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kteela

2012-01-16 09:18:21 PM

Replace the Blinker Fluid, you'll be fine. Wiki will be back.

Winning

2012-01-16 09:19:27 PM

Isn't this from an XKCD comic?

dickfreckle

2012-01-16 09:44:36 PM

kteela: Replace the Blinker Fluid, you'll be fine. Wiki will be back.

img.photobucket.com

GAT_00

2012-01-16 11:28:35 PM

Winning: Isn't this from an XKCD comic?

Link

Straight copy of text.

The_Sponge

2012-01-17 12:08:05 AM

How is babby formed?

dickfreckle

2012-01-17 12:12:09 AM

There is an offline version (new window) though I don't know how much space it takes up. If you routinely rely on Wiki for whatever reason and can't take the jones for 24 hours, you might be interested. Also good to have for other emergencies.

mamoru

2012-01-17 12:14:14 AM

Honestly, I'd like to see Google, Facebook, and Twitter join in on this. Imagine the outrage from the masses if they couldn't access any of those sites for 24hrs, but instead saw only a page saying "This could happen at any time if Congress passes these laws. Call your congress-critter and tell him or her NO!".

Of course, there would probably be a significant number of suicides and people having convulsive fits and such due to withdrawal, but consider that Natural Selection at work. ;)

ultraholland

2012-01-17 02:45:03 AM

seems like it could be far more effective than Reddit or Fark shutting down

Bathia_Mapes

2012-01-17 03:41:44 AM

ultraholland: seems like it could be far more effective than Reddit or Fark shutting down

Can you imagine all the angst if fark shut down for a day? People already get completely bent out of shape when the server crashes or Mike is installing something and has to take it offline for awhile.

Ed Finnerty

2012-01-17 05:07:23 AM

ultraholland: seems like it could be far more effective than Reddit or Fark shutting down

But not as effective as AOL shutting down.

Anagrammer

2012-01-17 06:06:13 AM

So, Wikipedia will finally improve its articles' accuracy, but only for one day?

DjangoStonereaver

2012-01-17 06:56:26 AM

ultraholland: seems like it could be far more effective than Reddit or Fark shutting down

If Google had any cojones, they's shut down their search site and YouTube.

That would not only paralyze your average human being, but it would also impact
most journalists, though the Wikipedia shutdown will have some impact.

Sid_6.7

2012-01-17 06:59:33 AM

ultraholland: seems like it could be far more effective than Reddit or Fark shutting down

Apparently Fark has been protesting SOPA every few weeks in the morning and didn't even know it.

Flint Ironstag

2012-01-17 07:07:47 AM

DjangoStonereaver: ultraholland: seems like it could be far more effective than Reddit or Fark shutting down

If Google had any cojones, they's shut down their search site and YouTube.

That would not only paralyze your average human being, but it would also impact
most journalists, though the Wikipedia shutdown will have some impact.

Yes, Google giving a blank screen saying "No searches for you today. But we will let you Google the address and phone number of your Congressman. Call or write them to complain." could be interesting.

FlameDuck

2012-01-17 07:09:16 AM

mamoru: Honestly, I'd like to see Google, Facebook, and Twitter join in on this. Imagine the outrage from the masses if they couldn't access any of those sites for 24hrs, but instead saw only a page saying "This could happen at any time if Congress passes these laws. Call your congress-critter and tell him or her NO!".

Of course, there would probably be a significant number of suicides and people having convulsive fits and such due to withdrawal, but consider that Natural Selection at work. ;)

Or perhaps people around the world would look up from their screens and collectively remember the wonder of nature and beauty of intimate social interaction! Or then again, they would just refresh their browsers until services came back.

teardrop

2012-01-17 07:15:16 AM

Google wouldn't have the courage to go dark, they would worry that people would switch to bing, now if every search provider did it, that would be something to see.

facebook would worry people would move to google+ and not come back

Also:

Imagine the outcry, then imagine congress thinking "if they can hold us to ransom, we must DO SOMETHING!"

Sasquach

2012-01-17 07:29:41 AM

/to avoid the questions

Honest Bender

2012-01-17 07:33:37 AM

THEN WHO WAS CAR?!

basemetal

2012-01-17 08:10:05 AM

Don't do it, Drew, don't do it!

/twitch
//twitch twitch

nekom

2012-01-17 08:10:24 AM

Guys don't worry, I got this. I've already written my senators and congressman to explain why this is a bad idea. With that knowledge in hand, they will certainly do the right thing.
You should do the same just to be on the safe safe. If you don't know who your representatives are, just look it up in wiki... oh shiat.

mr lawson

2012-01-17 08:13:02 AM

basemetal: Don't do it, Drew, don't do it!

