Super-secret pro trick: If you hit your browser's stop button before the Wikipedia article finishes loading, you will be able to use the page as normal. They're just using some client-side styling and scripting to hide the article's content from view. Don't tell your uninformed friends.
I'm really glad that Google got on board with this. It makes sense that they wouldn't go dark because it would do a lot of damage to unrelated businesses who use their search engine or APIs and whatnot. That being said, if only youtube had blacked out, the flood of emails by people who need to see a cat riding a roomba RIGHT NOW would leave them no choice kill that bill and set fire to the paper it's written on.
I actually wish Google would go dark. Yeah it would be inconvenient for quite a few people however if they did that it would definitely make quite a large stir.
Reposted from the MLP thread because I made oopsies.
The Oatmeal has the best animated gif on his page.
On a related note, I notice on Facebook that most of my old high school and local acquaintances really don't post about SOPA/PIPA, while all my internet acquaintances and friends do. It really doesn't surprise me.
Last time I went home I asked my dad if he'd heard of it. He reads 2-3 newspapers a day and watches the news every night and he'd never heard of them, which is really scary.
Re: Google doodles Google Japan's got an awesome Journey to the West one up.
I am quite happy about the stir this has caused in my office. A lot of my coworkers hadn't thought about PIPA or SOPA before but, due to the Google doodle and whatnot, are now thinking about it.
I also think it's hilarious that icanhascheezburger's group of sites, Rockpapershotgun, and Flickr have all blacked out... but you know who hasn't? Kotaku.
I wonder how many high schoolers and journalists turned on their computers this morning and said, "I'm fucked" when they saw Wikipedia was down.
Classes should encourage non-wiki research. It actually makes you work.
To be fair, the only difference between using Wikipedia and going to the library, checking out a bunch of books on subject, write paper, sight references is really just a matter of amount of time being used.
In both cases, the student will learn what he is truly interesting in learning. If he/she is just going through the motions for a grade, the method used is not going to make a difference.
I'm debating whether I should email or call. I feel like I might get in trouble from calling at work, so I might wait until tonight to call Mr. Graham and ask why he is supporting a bill that would effectively squash the growth of a major industry in his state.
Or you actually GET the sources from the footnotes. Wikipedia can be an excellent secondary source. I've used it to find primary sources in many a paper.
Or you actually GET the sources from the footnotes. Wikipedia can be an excellent secondary source. I've used it to find primary sources in many a paper.
Exactly. If you're doing research for a paper you'll probably want to read those sources anyway, so you can summarize it in your own words and make sure you are using the correct information to adequately explain your point.
SOPa has caused me large amounts of amusement working today. The amount of students that lamented the lack of wikipedia was almost reminisce of some sort of biblical fury. Chief amongst these was the Essex girl that had no idea what was going on. Her world had been shattered, the walls of her mind collapsed. Her questioning rang out across the library. The caveat to this display was that she was writing an essay on Modern American Politics.
Well, my grandpa, who writes political/social commentary poetry is going to put up a special poem on his blog today about SOPA. It hits especially close to him for him as he grew up in dictatorship Portugal and once had to censor a play he wrote due to some of its content being "objectionable."
Feel free to read it if you like, but you'll probably need Google Translate unless you speak Portuguese.
https://twitter.com/#!/herpderpedia The amount of stupid in those tweets should make me sad and mad, but I just find it hilarious. Maybe mostly because I can browse and use Wikipedia just fine, no problem. Schadenfreude is great.
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The Oatmeal has the best animated gif on his page.
On a related note, I notice on Facebook that most of my old high school and local acquaintances really don't post about SOPA/PIPA, while all my internet acquaintances and friends do. It really doesn't surprise me.
Re: Google doodles
Google Japan's got an awesome Journey to the West one up.
I also think it's hilarious that icanhascheezburger's group of sites, Rockpapershotgun, and Flickr have all blacked out... but you know who hasn't? Kotaku.
The website shows which people in Congress are for or against it as well as the money they receive from the media.
In both cases, the student will learn what he is truly interesting in learning. If he/she is just going through the motions for a grade, the method used is not going to make a difference.
Feel free to read it if you like, but you'll probably need Google Translate unless you speak Portuguese.
The amount of stupid in those tweets should make me sad and mad, but I just find it hilarious. Maybe mostly because I can browse and use Wikipedia just fine, no problem. Schadenfreude is great.