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General discussionWhat would you do if the internet gets ruined by TPP and Google Ideas?(24 posts)(24 posts)
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Posted October 13, 2015
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Elmofongo: So if it does come to pass, what will we do with our lives?
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JMich: You are aware that WWW =/= Internet, right? It could lead to a resurgence of the BBS system, or isolated pockets of activity not connected to each other.
BBS was shitting expensive. i don't want to pay more for less.

in any case, i have enough games to last me at least 5 years or more. in that time, maybe things will moderate itself. hopefully.
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blotunga: There will always be countries who will not accept that BS. Russia for example ;)
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dtgreene: Russia isn't a good choice, as that country has banned LGBT-supportive websites directed at children. See
http://www.ibtimes.com/founder-children-404-lgbt-support-group-convicted-under-russias-anti-gay-propaganda-1793890
i think he meant russia and any other "rogue"-like nation wouldn't sign the TPP or any trade deal that's USA-centric
Post edited October 13, 2015 by dick1982
Posted October 13, 2015
Well, if the end of the digital world happens, I will just pull the plug out of the computer and carry on as before. Their only power over you is if you keep buying.
Posted October 13, 2015
My gaming habits wouldn't change much. Almost everything I have is backed up with a DRM free installer, a physical disc, or a digital only console game that is backed up to a secondary drive.

From there I'd keep some cheap cell plan like a tracfone and load a small bit of data onto it for crucial things like having to check e-mail, and otherwise just give up on the internet.
Posted October 13, 2015
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dick1982: BBS was shitting expensive. i don't want to pay more for less.
BBS is no more expensive than a discussion board like this one, what was expensive was the phone bill for calling the BBS's phone number and holding the line open for several hours at a time. Similar systems can easily be built on top of TCP/IP and the modern internet infrastructure which generally doesn't have costs per minute or megabyte. In fact, many BBS systems were modified to work over TCP/IP back in the day, even if analogue modem connections were the norm for internet access until the mid-late 90's.
Posted October 13, 2015
The idea that knowledge and information should be freely available to everyone free of charge has taken hold so strongly that I'm not sure even if TPP does destroy the Internet as we know it that it'll be the end of the world.

I remember how effective the Wikipedia blackout was. I think resistance will be fierce.
Posted October 13, 2015
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dick1982: BBS was shitting expensive. i don't want to pay more for less.
And to add to what Maighstir said, many providers do offer unlimited local or national calls to landlines, though I guess a modem's speed would be horrifically slow.
Posted October 14, 2015
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dick1982: BBS was shitting expensive. i don't want to pay more for less.
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JMich: And to add to what Maighstir said, many providers do offer unlimited local or national calls to landlines, though I guess a modem's speed would be horrifically slow.
Not in singapoor they didn't . Not until an islewide fibre network was installed. And that only started about 3 years ago...
Posted October 14, 2015
Can;t say that I'd heard of Google Ideas before this thread, so I had to look it up on... duckduckgo.
Posted October 14, 2015
I was hoping to avoid seeing a dystopian world in my lifetime... guess that's out the window. :(
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