chocochuy: An Unliving Legend (Gentleman Ghost)chocochuy ([personal profile] chocochuy) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily,
@ 2012-01-19 08:31 pm UTC
Current location:Genosha
Current mood: busy
Current music:Hands Off
Entry tags:char: captain america/steve rogers, creator: frank miller
Greetings, Ladies and Gentlemen! Chocochuy reporting for duty and bringing you some news from the global community.

As you might recall, yesterday was the peaceful blackout of pages like Wikipedia, Google, Mozilla and our very own Dreamwidth in order to protest against the SOPA bill. Well, just some hours ago Megaupload was shut down by the FBI, thus causing the arrest of its inner circle and the loss of countless Terabytes of both illegal and safe files. Retribution from hackers all over the globe was not denied and hours later the group that calls itself Anonymous hacked several government sites as well as asking all cybernauts to join their revolution against the rich 1%. It might be kinda exaggerated to say this but I am certain that were witnessing the genesis of the First World Internet War. In my honest opinion I think the loss of Megaupload may be a heavy loss for most cybernauts and it may also herald the beginning of some authoritarian movements if the FBI can go shutting down websites when the SOPA has not been approved yet. What we are really seeing is a struggle between two powerful forces, none of them wanting to give up, that will change the way we use the internet from now on if a peaceful solution is not found.

I will be glad to hear your opinions in this matter, comrades, especially if this SOPA bill goes out of control and tries targeting our beloved fanfics/fanarts.

Here is an old Captain America picture done by Frank Miller. It may be over-used but it seems quite fitting.




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halloweenjack: (Halloween Jack)


[personal profile] halloweenjack
2012-01-20 05:45 am UTC (link)
Shut down one server, and two will rise to take its place. Hail Hydra!

(Seriously, "cybernaut"? Dude.)

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chocochuy: An Unliving Legend (Gentleman Ghost)


[personal profile] chocochuy
2012-01-20 03:55 pm UTC (link)
Considering the sudden increase of power of sites like Mediafire and Rapidshare, I would not be surprised if Hydra had a hand on all of this.

By the way, cybernaut is a valid word. I know it is not used as much as one believes but it does imply those who surf the cyberspace.

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salinea: fem!Loki is snerking (lol)


[personal profile] salinea
2012-01-20 04:15 pm UTC (link)
By the way, cybernaut is a valid word. I know it is not used as much as one believes but it does imply those who surf the cyberspace.
This sentence is so wonderfully 90's I wanna get mirror shades, a trench coat and a katana and start rocking.

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chocochuy: Kobato Hanato on a Sunny Day (Queen of Cuteness)


[personal profile] chocochuy
2012-01-20 04:39 pm UTC (link)
As a child of the late 80s-early 90s, I find thy comment like a radical nostalgia trip and I think I wanna join you with that bodacious set of funkylicious tropes.

Cowabunga, Dudes!

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salinea: (satisfied)


[personal profile] salinea
2012-01-20 04:49 pm UTC (link)
exxxxxxcellent!

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joasakura: (gladiator movies)


[personal profile] joasakura
2012-01-20 05:13 pm UTC (link)
Wait, wait.. I have to go get my goggles and then we can go..

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darkblade: (Molly vs Bus)


[personal profile] darkblade
2012-01-20 05:02 pm UTC (link)
Mediafire which refuses to work half the time instead reloading the page and forcing you to wait an extra half hour and Rapidshare which I'm legitimately surprised didn't go down first. They were the go to place for 4chan users for a while and they barely try to hide that they don't give a shit as to what files are uploaded.

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halloweenjack: (Halloween Jack)


[personal profile] halloweenjack
2012-01-20 08:15 pm UTC (link)
It's perfectly cromulent!

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