Doom community happenings

Good threads going on started by yours and my faves, our very own 40oz and memfis.

The end of net neutrality

Seriously do you yanks just not give a shit about the world you live in anymore? Stand up fuck!

Is Youtube warez?

On that very topic, I’ve always wondered how sprite recolours of id software I.P. were allowed into the archives, i.e BTSX, realm667 edits, etc...

What category is this? The “turn a blind eye one?” I’ve heard the argument before and it’s pretty weak. Don’t get me wrong, I love to see the new palettes and enemies, but I don’t see how palette translated sprites are any different than distributed id maps or music etc. Different standards for different authors I think.

You've been lied to about net neutrality.


www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/10/13/millennial-asks-for-net-neutrality-explanation/

Read the friggin' article and then argue the merit of the points using reason and logic, not by the author who wrote it and your preconceived notions of him or his biases.  If it's wrong that's fine, I am open to that, but do try to explain your position good sir.

This is exactly what we're aiming to retain, though. Making it legal for ISPs to block wide portions of the internet is going to kill this very spirit that he's praising. As it is now, your new site for your new small business, no matter how small, can show up on Google and other popular search engines with as much likelihood as any other site. What we currently have in place with Net Neutrality is exactly what has allowed for the internet to boom like it has in the last 30 years. his claims that the internet was "completely unregulated until now" are simply not accurate. Rolling back NN will kill this. Your access to small sites is not slowed down or sped up arbitrarily by ISPs, as that is currently illegal - You're simply given a download rate and speed depends solely on the location and power of the server (website) you're connecting to. With Net Neutrality rolled back, speeds to small sites will plummet on affordable plans that 90% of people use and will only be able to be accessed in their full-speed glory with unrealistically expensive internet plans.


Government regulations are the only reason we don't have child labor in this country. It's the only reason working conditions have to be safe by law. Without regulations, businesses are free to engage in whatever sick practices they please to give consumers cheap prices. As the average person only has a limited income, they will be forced to go with the cheap option, even if they disagree with the morality of the corporation providing the goods. Without government regulation, monopolies pop up and squash competition. No one can stop them from engaging in sick practices without government regulation. This entire argument for "true free market capitalism" is fundamentally flawed in that it seems like people read some Ayn Rand and took it for gospel. Sorry, but the corporations do not care about public wellbeing as long as profit margins. Conversely, successful governments have to to prevent full blown social upheaval and remain a powerful contender, globally speaking.


Sorry, but history disagrees. I point you toward per-regulation industrial America. Countless on-site deaths. Child labor. You name is, it will come back if we allow "true free market capitalism" without any regulations or rules.


Ok, so it's not a health thing. Why did you bring it up then? Where does the "bombardment" from these signals come into it if it's "not a health thing"? Weird side rant there Rush.


Sorry but no. We just want fair and equal access to all the content on the internet without the corporations deciding what sites are "best for us" via arbitrary throttling.

"If it looks like censorship and it smells like censorship, it is censorship."

Don't shit on something that works in our favor.

Just pointing out the hypocrisy bro, I'm sure it won't stop working in our favour. And absolutely nothing is out of bounds for shitting on, question everything and know where things stand for certain. Guessing is a fools game.

Doomkid I remember something along those lines, although I recall Marty Stratton did not give an absolute blessing and just gave the usual read between the lines and don't go overboard kind of blessing. Maybe somebody qualified could find the post in question on dw.

Kid I’m drunk, could you do the lifting for me again bro?

Now that my pain medication has kicked in and my trapezius isn't killing me(as much), I can hopefully be a bit less caustic in my responses.

Obviously we are all after the same end goal: An internet where everyone is free to do what they wish as long as it doesn't harm others, with no person, group of people, or entity given special privileges or special access. A place where everyone has equal ability to disseminate and retrieve information. And access that is reasonably priced, so people are not unfairly gouged by greedy ISPs. We all want that.

I don't claim to have all the answers. I've certainly been wrong before, and if I turn out to be wrong this time, I'll be the first to admit it and fight alongside you guys to reverse what's been done. It's definitely not a simple, clear-cut issue. There are a lot of nuances that have to be taken into account. It is true that corporations care quite a bit about bottom lines and profits. No denying that. But going back to your point about government regulation stopping child labor, remember that it was the people rising up and demanding change that forced the politicians of the time to enact laws protecting children. The government didn't just benevolently swoop down like an angel and "do the right thing". They were just as nasty as the corporations, only the people had the power to force their hand.

Net neutrality sounds good in theory. The way it has been presented to the American people, net neutrality seems like a solid win for average Americans. But I always fear what they don't tell you, what's hidden under pages and pages of legal jargon and bullshit. I fear the hidden agenda.

Awesome shit right here, for Eternity soon by Albatross

This reminds me of the first thing you see in the first few seconds of Lunar Apocalypse in Duke3D.  

heh, that permaban thread. Guess it's good to see that my ghost still haunts those halls.

Merry christmas fuckwads.