TheMightyEthan

Yeah, as I understand it these regulations preserve net-neutrality for "land-line" type connections, like cable, dsl, dial-up, etc, it's only wireless providers that can prioritize content. Which actually is better than where we are now, where any company can prioritize all it wants, regardless of the connection type.

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Wow, you're very angry.

Added The Witcher. Thanks Dean.

Thanks Dean.

Here's my understanding, and this is in very broad strokes. Anyone can correct me if I'm wrong. The FCC has a congressional grant of authority to regulate interstate telecommunication. It must exercise its power in accordance with statutory guidelines, but it has a lot of leeway in deciding just exactly what to do in a given situation. It had previously classified the internet in such a way that it fell outside of the FCC's power to regulate (I believe, but am not sure, that the FCC had said that ISPs were not common carriers). This new FCC regulation reclassifies the internet so that it does have the power to regulate it (again, I believe, but am not sure, that they've reclassified ISPs as common carriers), and then does go on to regulate the ways in which ISPs can limit access to their networks. The process for the agencies promulgating new regulations is arcane, and I'm not going to go into it here, but once the regulation has gone through the proper process within the agency (in this case the FCC) then it doesn't go to congress to approve it, it just goes into effect automatically. Now, people could still challenge the regulation in court on the theory that it violates the FCC's statutory authority, or if congress really doesn't like what the FCC did they could override the decision with a new law, but unless and until one of those things happens, the regulation has full effect.

I'm stubbornly refusing to buy it, because of my above post about already having too many games I'm never going to actually play.

I'm confused by this poll. The guidelines don't have to go through congress, do they? I don't know about the FCC specifically, but most agencies have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations within their area without congress having to approve each new set.

On this I will not budge. I will hold the line.

But it ruined the series. My favorite racing series of all time. OF ALL TIME!

So, now that I've finished the demo, I can safely say that it's just as heart-hurty as the original.

I don't like how they changed the aiming reticule. In the first one it was actually projected into the world, so you could see it move as you pointed it at different surfaces at different distances from you, but now it's just a sprite on the hud. At least it's still different for each gun though. And is it just me, or are the skin textures on the necromorphs much lower resolution than they were in the first?

STOP RECOMMENDING IT! I have too many games I'm not playing already.

Yeah, I haven't played it yet (still waiting on the download), but my impression was that they were trying to make it more action oriented for some segments.

Chew, stop double-posting.

You can't buy alcohol on a Sunday here either, but that's a county law, not a state law. So if you want alcohol you just have to drive to the next county.

I am downloading it. I'm still pissed it's not on PC though, since that's where I'm gonna get the full game.

THERE'S A DEMO?! Is it on PC? *Edit* - Why the hell isn't it on PC?

I couldn't tell you what the backstory for a single one of my Shepard's was. I decide the Shepard I want to play, and then pick the backstory that I think fits that the best, I don't try to conform my play to my backstory at all.

I just don't see the appeal of trolling. At all.

Hey, when it's just me my bedroom is clean and organized. It's my fiancee who leaves shit everywhere.

That seems weird to me. In both games I basically created my own identity from scratch anyway, the backstory in Fallout 3 did nothing to increase my immersion.

I still want to know how "tryhard" is an insult. Is it that you're like, trying hard, but still suck, or something?

Gay porn. I'm only half-joking.