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#1 2012-01-18 00:24:26

All4one
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Wikipedia's Blacked Out

Whenever you try to go visit an article on Wikipedia, it won't let you read the article and gives you a blacked out screen with a message.

Discuss.


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#2 2012-01-18 00:25:52

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

Yep. SOPA/PIPA protest. Old news.


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#3 2012-01-18 00:32:33

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

Disable Javascript to read Wikipedia.


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#4 2012-01-18 00:37:25

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

Oh no! My IQ's dropped by about 80 now.

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#5 2012-01-18 00:47:31

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

ihaveamac wrote:

Disable Javascript to read Wikipedia.

Yeah but that's missing the whole bloody point


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#6 2012-01-18 00:59:25

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

Look at the google homepage.


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#7 2012-01-18 01:01:53

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

It's all like "███████████████████████████"


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#8 2012-01-18 01:12:00

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out


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#9 2012-01-18 01:12:49

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

What even is that face


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#10 2012-01-18 01:15:09

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

veggieman001 wrote:

What even is that face

my special face :£


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#11 2012-01-18 03:20:38

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

UK Google isn't blacked out...


cause a bird and a fish could fall in love/but where would they live?

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#12 2012-01-18 03:40:08

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

Wikipedia works on my iPod  big_smile


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#13 2012-01-18 04:07:30

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

You can also stop loading the page just as it changes.


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#14 2012-01-18 04:43:05

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

veggieman001 wrote:

ihaveamac wrote:

Disable Javascript to read Wikipedia.

Yeah but that's missing the whole bloody point

Eh isn't part of the point to spread awareness, not to disable use entirely?  tongue


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#15 2012-01-18 04:47:07

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

Chrischb wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

ihaveamac wrote:

Disable Javascript to read Wikipedia.

Yeah but that's missing the whole bloody point

Eh isn't part of the point to spread awareness, not to disable use entirely?  tongue

Yeah, that's why I like the whole "We're against this" compared to the "We're shutting down the site for 24 hours to show we're against this", it's just annoying.

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#16 2012-01-18 10:26:02

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

my-chemical-romance wrote:

Chrischb wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:


Yeah but that's missing the whole bloody point

Eh isn't part of the point to spread awareness, not to disable use entirely?  tongue

Yeah, that's why I like the whole "We're against this" compared to the "We're shutting down the site for 24 hours to show we're against this", it's just annoying.

But the point is that that's what it'll be like if the bill passes, sillypants.


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#17 2012-01-18 10:27:16

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

Yep.
Should be back up tomorrow.


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#18 2012-01-18 10:27:18

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

veggieman001 wrote:

my-chemical-romance wrote:

Chrischb wrote:


Eh isn't part of the point to spread awareness, not to disable use entirely?  tongue

Yeah, that's why I like the whole "We're against this" compared to the "We're shutting down the site for 24 hours to show we're against this", it's just annoying.

But the point is that that's what it'll be like if the bill passes, sillypants.

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#19 2012-01-18 10:27:30

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

jukyter wrote:

UK Google isn't blacked out...

Probably because the bill won't affect the UK as much.


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#20 2012-01-18 10:28:55

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

ProgrammingFreak wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

my-chemical-romance wrote:

Yeah, that's why I like the whole "We're against this" compared to the "We're shutting down the site for 24 hours to show we're against this", it's just annoying.

But the point is that that's what it'll be like if the bill passes, sillypants.

Nice sig.

Thank you :>


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#21 2012-01-18 10:39:35

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

use google cache


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#22 2012-01-18 10:40:55

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

Don't go around it! That defeats the purpose!


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#23 2012-01-18 10:42:05

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

veggieman001 wrote:

Don't go around it! That defeats the purpose!

They made it so everyone is aware, so if that person is aware, its job is accomplished.

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#24 2012-01-18 10:43:00

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

jukyter wrote:

UK Google isn't blacked out...

Yeah, UK sites aren't affected, because they're in the UK and not the US.

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#25 2012-01-18 10:45:10

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Re: Wikipedia's Blacked Out

ProgrammingFreak wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Don't go around it! That defeats the purpose!

They made it so everyone is aware, so if that person is aware, its job is accomplished.

But you have to live one day without it! To make you even more opposed, at heart!


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