Wikipedia

dimitrispearljam
dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
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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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    yep... blacked out here
    Sydney 11/02/2003
    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    How long for?
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    :wtf:
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    How long for?

    24 hrs!
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,195
    https://www.google.com/

    (not blocked, but blacked out)
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    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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  • mikalina
    mikalina Posts: 7,206
    Good !!!! :D

    No homework for my daughter.... yippie
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  • mikalina
    mikalina 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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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,947
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Pamela0222
    Pamela0222 Posts: 1,544
    Well that's interesting!! I'm good up in Ontario, the site isn't blacked out.
    The thing I like most about time is that it's not real. It's all in the head. Sure, it's a useful trick to use if you want to meet someone at a specific place in the universe and have tea or coffee- but that's all it is- a trick. There is no such thing as the past. It exists only in the memory. There is no such thing as the future. It exists only in our imagination. If our watches were truly accurate, the only thing they would ever say is "Now". That's what time it is. It's "Now". - Damien Echols
  • Jamminonthe1
    Jamminonthe1 Posts: 1,243
    Academically speaking, Wikipedia is not (yet) considered a reliable source of information.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,947
    Academically speaking, Wikipedia is not (yet) considered a reliable source of information.
    That's true.
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Pap 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.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,947
    Pap 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:
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Travelar
    Travelar Posts: 3,437
    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_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    I won't believe Wikipedia is shut down until Wikipedia tells me so!
    Alright, alright, alright!
    Tom O.
    "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
    -The Writer
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Made me think of this.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • 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.
  • dottles
    dottles Posts: 9,206
    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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