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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

what are you gunna do when reduser is gone?

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I personally don't care for Obama, but anyone who even insinuates that he has any dangerous socialist views or agendas (such as the commenters on that site) is a complete moron. Our country is filled with socialist concepts and has been since it's inception. Ever checked a book out at a library? Then you must be a socialist, because if you look at it objectively there's no concept that better demonstrates the system of pure socialism then a public library.
Does the library pose a threat to our national security? I think not.

As far as an "Internet Kill Switch", It's the dumbest thing I've heard in months.

Also, As much as I love everyone sharing/fighting over their narrow minded political opinions I think we need a "Internet kill switch Thread killswitch" because something tells me this thread might get ugly.
 
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true didnt mean it to go political.. just wondering thoughts on an internet kill switch.. or even the new internet copy write law..
no politics.. just internet censorship in general..

i really hope internet stays open
 
Being Scandinavian I always laugh at americans fear for socialism. Sometimes you wish all of them had the possibility to come over to Europe and visit. Just to see how the rest of the western world actually cope with things lol.

This internet "kill switch" is for extreme threats/ cases. If you find yourself without reduser because of this, then it's probably a good thing you can't get on.
 
eff the internet .. id just go outside more , surf more, play more video games watch more movies ...

the internet is mostly worthless trash and rude people

hows that for an ironic statement ...muahahahha :laugh:


"The idea behind it is not new. A draft Senate proposal that CNET obtained in August allowed the White House to "declare a cybersecurity emergency," and another from Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) would have explicitly given the government the power to "order the disconnection" of certain networks or Web sites."

rockefeller and snowe how cliche


but really if you want a conspiracy theory ..its probably just another way to shut down communication if or when they want to start locking us down ... im not sure why "they" would want that but my guess is population control the planet is getting pretty crowded ..
 
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Zakaree Sandberg said:
just wondering thoughts on an internet kill switch.. or even the new internet copy write law..
no politics.. just internet censorship in general..

i really hope internet stays open
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This is priceless, Zakaree!

"Let's talk about censorship! No, wait! You're not talking about what I said you should talk about! Censor the thread!"

Just pushing your (dinner-plate sized) buttons, Dude! Its all in fun. Thanks for the posts.
 
No

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I don't like when people start talking about "Oh visit Europe, see how great it is." No, it isn't. It's a decrepit continent that makes me sad for what USED to be great. If you want a very simplistic view -- past - Europe, present - North America, future - Asia. There is no future in countries where people work an average of 30 hours a week, pay 50% taxes, and basically languish in total mediocrity. These are broken countries, where the spirits of the people are weak and the sense of great adventure and great achievements have been destroyed by socialist concepts that demean individual achievement for a collectivist mentality that is antithetical to the advancement of humanity in general.

Europe has many beautiful things, but it is full of countries with poor economies, high unemployment rates, and socialists. I say if you want the U.S. to look that way, please GTFO and go live in Europe. We already have socialist countries in the world, you're welcome to go find one, but don't try to turn my country into one.

As for Obama, yeah he has many socialist tendencies, but at the same time neither political party is any better at safe-guarding the freedoms we hold dear in this country. They are two sides of the same coin. Bush and Obama are both incompetent blowhards. The only solution is someone with a lot more libertarian leanings who starts repealing laws and repealing taxes.

"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people!"
 
Fredrik Callinggard said:
Being Scandinavian I always laugh at americans fear for socialism.
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Being a scandinavian I always shudder at scandinavian's faith in government control.
Sorry, couldn't resist that off topic political rant. :)

Anyway, all the control crap that has been going on in the world recently are just horrendous. In Sweden they tap everything you do on the internet, for terrorist threat they say. Yeah, because Sweden has been a target of so many terrorist attacks recently.........
And today it became clear that all european credit card transitions will be monitored by EU and USA. Terrorism again.
 
Jonathan L. Bowen said:
I don't like when people start talking about "Oh visit Europe, see how great it is." No, it isn't. It's a decrepit continent that makes me sad for what USED to be great. If you want a very simplistic view -- past - Europe, present - North America, future - Asia. There is no future in countries where people work an average of 30 hours a week, pay 50% taxes, and basically languish in total mediocrity. These are broken countries, where the spirits of the people are weak and the sense of great adventure and great achievements have been destroyed by socialist concepts that demean individual achievement for a collectivist mentality that is antithetical to the advancement of humanity in general.

