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pcernie
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Location: Belfast
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/16 ... _blackout/Good on them. Although that'll be the day I find I'll need to use it more than ever no doubt 
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm
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It's a good idea to draw attention to what the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is all about but I, too, find myself looking up stuff on Wikipedia most days so it will be a long 24 hours without it.
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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The problem is, the sites which threatened to close their doors will probably go unnoticed by those debating the act...
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steve74
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:43 pm
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Location: Manchester
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Just this on the home page now...  I like the fact when you click "Learn more" you're taken to a standard Wikipedia page, that's a nice touch! Good for them for making a stance, I doubt most students will agree today, but there you go. Better a day of slight inconvenience (and a chance for them to do some proper old style research in the library!) than to let this bill go through without a fight.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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I've never understood why politicians only listen to the lobbiests of massive record companies......
Oh wait.... "donations", massive massive "donations". [LIFTED].
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| Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:35 am |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
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And there is this: http://blog.curry.com/stories/2012/01/1 ... rring.html | | | | Quote: It's been highly underreported that ICANN is now accepting submissions for new gTLD's, or 'generic top level domains'.
Without getting into all the details of what that means, other than possibly hundreds if not thousands of new domains like .shop .dork .shill and .drone that you will be able to register vanity domain names under, ICANN has come up with a new requirement upon registration:
You must verify who you are when you register a new domain name, even an international one.
So, if I pay GoDaddy or any other outfit my $9 for curry.blog and have it point to my server at blog.curry.com, I will have to prove my identity upon registration. Presumably with some form of government approved ID.
This way, when OPEN or perhaps a non-NDS-version of SOPA is passed, if you break the rules, you will be hunted down, regardless of where you live or operate since this also includes international domain names. | | | | |
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| Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:53 am |
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paulzolo
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Disable JavaScript in your browser. Wikipedia works as normal.  I would have though a simple .htaccess file to divert to the black page would be more efficient.
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steve74
Doesn't have much of a life
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Location: Manchester
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: behind the sofa
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_________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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forquare1
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Location: /dev/tty0
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I downloaded Wikipedia yesterday so that we have a local copy in the office 
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JJW009
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Location: behind the sofa
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Cool, can you email me a copy? Preferably in Word  _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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| Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:57 am |
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Spreadie
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Location: IoW
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Can I have a copy of the latest version of the internet, if you have it to hand?
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paulzolo
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I didn’t get that far at the time. I just saw the page load as normal, then it blacked out a while later. This just said “JavaScript” to me, so I tried with that system disabled.
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| Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:33 pm |
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ProfessorF
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I hope The Pirate Bay went down for 24hrs in support too.
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ProfessorF
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