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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by Pappa » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:45 pm

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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by Pappa » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:46 pm

It seems their counter's a bit squiffy.
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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by klr » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:47 pm

There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth :nervous:, nay blind panic :panic: amongst our students tomorrow when the realise their main source of information is off-line.

That is, those few students who actually do any study at all. :hmph:
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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

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klr wrote:There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth :nervous:, nay blind panic :panic: amongst our students tomorrow when the realise their main source of information is off-line.

That is, those few students who actually do any study copying and pasting at all. :hmph:
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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by klr » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:51 pm

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klr wrote:There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth :nervous:, nay blind panic :panic: amongst our students tomorrow when the realise their main source of information is off-line.

That is, those few students who actually do any study copying and pasting at all. :hmph:
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Well, of course. :lol:

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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by JimC » Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:07 am

Will there be a Wiki article analysing the causes, nature and consequences of the Wiki blackout?
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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by Ronja » Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:45 am

JimC wrote:Will there be a Wiki article analysing the causes, nature and consequences of the Wiki blackout?
Extremely likely yes, I should think.

Especially documenting the media reactions. :hehe: (Yes, also us Wikipedians tend somewhat toward omphaloskepsis... it's not just us RatZ :biggrin: )

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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by Ronja » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:04 am

It's black.
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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by Bella Fortuna » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:09 am

Still working here.

But Google has this for their logo:

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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by Ronja » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:33 am

This poster is pretty neat: https://static.googleusercontent.com/ex ... action.pdf
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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by Ronja » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:57 am

...and the list of websites that have joined is pretty long! http://mashable.com/2012/01/17/sopa-com ... dark-list/
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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by Warren Dew » Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:29 am

klr wrote:Back in our day, "studying" actually mean that. :read:
Memorization and regurgitation, rather than copying and pasting?
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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by Pappa » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:09 am

Bella Fortuna wrote:Still working here.

But Google has this for their logo:

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Re: Wikipedia to stage blackout in protest at SOPA

Post by Robert_S » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:51 am

Pappa wrote:
Bella Fortuna wrote:Still working here.

But Google has this for their logo:

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