Reminder: Wiki's gonna go down tomorrow (Wednesday) to protest SOPA/PIPA

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Board 8 » Reminder: Wiki's gonna go down tomorrow (Wednesday) to protest SOPA/PIPA
Wanglicious
01/16/2012
10:21 PM
#1
for 24h.

hope you don't have any papers to write due thursday guys.

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SuperAngelo128
01/16/2012
10:22 PM
#2
thankfully school hasnt even started for me yet

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LordoftheMorons
01/17/2012
01:44 AM
#3
Glad they're doing this, hopefully it'll promote some mainstream awareness (and opposition) to these awful bills.

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Menji76
01/17/2012
01:47 AM
#4
I don't!

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Blairville
01/17/2012
02:06 AM
#5
Congress shelved SOPA, but it'll be back sometime, so this is a good idea.

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Rad Link 5
01/17/2012
02:16 AM
#6
This is a great idea

however

I am annoyed as all hell about it. I am literally on that site at least once every day.

Anyone know if it'll possible to just back-door into the site with the IP address?

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Ngamer64
01/17/2012
02:58 AM
#7
Thanks for the heads up.

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Paratroopa1
01/17/2012
03:12 AM
#8
I think this is awesome. I can live without Wikipedia for a day. Hell, I think it would've been great if they had done this for longer . One day of no Wikipedia is bad enough, but imagine if they shut it down for a week.
voltch
01/17/2012
03:24 AM
#9
Uncylopedia to take over.

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Djungelurban
01/17/2012
03:57 AM
#10
Pretty sure Google has everything you could ever want from wiki cached on their servers so if you really need to look up something, just Google search for it and instead of going to wiki proper, access Google's cached version... It's no biggie...

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Liquid Wind
01/17/2012
04:00 AM
#11
more sites should be hopping in with this, I know all of MLG's sites will be down as well but I don't know any others that are getting in on it
Djungelurban
01/17/2012
04:03 AM
#12
Imagine if Facebook joined in...

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36Eagles10
01/17/2012
05:21 AM
#13
And everyone who needs it can jsut used the cached version. Works for me.

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Mershaaay
01/17/2012
10:43 AM
#14
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/popular-websites-dark-over-sopa-controversy-174211626.html


yeah if Facebook went down (with a message about why they are doing it) people would lose their s*** and the bill would die

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The Real Truth
01/17/2012
12:26 PM
#15
Hopefully more sites do this.

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Kinglicious
01/17/2012
07:47 PM
#16
one hour left

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Kinglicious
01/17/2012
07:49 PM
#17
also a big surprise there is craiglist is joining. didnt know that

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GenesisSaga
01/17/2012
09:28 PM
#18
God dammit. I had no idea this was happening.

Just tried to look something up and was caught unawares. Gotta admit, that's definitely raised my awareness though. Good thing I didn't have any papers to work on.

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Paratroopa1
01/17/2012
09:36 PM
#19
I like how it's super easy to get past Wikipedia's "blackout" by just turning Noscript on, or blocking Javascript some other way.

Makes it feel like kind of a lame blackout to be honest! They should just take down the whole f***ing site. Nobody needs Wikipedia for one day.

red sox 777
01/17/2012
09:36 PM
#20
Looking at the list on Google's site, and there's a lot of big companies against SOPA now. If it's a matter of lobbying, SOPA may be cooked.

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redrocket
01/17/2012
09:38 PM
#21
Paratroopa1 posted...
I like how it's super easy to get past Wikipedia's "blackout" by just turning Noscript on, or blocking Javascript some other way.

Makes it feel like kind of a lame blackout to be honest! They should just take down the whole f***ing site. Nobody needs Wikipedia for one day.

They did it this way on purpose.

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Paratroopa1
01/17/2012
09:41 PM
#22
I know they did, I just think they should've taken it a step further.
Accel ACE
01/17/2012
09:42 PM
#23
Man all you have to do to get past it is press esc as the page is loading.

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WiggumFan267
01/17/2012
09:44 PM
#24
Very glad they're doing this. Really hope it generates awareness. I think a lot of people have no idea about it and it literally effects everyone.

Though yeah, I wish Facebook, Twitter, or Google did this to create full awareness.
I know the Twitter CEO said it was stupid to shut down a site for a period of time just as a protest of a single dumb bill or something like that... but he's dumb I guess.

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-LusterSoldier-
01/17/2012
09:44 PM
#25
Paratroopa1 | Posted 1/18/2012 12:36:44 AM | message detail | quote
I like how it's super easy to get past Wikipedia's "blackout" by just turning Noscript on, or blocking Javascript some other way.

Yeah, I noticed this as well when I investigated how Wikipedia implemented their blackout. I noticed that the blackout didn't start at 12:00 AM for me, so that's when I began to suspect that they didn't use PHP to implement the blackout.

