used to frequent back in 2009. It was a Star Wars forum, because from 1998 to 2010, I collected Star Wars stuff, it was basically my whole childhood. I found some of my old posts, and then found my old Photobucket account, which had old pictures on them. I downloaded them all and compiled them into an album on imgur.

I had a pretty large Star Wars collection. Unfortunately I sold it in 2010 because I was severely depressed in high school and wanted to leave my life and everything in it behind, which was why I joined the military. I have regretted that decision ever since, I love Star Wars so much. Perhaps in the future I can begin again, but probably with less stuff.

Did you guys ever collect anything?

oh man, just looking at those pictures made me feel sad ._.

I have a figure or vehicle here and there, but not nearly as many as you had or treated so well. Some of mine are not in the best shape, from years of me being a kid, pretty much.

The hype is reaching dangerous levels... and the poor animations and modeling work on the humans kind of has me skeptical.

This could be fixed with simple legislation, but Republicans  would rather see the demise of the ACA entirely. But what I'm really interested in is the reaction (if any) from millions of Americans when they realize that they no longer have health care. Probably won't be much of anything, knowing how things tend to go >.> but this could easily backfire on the GOP.

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yay time to post in this thread with autospoilers now

I've only seen two of FMA: Brotherhood's intros so far but they're so good ^.^

Quote from: Kupo on February 23, 2015, 08:11:35 PM

sign me up already betch

Sry BBY didn't know if you wanted to join or not

>.> ok

Just letting everyone know the signups end tomorrow at midnight EST.

Wait, did you mean last night or this night? This is confusing.

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and no DLC for the casuls

but Link is bae

I mean we won't be using the DLC tracks because casuls like Alphy-kun

uh ok

when will it be?

Probably on a Friday since everyone is in college

I can probably make it but I need a specific date.

Probably we will start at 1 PM PST
Unless theirs someone who wants me to change it we will figure out a time that works for all of us

This Friday, you mean? I could probably make it.

Nah, when we have more ppl, we only have like 3 right meow

>.> okay