January 18, 201214 yr It's being featured on many sites I frequent, including Mozilla and Tucows. Tucows has blacked their site out for the day in protest. I've not checked with CNet, yet.
January 18, 201214 yr Sign the petition here and email your congressman and senators.Just signed it. Thanks for the link.
January 18, 201214 yr This blackout is killing me. I haven't been on reddit since last night and I have NOTHING to do at work today. :lol:
January 18, 201214 yr Ha! Right after I typed that, I saw this: McSweeneys Blackout: Facts to Get You Through the Day
January 18, 201214 yr It's working. PIPA sponsor Rubio and SOPA sponsors Terry and Quayle have pulled their support for the impending bills. Reid has been asked to delay the vote in the Senate and PIPA author Leahy is in doubt. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2012/01/sopa-blackout-sopa-and-pipa-lose-three-co-sponsors-in-congress.html http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/sopa-and-pipa-sponsors-caving-into-opposition.php
January 18, 201214 yr ^ Nice, this thing can't possibly pass. I don't think they are THAT stupid. I do. It should have never gotten THIS far.
January 18, 201214 yr Author I do. It should have never gotten THIS far. And it was well on its way to law before there was such an uproar over it. Congressional SOPA/PIPA supporters have been reversing their support all day. But, I give it six months before they rename the bill the "Protect the Freedom of the Internet Act" and try to pass the exact same thing.
January 18, 201214 yr ^ Nice, this thing can't possibly pass. I don't think they are THAT stupid.They are without a doubt, THAT stupid. Luckily people caught on and caused a ruckus or this bill would be law.
January 18, 201214 yr The Twitter hashtag #factswithoutwikipedia has kept me entertained for awhile. "Rebecca Black, Jacob Black, and Sirius Black are relatives." "The Great Wall of China was built to keep rabbits out." "Pluto is no longer a planet due to copyright claims from the Disney corporation." "Planet Earth had more rewrites than any other show in history. The birds of paradise are notorious prima donna's." "vikings landed on the moon first" "The WNBA is a sport." "I let the dogs out." "the speed of light is slower at night" "Twitter was founded in March 2006 by Jeff Tweety." "the guy in the dos equis commercials is actually the second most interesting man in the world...the other guy was busy" "Canadians lick each other as a sign of respect when they say hello" "Alex Smith was the 16th and 4th president of the united states" "Greedo shot first." (for PepRock) "#RobLowe is the new anchor of World News." "Luther Vandross was a famous leader in the civil rights movement. His most famous speech was 'Here and Now'." "List of Transformers: - Optimus Prime - Megadon - RZA - Voltaire - Ke$ha - Escargot - Paula" "The laptop computer is named after Mortimer Q. Laptop, famous electrical engineer from Rocanville, Sakatchewan." "True Blood is a period drama" ...and my favorite: "The Internet was developed as a means of effectively transmitting pornography even in the event of a nuclear war"
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