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dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,548
edited January 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

you guys,show that?

For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history. Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia.
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    yep... blacked out here
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    How long for?
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  • conmanconman Posts: 7,493
    :wtf:
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    How long for?

    24 hrs!
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 41,752
    https://www.google.com/

    (not blocked, but blacked out)
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    5/21/10- NYC
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    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
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    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
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    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    SOPA and PIPA are not good acts. I'm glad they are doing this. I hope everyone will take the time to learn about them and hopefully come to the same conclusion that they need to be stopped. Wiki is making it very easy to contact your representatives. If you are in the US just put in yoru zip code and contact them.

    Google has their logo blacked out today for the same reason.

    If you watch myth busters here is Adam Savages layman's terms explanation of why it is not good. He also offerers some great links to others opinions on it.

    http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/mythbusters/articles/mythbuster-adam-savage-sopa-could-destroy-the-internet-as-we-know-it-6620300
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  • mikalinamikalina Posts: 7,206
    Good !!!! :D

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  • mikalinamikalina Posts: 7,206
    intodeep wrote:
    SOPA and PIPA are not good acts. I'm glad they are doing this. I hope everyone will take the time to learn about them and hopefully come to the same conclusion that they need to be stopped. Wiki is making it very easy to contact your representatives. If you are in the US just put in yoru zip code and contact them.

    Google has their logo blacked out today for the same reason.

    If you watch myth busters here is Adam Savages layman's terms explanation of why it is not good. He also offerers some great links to others opinions on it.

    http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/mythbusters/articles/mythbuster-adam-savage-sopa-could-destroy-the-internet-as-we-know-it-6620300


    great info.... thanks for sharing
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  • PapPap Posts: 28,751
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    you guys,show that?
    Yes. http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=181385
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  • Pamela0222Pamela0222 Posts: 1,544
    Well that's interesting!! I'm good up in Ontario, the site isn't blacked out.
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  • Jamminonthe1Jamminonthe1 Posts: 1,243
    Academically speaking, Wikipedia is not (yet) considered a reliable source of information.
  • PapPap Posts: 28,751
    Jamminonthe1 wrote:
    Academically speaking, Wikipedia is not (yet) considered a reliable source of information.
    That's true.
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  • Digital TwilightDigital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Pap wrote:
    Jamminonthe1 wrote:
    Academically speaking, Wikipedia is not (yet) considered a reliable source of information.
    That's true.

    Yeah but I find its a great 'start off' point into getting the background, details and further reading of a topic all in one page.
  • PapPap Posts: 28,751
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    Pap wrote:
    Jamminonthe1 wrote:
    Academically speaking, Wikipedia is not (yet) considered a reliable source of information.
    That's true.

    Yeah but I find its a great 'start off' point into getting the background, details and further reading of a topic all in one page.
    That's true too. :) And additional references too. It sounds like a car advertisement. And ABS too. :lol:
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  • TravelarTravelar Kalamazoo, USA Posts: 3,381
    edited January 2012
    When it comes down to it, essentially sites like this one would be impacted by SOPA and PIPA. I could easily see this place shut down without due process under the SOPA/PIPA guidelines.

    It's bad for everyone, even the people that think it will protect them. They just don't see it yet.

    Not to mention, our elected officials that don't even understand how the internet functions are voting yes because they are bought and paid for....
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  • JK_LivinJK_Livin Posts: 7,365
    I won't believe Wikipedia is shut down until Wikipedia tells me so!
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,834
    Made me think of this.
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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Im so lost today without wikipedia
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  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    Pamela0222 wrote:
    Well that's interesting!! I'm good up in Ontario, the site isn't blacked out.

    I'm glad they considered their worldwide visitors when planning this protest. As a Canadian I'll still stand behind my American friends in protecting their rights.
  • dottlesdottles Posts: 9,137
    uninnocent- wrote:
    Pamela0222 wrote:
    Well that's interesting!! I'm good up in Ontario, the site isn't blacked out.

    I'm glad they considered their worldwide visitors when planning this protest. As a Canadian I'll still stand behind my American friends in protecting their rights.

    It's blacked out in the UK, I thought it was the English language version no matter where you accessed it from.
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  • TravelarTravelar Kalamazoo, USA Posts: 3,381
    uninnocent- wrote:
    Pamela0222 wrote:
    Well that's interesting!! I'm good up in Ontario, the site isn't blacked out.

    I'm glad they considered their worldwide visitors when planning this protest. As a Canadian I'll still stand behind my American friends in protecting their rights.

    This will impact those not in the US as well, if the domain is a US TLD, such as .com, .net, or .org. If you seriously stand behind us, please consider petitioning the US State Department here: http://americancensorship.org/#petition ... department
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    craigslist too...but if you wait, it will let you pass.

    annoying.
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  • TravelarTravelar Kalamazoo, USA Posts: 3,381
    81 wrote:
    craigslist too...but if you wait, it will let you pass.

    annoying.

    yea... but if either of these bills pass, Craigslist probably won't be in a good operating position. These blackouts are designed to raise awareness. And I applaud them for sticking to it.
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Travelar wrote:
    This will impact those not in the US as well, if the domain is a US TLD, such as .com, .net, or .org. If you seriously stand behind us, please consider petitioning the US State Department here: http://americancensorship.org/#petition ... department

    didn't they just pass legislation so that anybody can have any domain they want? (they don't have to have .com, .org, .edu )

    www.INeedPancakes.fuckpancakes

    www.starbucks.starbucks

    www.PearlJam.pearljam
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 41,752
    The app for Wikipedia on my iPhone works, lol.
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  • PapPap Posts: 28,751
    dottles wrote:
    It is the English language version no matter where you accessed it from.

    That's right. :thumbup:
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  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    Pap wrote:
    dottles wrote:
    It is the English language version no matter where you accessed it from.

    That's right. :thumbup:

    yeah, I figured that out eventually
  • capthowdy1027capthowdy1027 Posts: 3,270
    eeriepadave wrote:
    The app for Wikipedia on my iPhone works, lol.

    I noticed that as well. It appears that they didn't disable their mobile plugin. I blacked out my forum last night and the same thing happened, it still worked on the Tapatalk app so I had to go back in and disable that plugin.
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  • TravelarTravelar Kalamazoo, USA Posts: 3,381
    RKCNDY wrote:

    didn't they just pass legislation so that anybody can have any domain they want? (they don't have to have .com, .org, .edu )

    http://www.INeedPancakes.fuckpancakes

    http://www.starbucks.starbucks

    http://www.PearlJam.pearljam

    Nope. There are a set number of TLDs (Top Level Domains), and that is it. TLDs are listed here: http://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,890
    wikipedia blows my mind...yesterday, I was reading about a band I had never heard of....that led me links for other bands the members had previously been part of...that led me to discover another "new" band....that led me to purchase some new music.

    it's rabbit hole...one page takes you to the next, then the next, then the next, etc. maybe one of you IT nerds can explain to me how wikipedia knows everything about everything. I know it's a community based thing but there must be some software that scours the internet for info.

    anyway, I love it! anytime they ask for 3 bucks, I gladly support them.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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