THE KNOWN WORLD(S) - THE LIST OF DC UNIVERSES - NEWSARAMA

Duh, Earth-31 has to be the Dark Knight Returns universe, hence the jellybean comment and the worry that Brainiac was still alive.

THE KNOWN WORLD(S) - THE LIST OF DC UNIVERSES - NEWSARAMA

THE KNOWN WORLD(S) - THE LIST OF DC UNIVERSES

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The end of DC’s 52 series left the DC Universe a multiverse again. Thanks to the flappingof a butterfly’s wings (or something like it) the single DC Universe
left after Crisis on Infinite Earths and fractured slightly in Infinite Crisis was once again split into many. Well, not exactly “many” - exactly 52.

Previously numbering in the hundreds (and added to whenever a Silver Age writer needed a new one, generally speaking), the multiverse of DC has been winnowed down to a more manageable number.

But what are they for sure? DC Executive Editor Dan DiDio has said that a full list resides in his office, or at least as full as list as possible, as not all of the universes have been named or described, and as DiDio has said, he and the rest of DC Editorial are slow to name them all, but rather slowly explore the worlds in Countdown to Final Crisis, its associated spinoffs, and later projects.

So – what are they? DC Comics has provided Newsarama with the current listing of the earths that currently make up the DC Multiverse. “First appearance” means first appearance post-creation in 52 #52.
And yes, many of the worlds are very familiar to previous, Pre-Crisis multiple earths, or Elseworlds stories, but DC has maintained that these worlds are not perfect recreations of those worlds. These are new
worlds that share the same characteristics.

The known earths are:

Earth-2: Home of the original Justice Society (first appearance 52 #52 - this earth’s Superman and Power Girl are missing)
Earth-3: The Crime Society’s world (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-4: Home of the Charlton characters (a.k.a. – the Watchmen-esque world) (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-5: Home of the Fawcett (Shazam) characters (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-8: World of Lord Havok and the Extremists – called Angor by its natives (Countdown #29)
Earth-9: Tangent Universe (upcoming in Tangent: Superman’s Reign #1)
Earth-10: Home of the Quality (Freedom Fighters, Uncle Sam, the original Ray, etc) characters (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-11: World of reversed genders ( Arena #1 and The Search For Ray
Palmer: Superwoman/ Batwoman #1)
Earth-12: The Next Generation, beyond Batman (i.e., Batman Beyond?) (Arena #1)
Earth-13: World of dark and arcane heroes ( Arena #1)
Earth-15: World of heroes realized (Donna Troy as Wonder Woman; Jason Todd as Batman) (Countdown #30 - the earth of this universe was destroyed in Countdown #24)
Earth-16: Home of the Super-Sons ( Arena #1)
Earth-17: A post WWIII, apocalyptic universe (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-18: World of the Elseworld’s Justice Riders ( Arena #1)
Earth-19: World of Elseworld’s Gotham by Gaslight (The Search For Ray
Palmer: Gotham By Gaslight #1)
Earth-21: World of Elseworld’s New Frontier ( Arena #1)
Earth-22: Elseworld’s Kingdom Come Universe (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-26: Universe of Captain Carrot and the Amazing Zoo Crew (Captain Carrot
And The Final Ark #1)
Earth-30: World of Elseworld’s Superman: Red Son (Countdown #32)
Earth-32: World of Elseworld’s Batman: Darkest Knight (Arena #1)
Earth-34: World of Elseworld’s Amazonia ( Arena #1)
Earth-37: World of Elseworld’s Thrillkiller ( Arena #1)
Earth-40: World of Elseworld’s Liberty Files ( Arena #1)
Earth-43: World of Elseworld’s Batman: Red Rain (The Search For Ray Palmer:
Red Rain #1)
Earth-48: Forerunner’s world (Countdown #46)
Earth-50: Wildstorm Universe (first seen 52 #52)

To date, it’s unclear as to what the difference between “Earth-1” and “New Earth” is, as Rip Hunter mentioned in 52 #52 that were separate realities. Also, the world of the Atomic Knights (classic Silver Age) was shown to be Earth-17 in the same issue.

Oh, and Earth-31? It’s shown in the preview to Arena #1.

Okay – so what’s not been listed yet? A few that caught our eye…

Vertigo. Yeah, yeah – it’s not part of the DC Universe proper. That line’s been used at cons by DC staffers, and you know what? Forget it. It is. It may be Earth-13, but come on…let’s see that as official.

Over in Action Comics, there’s a Legion of Super-Heroes running around that’s a continuation of the original, Adventure Comics #247 Legion. If the Legion that Supergirl is currently hanging with is the future of “New Earth,” where is this other Legion from? Sure, there will be claims of an alternate timeline within the “New Earth” Universe, but then we have to call in the theoretical physicists (or Grant Morrison) to tell us the difference between an alternate timeline contained within a universe and a wholly “different universe”
that was created by Mr. Mind altering time over and over again to create new universes.

And hey – as this list is very reliant on DC’s Elseworlds stories over the years to build entire universes on, where’s the All-Star universe, and the Dark Knight Returns/Strikes Again universe (although that might be Earth-31, given Superman’s haircut…)?

Is there an America’s Best Comics universe?

The Amalgam universe?

Milestone?

Which future is Kamadi a part of? Lady Quark? Dark Angel?

Is there a new Earth-Prime, where DC superheroes only exist as comic book stories?

Superman & Batman: Generations? JLA: The Nail?

And jillions more.

So many questions – 52 answers.

Superman & Batman: Generations? JLA: The Nail?

And jillions more.

So many questions – 52 answers.

