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Jan 15, 2012 1:29 PM
I Wear Pants;1051715 wrote:Google and Wikipedia people will not go without.
And so are you for this then and why?
doesnt matter if i am for it or against it (honestly i know nothing about it. cant even remember what it was about from when i first read it on here.) all i do know is, people will move on to other sites. google and wikipedia are nice, but yes, there are other sites out there that can do what those sites do. the internet did exist before google and wikipedia. hell, wikipedia is fighting to stay alive as it is right?
Jan 15, 2012 1:29pm
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Jan 16, 2012 7:32 AM
Glory Days;1053329 wrote:doesnt matter if i am for it or against it (honestly i know nothing about it. cant even remember what it was about from when i first read it on here.) all i do know is, people will move on to other sites. google and wikipedia are nice, but yes, there are other sites out there that can do what those sites do. the internet did exist before google and wikipedia. hell, wikipedia is fighting to stay alive as it is right?
stupid analogy. That's like saying people got around before cars, so if we take away 75% of the worlds gas pumps for a day everyone will be cool... there's gonna be some uproar.
Jan 16, 2012 7:32am
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Jan 16, 2012 7:58 AM
Please pray for Justin Cummings and his whole family, as he was in a car crash and may never walk again [he may be paralyzed waist-down].
Jan 16, 2012 7:58am
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Jan 16, 2012 8:10 AM
IchsCreekPRIDE;1054400 wrote:Please pray for Justin Cummings and his whole family, as he was in a car crash and may never walk again [he may be paralyzed waist-down].
??
Jan 16, 2012 8:10am
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Jan 16, 2012 8:20 AM
derek bomar;1054409 wrote:??
He is a student athlete for Indian Creek :cry::(
Jan 16, 2012 8:20am
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Jan 16, 2012 9:27 AM
derek bomar;1054390 wrote:stupid analogy. That's like saying people got around before cars, so if we take away 75% of the worlds gas pumps for a day everyone will be cool... there's gonna be some uproar.
your analogy fails too, the gap is too large. its more like if all the cars made after year 2000 didnt exist.
Jan 16, 2012 9:27am
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Jan 16, 2012 11:30 AM
Glory Days;1054476 wrote:your analogy fails too, the gap is too large. its more like if all the cars made after year 2000 didnt exist.
google gets you to your destination. so does fuel in your car.
Jan 16, 2012 11:30am
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Jan 16, 2012 12:29 PM
derek bomar;1054583 wrote:google gets you to your destination. so does fuel in your car.
so does a shit ton of other search engines.

For example, i searched for SOPA on both google and yahoo. 4 of the top 10 results were the same.

it would be like saying Shell no longer exists. BP, Marathon, and Citgo would work just as good.
Jan 16, 2012 12:29pm
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Jan 16, 2012 3:21 PM
Glory Days;1053329 wrote:doesnt matter if i am for it or against it (honestly i know nothing about it. cant even remember what it was about from when i first read it on here.) all i do know is, people will move on to other sites. google and wikipedia are nice, but yes, there are other sites out there that can do what those sites do. the internet did exist before google and wikipedia. hell, wikipedia is fighting to stay alive as it is right?
You don't understand what SOPA would do at all then. People couldn't just "move on" because SOPA would make it so that sites like Google, Wikipedia, Bing, Youtube, any site that has user generated content impossible to run as any user violation could be used by the RIAA or MPAA or whatever to make the government shut down the whole site.
Jan 16, 2012 3:21pm
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Jan 16, 2012 3:23 PM
Glory Days;1054656 wrote:so does a shit ton of other search engines.

For example, i searched for STOP on both google and yahoo. 4 of the top 10 results were the same.
It wouldn't just be a "oh they shut down Google, that's sucks I'll use Bing instead". SOPA and PIPA make it so that it's absurdly easy for the music and movie industries to make the government shut down sites that really aren't doing anything wrong.
Jan 16, 2012 3:23pm
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Jan 16, 2012 8:25 PM
I Wear Pants;1054853 wrote:You don't understand what SOPA would do at all then. People couldn't just "move on" because SOPA would make it so that sites like Google, Wikipedia, Bing, Youtube, any site that has user generated content impossible to run as any user violation could be used by the RIAA or MPAA or whatever to make the government shut down the whole site.
I Wear Pants;1054855 wrote:It wouldn't just be a "oh they shut down Google, that's sucks I'll use Bing instead". SOPA and PIPA make it so that it's absurdly easy for the music and movie industries to make the government shut down sites that really aren't doing anything wrong.
thought we were talking about their one day website shut down protest, not SOPA?
Jan 16, 2012 8:25pm
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Jan 17, 2012 5:22 PM
We're talking about both. The website shutdown thing is a taste of what could be coming if SOPA and/or PIPA are passed and so your "just use Yahoo/a different encyclopedia (which there really isn't a comparible offering that matches Wikipedia's breadth)" wouldn't really be a solution.

Reddit's cofounder had a good point on CNBC: "Why is it that when Republicans and Democrats need to solve the budget and the deficit, there's deadlock, but when Hollywood lobbyists pay them $94 million dollars to write legislation, people from both sides of the aisle line up to co-sponsor it?"
Jan 17, 2012 5:22pm
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Jan 17, 2012 7:58 PM
If twitter or Facebook were to take part along with Wikipedia in shutting down, shit may break loose.
Jan 17, 2012 7:58pm
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Jan 17, 2012 8:27 PM
The_Crosby_Show;1056263 wrote:If twitter or Facebook were to take part along with Wikipedia in shutting down, shit may break loose.
i could see this.
Jan 17, 2012 8:27pm
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Jan 18, 2012 12:25 AM
Glory Days;1056291 wrote:i could see this.
Considering how many people uses those sites on a daily basis, people might panic (mainly Facebook). I'm not kidding since so many people are damn addicted to social networking it would be a huge statement.
Jan 18, 2012 12:25am
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Jan 18, 2012 12:45 AM
Here's what Google and Wikipedia look like right now.



SOPA Search.


Non-SOPA search.
Jan 18, 2012 12:45am
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Jan 18, 2012 12:46 AM
Hell yes!
Jan 18, 2012 12:46am
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Jan 18, 2012 1:31 AM
I'm already seeing my Facebook feed getting filled with anti-SOPA/PIPA stuff as is my twitter.
Jan 18, 2012 1:31am
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Jan 18, 2012 1:55 AM
https://twitter.com/#!/herpderpedia

The lulz. This account is retweeting all the stupid shit people are saying about the blackout.
Jan 18, 2012 1:55am
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Jan 18, 2012 2:06 AM
This explains it very well.

[video=youtube;yHL912jlyE0][/video]
Jan 18, 2012 2:06am
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Jan 18, 2012 7:11 AM
yawn, just another day.
Jan 18, 2012 7:11am
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Jan 18, 2012 7:43 AM
The_Crosby_Show;1056763 wrote:This explains it very well.

[video=youtube;yHL912jlyE0][/video]
I made it 3:45 in and I couldn't listen anymore. He's just too gay.
Jan 18, 2012 7:43am
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Jan 18, 2012 8:26 AM
So its the first amendment...that's how far it has to go before people get fired up. They shit on the 2nd amendment...only "whackos and nuts" cared, now they go after the first amendment and people finally wake up.

Overthrow these basturds
Jan 18, 2012 8:26am