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WiggumFan267
01/17/2012
09:45 PM
#26

From: Paratroopa1 | Posted: 1/18/2012 12:41:14 AM | #022
I know they did, I just think they should've taken it a step further.


From: Accel ACE | Posted: 1/18/2012 12:42:33 AM | #023
Man all you have to do to get past it is press esc as the page is loading.


You guys are missing the point imo. Being able to get around it doesnt matter.

They just wanted to "hijack" a site to raise awareness. Once you see that black screen once, point is proven. The goal isn't to prevent you from using Wikipedia, the goal is to make you realize what SOPA will do.

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Djungelurban
01/17/2012
09:47 PM
#27

From: Paratroopa1 | #019
I like how it's super easy to get past Wikipedia's "blackout" by just turning Noscript on, or blocking Javascript some other way.

Makes it feel like kind of a lame blackout to be honest! They should just take down the whole f***ing site. Nobody needs Wikipedia for one day.


This is more for the people that aren't as aware of what's going on online as we are and those people probably don't know about things like that... Or google caching... And either way, it raises awareness... I still think facebook should have joined...

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WiggumFan267
01/17/2012
09:47 PM
#28
Also, everyone who is "internet savvy' enough to know how to get around it is probably already fully aware of SOPA. There's a target audience here.

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Paratroopa1
01/17/2012
09:49 PM
#29
That is true that a lot of people who don't know what SOPA is won't know how to get around it anyway, but still I think the point could be made even more poignant if people actually shut down sites. I think this is great, but imagine how it would feel if we were actually stuck without these sites for some time. Point is, I just want to make sure that people actually feel affected by this, instead of seeing the message, going "yeah okay" and moving on.
red sox 777
01/17/2012
09:53 PM
#30
Or people could get mad at Wikipedia for shutting down, and tell their Congressman to vote for SOPA.

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foolm0ron
01/17/2012
09:53 PM
#31
To 95% of internet users, they won't know what to do when they see this blackout page. It is pretty much like shutting down the site. They can't just move on because they can't get to wikipedia.

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GenesisSaga
01/17/2012
09:54 PM
#32
Accel ACE posted...
Man all you have to do to get past it is press esc as the page is loading.

I'm on a phone. :(

And I'm warm and comfy under my electric blanket so that is not an option...

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foolm0ron
01/17/2012
09:54 PM
#33
Giving you your representatives' contact numbers right on the blackout page is a genius idea though.

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saveus_Maria
01/17/2012
09:55 PM
#34
I do have a paper due thursday morning but I'm way more likely to use an online library or just go to the school library before I'd use Wikipedia.

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WiggumFan267
01/17/2012
09:55 PM
#35

From: Paratroopa1 | Posted: 1/18/2012 12:49:38 AM | #029
That is true that a lot of people who don't know what SOPA is won't know how to get around it anyway, but still I think the point could be made even more poignant if people actually shut down sites. I think this is great, but imagine how it would feel if we were actually stuck without these sites for some time. Point is, I just want to make sure that people actually feel affected by this, instead of seeing the message, going "yeah okay" and moving on.


I agree but my point is that I think the very large majority of people don't know how to get around it and is effectively "shut down", though maybe I'm wrong about that, but I didn't know how to until you dudes told me.

Though I suppose they could just google it or something (but not if google did the same thing!)

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SmartMuffin
01/17/2012
09:59 PM
#36
lol @ google

way to do nothing but act like you're doing something

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/23/18-awareness/

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Paratroopa1
01/17/2012
10:09 PM
#37
I don't really know how many people use the internet but don't know how to block stuff, really. In my opinion Noscript is something that should be standard on everyone's web browser, period , but sadly this has yet to come to pass. Probably a smaller number of people know how to block Javascript than I would like.

Then again, I guess this means Wikipedia can blackout without really blacking out and I can still enjoy the privilege of using Wikipedia as normal while it's blacked out. Yay?

Wanglicious
01/17/2012
10:13 PM
#38
google will do something if they need to. but it's like an rpg - you send out the little guys, then your mid bosses, and eventually work your way to the main enemy with so much power he can crush them all at once and laugh.

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LeonhartFour
01/17/2012
11:15 PM
#39

From: red sox 777 | #030
Or people could get mad at Wikipedia for shutting down, and tell their Congressman to vote for SOPA.


That would be an incredibly stupid reaction.

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Kinglicious
01/18/2012
11:42 AM
#40
Twitter reactions are totally worth it

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Phase
01/18/2012
12:14 PM
#41
SmartMuffin posted...
lol @ google

way to do nothing but act like you're doing something

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/23/18-awareness/

Wrong link. Click on the blackened logo and there's a petition to sign on the right.

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