Europe has many beautiful things, but it is full of countries with poor economies, high unemployment rates, and socialists. I say if you want the U.S. to look that way, please GTFO and go live in Europe. We already have socialist countries in the world, you're welcome to go find one, but don't try to turn my country into one.

As for Obama, yeah he has many socialist tendencies, but at the same time neither political party is any better at safe-guarding the freedoms we hold dear in this country. They are two sides of the same coin. Bush and Obama are both incompetent blowhards. The only solution is someone with a lot more libertarian leanings who starts repealing laws and repealing taxes.

"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people!"
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Klas Persson said:
Being a scandinavian I always shudder at scandinavian's faith in government control.
Sorry, couldn't resist that off topic political rant. :)

Anyway, all the control crap that has been going on in the world recently are just horrendous. In Sweden they tap everything you do on the internet, for terrorist threat they say. Yeah, because Sweden has been a target of so many terrorist attacks recently.........
And today it became clear that all european credit card transitions will be monitored by EU and USA. Terrorism again.
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LOL
 
Joe D'Arcy said:
An internet killswitch is a good idea. Make it an annual event and we'll all have to go out and face the sunshine and talk to people on the phone or scarier still - face to face.
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You've never heard of the annual Internet cleaning event?

DO NOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET FROM 12:01 AM GMT ON FEB. 29 TO 12:01 AM GMT, MARCH 1 !!

*** *** Attention ***

It's that time again!

As many of you know, each leap year the Internet must be shut down for 24 hours in order to allow us to clean it. The cleaning process, which
eliminates dead email and inactive ftp, www and gopher sites, allows for a better-working and faster Internet.

This year, the cleaning process will take place from 12:01 a.m. GMT on
Feb. 29 until 12:01 a.m. GMT on March 1. During that 24-hour period, five powerful Internet-crawling robots situated around the world will search the Internet and delete any data that they find.

In order to protect your valuable data from deletion we ask that you do the following:

1. Disconnect all terminals and local area networks from their Internet
connections.

2. Shut down all Internet servers, or disconnect them from the Internet.

3. Disconnect all disks and hardrives from any connections to the Internet.

4. Refrain from connecting any computer to the Internet in any way.

We understand the inconvenience that this may cause some Internet
users, and we apologize. However, we are certain that any
inconveniences will be more than made up for by the increased speed and efficiency of the Internet, once it has been cleared of electronic flotsam and jetsam. We thank you for your cooperation.

Kim Dereksen
Interconnected Network Maintenance staff
Main branch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sysops and others: Since the last Internet cleaning, the number of
Internet users has grown dramatically. Please assist us in alerting
the public of the upcoming Internet cleaning by posting this message
where your users will be able to read it. Please pass this message on to
other sysops and Internet users as well. Thank you.
 
Jonathan L. Bowen said:
I don't like when people start talking about "Oh visit Europe, see how great it is." No, it isn't. It's a decrepit continent that makes me sad for what USED to be great. If you want a very simplistic view -- past - Europe, present - North America, future - Asia. There is no future in countries where people work an average of 30 hours a week, pay 50% taxes, and basically languish in total mediocrity. These are broken countries, where the spirits of the people are weak and the sense of great adventure and great achievements have been destroyed by socialist concepts that demean individual achievement for a collectivist mentality that is antithetical to the advancement of humanity in general.

Europe has many beautiful things, but it is full of countries with poor economies, high unemployment rates, and socialists. I say if you want the U.S. to look that way, please GTFO and go live in Europe. We already have socialist countries in the world, you're welcome to go find one, but don't try to turn my country into one.

As for Obama, yeah he has many socialist tendencies, but at the same time neither political party is any better at safe-guarding the freedoms we hold dear in this country. They are two sides of the same coin. Bush and Obama are both incompetent blowhards. The only solution is someone with a lot more libertarian leanings who starts repealing laws and repealing taxes.

"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people!"
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There are many good things and good people in America, sadly with this attitude your not one of them. This is Jim space for Red camera's not politics.
 
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