/twitch
//twitch twitch

DO it Drew! DO it!

/might actually get some work done

Fluorescent Testicle

2012-01-17 08:19:42 AM

mr lawson: /might actually get some work done

Work? Hah. I can hear Fark's entire userbase planning their 24-hour Skyrim marathons as we speak.

zenobia

2012-01-17 08:20:42 AM

Ed Finnerty: ultraholland: seems like it could be far more effective than Reddit or Fark shutting down

But not as effective as AOL shutting down.

I see what you did there.

Zimmy

2012-01-17 08:22:23 AM

If Google were to join and really, REALLY wanted to effect it, they'd do something to their advertising service for the day in addition to taking google.com down. Take the advertising service down, replace it with an anti-SOPA banner, etc.

notmtwain

2012-01-17 08:43:43 AM

Sasquach: [imgs.xkcd.com image 640x322]

/to avoid the questions

That is a funny cartoon. Did that cartoon have an author? Was it published somewhere?

dready zim

2012-01-17 08:50:01 AM

Flint Ironstag: Yes, Google giving a blank screen saying "No searches for you today. But we will let you Google the address and phone number of your Congressman. Call or write them to complain." could be interesting.

this. Show the power of the googles. They do not do nothing...

dready zim

2012-01-17 08:52:49 AM

notmtwain: Sasquach: [imgs.xkcd.com/ image 640x322]

/to avoid the questions

That is a funny cartoon. Did that cartoon have an author? Was it published somewhere?

Couldn`t say. Maybe?

PanicMan

2012-01-17 08:54:03 AM

http://www.theeca.com/sopa (new window)

Quick and easy way to contact your elected representatives.

/The whole internet should go dark
/Good for Reddit for leading the charge

basemetal

2012-01-17 08:55:09 AM

/twitch

Sasquach

2012-01-17 09:00:17 AM

notmtwain: Sasquach: [imgs.xkcd.com image 640x322]

/to avoid the questions

That is a funny cartoon. Did that cartoon have an author? Was it published somewhere?

No author...it was created by the magic of the tubes....

Fubini

2012-01-17 09:01:17 AM

I would 100% support Fark or whatever websites that did this... though not Gmail. (Under SOPA, would Google have a duty to montior Gmail for infringing content or information used to circumvent anti-infringement measures?)

The big problem is that it costs me nothing to not visit Fark all day, but it's going to cost Drew all of the ad revenue he would otherwise be making. The general public will be the most effected by SOPA, but site owners are the ones most effected by by a blackout.

Dimensio

2012-01-17 09:01:28 AM

mamoru: Honestly, I'd like to see Google, Facebook, and Twitter join in on this. Imagine the outrage from the masses if they couldn't access any of those sites for 24hrs, but instead saw only a page saying "This could happen at any time if Congress passes these laws. Call your congress-critter and tell him or her NO!".

Of course, there would probably be a significant number of suicides and people having convulsive fits and such due to withdrawal, but consider that Natural Selection at work. ;)

A more likely outcome would be introduction of federal legislation prohibiting online "blackout" events conducted for the purpose of directing attention to legislative proposals.

maq0r

2012-01-17 09:13:16 AM

Sasquach: [imgs.xkcd.com image 640x322]

/to avoid the questions

Thanks! haha, that's what I was going for.

/subby
//Other submissions where: 1.- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales gets elected president of Madagascar and, 2.- If you have homework due on Thursday, you might want to do it before Wednesday.

Zotico

2012-01-17 09:17:10 AM

Jingo Django Mourning

2012-01-17 09:28:02 AM

CCCarnie

2012-01-17 10:10:02 AM

Crap. I often use Wikipedia to help answer questions while doing my job. Now I'm going to have to use *shutter* forum sites:

Me: "This guy had the same problem as me. I wonder how he solved it... Let's see, some people had some advice, did any of it work?"

OP, later in the forum post: "Nevermind. I figured it out a different way. Thanks anyways guys!"

Me: "WHAT? Y u no say what solved problem?!? BLARGH!"

Shaylen

2012-01-17 10:11:13 AM

Good for them, but honestly i think it would be more effective if we didn't know when it was going to happen. Or if it was going to happen at all. It should just happen. Would be far more jarring.

/would suck to be a day without gmail if google decided to do it.
//I could live a day without facebook. Probably should given how much i'm on it.