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THE Z-CULT FM SAGA: TALKING TO SERJ & ZOG - NEWSARAMA

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THE Z-CULT FM SAGA: TALKING TO SERJ & ZOG - NEWSARAMA

 THE Z-CULT FM SAGA: TALKING TO SERJ & ZOG - UPDATED
Updated 11.26.07 - 4:30 pm EST

In an updated post on Z-Cult FM, it appears that the site will shortly take down all Marvel trackers on their site. “Serj” posted:

Every day I seem to have to announce some news here but here is a new news item for our site.

First Marvel News:
Yesterday Marvel contacted us further in response to our email to them. They provided a direct phone number to we could contact them directly and continue on our communication. We phone them up today first thing (US Time) and enjoyed a chat with them.

They have now followed our removal process kinda but Z-Cult FM and Marvel have decided the following:
* We will remove all Marvel comics from our trackers.
* We asked for 7 days to remove the books from our trackers (due to time it takes to delete them all) and they agreed.

So we would like to thank Marvel for following our removal policy (like all other publishers have done in past) and not going down the legal route once again.

So 7 days from now there will be no Marvel comics on our website.

We asked marvel if they wanted to say anything as the reason for the removal to our users and they mentioned they are doing it because of their new download site.

We won’t be providing links back to Marvel’s new download service like we have down for SLG etc because I feel what Marvel is offering is NOT a download service but more like a preview site. The users who purchase to read the books can only read them, they can not store them for a later date. So I do not class this as a download service for digital comics so will not be linking to it. If in future Marvel add a download feature to it we will link to it and support the site 100%.

Marvel have also stated their site is a work in progress so if anyone has any comments or suggestions be sure to contact them or start a thread on this site and they will read them.

New 30 Day Policy on DC Comics
DC Comics have not contacted us further about the issues over the last few days, but the staff of Z-Cult FM have agreed among ourselves we find it best if we start a new 30 day policy on all new DC comics.

So as of today no DC Comic publications will be allowed on our site until least 30 days after they have been available in the shops. Any comics uploaded before this ban can remain but any comics that are uploaded since this ban was posted will be removed and the uploader reminded of our new policy.

I must stress the following points before any people read this or news sites pick it up:
* This 30 day ban is only for DC Comic books for time being.
* DC Comics has not replied to our response that we made on Friday.
* Z-Cult FM Staff have come up with this ban.
* This does not come from DC Comics or any other publishers.

I just wanted to clear that up so no confusion is started like the SLG issue that news sites picked up on.

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More proof of Comcast port blocking

How to play the Comcast word game

How to play the Comcast word game

Nov 26th, 2007 by ME2

Clearly, there is something going on (see: wrong) with Comcast’s definition of unrestricted Internet access (see: Comcast/BitTorrent interference lawsuit). They say they are not blocking anything, and in fact, they are telling the truth. So if you call Comcast to complain about a service problem; do not use that verbiage. If you do, and you are persistent, they can and will will deem you a disgruntled or uncooperative caller and ignore you.

What you need to do is play their word game.

Their word game is not to call the teakettle black - but to say that it is less reflective to light due to its dark color. I.e.,
they aren’t blocking ports outright - they are hindering normal
communication or doing something to affect it in a way that causes it
to fail.

By using this type of wording and phrasing, I was able to get
Comcast to admit that they block ports - something they are currently
denying in court and normally never admit to. See below for the quote I
got from a tech support representative.

However, in case you were wondering, I was not calling to complain about BitTorrent. I
was calling to complain about their interference with other protocols;
in my case, it was RDP for use with Windows Remote Desktop, as well as
DameWare. These protocols/services have begun to be
“interfered with” for me in the past couple of months, although they
used to work flawlessly. Now they do not work across the
Comcast network at all. Being a network administrator and having
knowledge that nothing has changed on my home or work networks, I knew
the problem had to be with the man in the middle: Comcast.

Kevin Kanarski, working as a Lotus Notes messaging engineer,
observed that Comcast is indeed interfering with other network
applications. In the case of Lotus Notes, Comcast is
sending a RST (reset) packet to both the client and server in the
connection intentionally killed emails with large attachments.

So, in this case, Comcast is sending false packets to the client
and/or server in order to reset the connection (TCP packet with an RST
flag). RST-reset connections are immediately closed without without any
acknowledgment/confirmation handshake regarding the request between the
client and server. My knowledge of TCP/IP protocol operation is
limited, but this is my understanding of the condition that the RST
packets cause.

Unbelievably, this is the crux of a man-in-the-middle_attack, and it’s being perpetrated by my own ISP!

However, as you can see: this is “interfering”, not blocking. And this is how Comcast is playing their game.

If you do have a complaint about connectivity issues
with Comcast, their regular support cannot (or will not) help you.
First, they won’t help you if it involves any technology that they
don’t support or have an obligation to support. Second,
they will declare that “Comcast does not block ports”. However, they
can (if you are lucky enough and they do not simply stonewall you)
refer you to contact abuse@comcast.net. Yep, that’s right; the abuse department: The Comcast abuse department is in control of port blocking. To support this, here is a quote I finagled out of a tech support rep:

That department does not only deal with abuse, they
deal with any blocking of port numbers, or any problems with connection
or email port number blocking.

Wait a second here - So, Comcast has a department that deals with port blocking - ergo Comcast is port blocking! Oh my stars and garters…

But this is just a start, and it’s where your and my fun begins, because abuse@comcast.net
doesn’t get read by humans. If you send an email to that address,
you’ll receive a boilerplate auto-reply e-mail response with links to
common Comcast customer issue - although none of them will involve
anything relating to port blocking/interference problems.

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