Honest Bender

2012-01-17 10:13:34 AM

Shaylen: /would suck to be a day without gmail if google decided to do it.

If working in the tech industry has taught me anything it's this: Do NOT fark with people's email.

Slaves2Darkness

2012-01-17 10:13:54 AM

Can't they just enter code 666?

loonatic112358

2012-01-17 10:22:02 AM

Sasquach: No author...it was created by the magic of the tubes....

we can take Solace in that the internet could be self aware

Giltric

2012-01-17 10:22:36 AM

Wouldn't you be able to look at the latest snapshots of the page in a cache or wayback machine?

loonatic112358

2012-01-17 10:23:36 AM

basemetal: /twitch

yea, i don't know what i would do as i listen to a moron who forgot to disable their antivirus while installing expensive software

/twitch
/twitch

Fubini

2012-01-17 10:26:44 AM

Shaylen: Good for them, but honestly i think it would be more effective if we didn't know when it was going to happen. Or if it was going to happen at all. It should just happen. Would be far more jarring.

I bet >90% of the population doesn't know what SOPA is and they don't care. Even 90% of the people using Wikipedia today are going to miss the huge black banner across the top.

The majority of people visiting Wikipedia tomorrow will be unpleasantly surprised.

Teenwolf

2012-01-17 10:28:49 AM

CCCarnie: Crap. I often use Wikipedia to help answer questions while doing my job. Now I'm going to have to use *shutter* forum sites:

Me: "This guy had the same problem as me. I wonder how he solved it... Let's see, some people had some advice, did any of it work?"

OP, later in the forum post: "Nevermind. I figured it out a different way. Thanks anyways guys!"

Me: "WHAT? Y u no say what solved problem?!? BLARGH!"

There's also, coincidentally, a relevant XKCD comic for that situation:

imgs.xkcd.com

Fubini

2012-01-17 10:30:18 AM

Dimensio: mamoru: Honestly, I'd like to see Google, Facebook, and Twitter join in on this. Imagine the outrage from the masses if they couldn't access any of those sites for 24hrs, but instead saw only a page saying "This could happen at any time if Congress passes these laws. Call your congress-critter and tell him or her NO!".

Of course, there would probably be a significant number of suicides and people having convulsive fits and such due to withdrawal, but consider that Natural Selection at work. ;)

A more likely outcome would be introduction of federal legislation prohibiting online "blackout" events conducted for the purpose of directing attention to legislative proposals.

Except, such a piece of legislation would be blatantly unconstitutional. You can't compel a company to provide their service.

The bigger issue for the big players like Google would be the raft of business contracts they have. It'd be very easy for them to violate some kind of Service Level Agreement in the act of protesting, which could lead to large financial damages for Google.

I'd be really happy if they put up doodle on their front page.

Shaylen

2012-01-17 10:30:40 AM

Honest Bender: Shaylen: /would suck to be a day without gmail if google decided to do it.

If working in the tech industry has taught me anything it's this: Do NOT fark with people's email.

It would suck for businesses running on google apps (I know a few). But it would drive the message home.

CitizensUnited

2012-01-17 10:47:01 AM

Nonsense like this makes me support SOPA and write to my congressman to express said support.

the internet "free culture" b.s. has gone on long enough.

Protect IP, and let ISPs meter the internet, and let's move to an economically rational system instead of this nonsense.

PsyLord

2012-01-17 10:54:19 AM

Great... now I won't be able to figure out how babbies are formed or how magnets work.

blahpers

2012-01-17 10:57:47 AM

Teenwolf: CCCarnie: Crap. I often use Wikipedia to help answer questions while doing my job. Now I'm going to have to use *shutter* forum sites:

Me: "This guy had the same problem as me. I wonder how he solved it... Let's see, some people had some advice, did any of it work?"

OP, later in the forum post: "Nevermind. I figured it out a different way. Thanks anyways guys!"

Me: "WHAT? Y u no say what solved problem?!? BLARGH!"

There's also, coincidentally, a relevant XKCD comic for that situation:

[imgs.xkcd.com image 485x270]

THIS IS ME EVERY DAY

erik-k

2012-01-17 11:02:33 AM

Frankly, I think it's best Google stay out of the day of protest. Why? Because for some odd reason, google/youtube are being threatened with a monopoly investigation at the same time the MAFIAA pushes SOPA - If 70% of all Internet searches, ads, and videos all go offline as a result of Google saying "F U", that investigation suddenly turns into a lawsuit unless Google caves to them.

CitizensUnited:

24.media.tumblr.com

You're about as subtle as a runaway freight train.

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