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Okay. Let's try a government that conforms to your scope. No welfare, so employment is necessary for survival. No mandates for health insurance, facility safety or minimum wage.

A few already-wealthy individuals form companies that offer jobs with 18-hour days, no weekends, no vacation, no health insurance, and just enough pay to keep the employees alive. Anyone who can't work (even for medical reasons, or because of the employer's negligence) is left to die on the street, their position easily filled by a new hire. Employers realize that, so long as nobody starts it, competition is voluntary. Any startup threatening to raise the market value of labor is quickly purchased and disbanded or undercut on price until it fails. Those few people become fabulously wealthy until everyone else catches on and nobody can afford to buy things anymore.

Hm... sounds familiar. We went through this more than 100 years ago. Foxconn and other Chinese companies are still doing it. This is what happens when government doesn't step in with its "revolting" "hindrances" like making you pay people a living wage.

Stop whining about government and come up with a business plan that doesn't depend on slavery.

</rant>
With Google changing their logo every couple of days, this statement carries much less impact than any other site's protest. I wish they changed something more than just the logo. I wouldn't be surprised if many users don't even notice.
Well said. As much as I love the HN community, sometimes the negativity really gets to me. To all of the naysayers, let's see you run a multi-billion-dollar company better than Google does. I say they do a fine job of balancing business, fun, innovation, politics, community, and a thousand other things.
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It's javascript. The normal page loads, then javascript replaces the content with that.

You can turn off javascript to see the original.

They've also made the entire site read-only, so even though you can read stuff you can't make any changes.
this is too long, try this

var d=document;d.body.removeChild(d.getElementById('mw-sopaOverlay'));d.getElementById('content').setAttribute('style','display:block')

fits in a tweet
2600:100f:b002:96cf:54e1:a288:bb8:8424, currently. Incoming ICMP and SYN packets seem to be filtered, but that's reasonable for an ostensibly mobile service.
I think Wikipedia still gets to make its point if you have to pepper in some JavaScript or CSS to get back to it. Much more work than your standard interstitial.
I have to say, I just spent as much time browsing all the different languages represented on Wikipedia nowadays as I normally spend on TV Tropes. There's one good result of SOPA!
Since you're using jQuery, you might as well just use show() and hide() or remove().
You might need to select a specific city to see the message. For example: http://seattle.craigslist.org/
That's a great point. They seem to be the first to focus on the simplicity of the experience.

Curious to see what Resig does as well in this space with the Khan Acdemy's JS course.
I'd much rather you plaster all your friends walls but anyhow here's a fix you just paste in the address bar whilst on a wikipedia page.

javascript:$('#mw-page-base, #mw-head-base, #content, #mw-head, #mw-panel, #footer').show();$('#mw-sopaOverlay').hide()
Didn't realize it because of NoScript. I'm actually a little bummed at how easy it is to work around.
Craigslist STOP PIPA (Senate 968) & SOPA (HR 3261)
Unblackout wikipedia - use this after you understand why the blackout was needed
There's also just using the Mobile version of the website.
I prefer CTRL+U
> Do you have references for your position?

I didn't have anything specific in mind; I'm going by my own experience, discussions with past colleagues, and conferences over the years more than anything. That said, it's not hard to turn up examples with a few minutes looking through my bookshelf and Google Scholar.

For automated testing, just stick search terms like "automated software testing" into Scholar and set the latest year to, say, 2000. You'll turn up dozens of papers going back decades that talk about techniques similar to what we would call unit testing today.

Continuous integration is another obvious one. The likes of Grady Booch were writing about the advantages of frequent integration builds by the early '90s. The term "continuous integration" appears in Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications (1993), for example.

The prior existence of refactoring techniques is kind of obvious, as people had been discussing simple transformations like moving functions and data up and down a class hierarchy since the dawn of OOP. If you want a specific citation, Design Patterns (1995) mentions the specific term "refactoring" a few times, in turn citing academic papers on the subject cowritten by one of the authors as early as 1990, around a decade before Fowler's book and several years before Beck coined the term according to some Agile advocacy.

That's all I've got time for now, but I'm sure you could find eqally authoritative sources for the other things I talked about if you genuinely want to know.
I'm honestly surprised their 503 page isn't as NASCAR with advertisements as their regular page is. This must be costing them a fortune.
Disable Wikipedia Blackout (Bookmarklet)
For those who already know about SOPA, and would like to use Wikipedia today:

javascript:%24(%22%23mw-page-base%2C%20%23mw-head-base%2C%20%23content%2C%20%23mw-head%2C%20%23mw-panel%2C%20%23footer%22).css(%22display%22%2C%22inherit%22)%3B%24(%22%23mw-sopaOverlay%22).css(%22display%22%2C%22none%22)
I would not want to be manning the tech support phones today.
> I have spoken to a few supporters of SOPA/PIPA.

What company and why? What's a rational defense of SOPA/PIPA?
Alternate (and more well-attended) event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/232028526874851/
The link no longer works. Redirects to v1.x.
This displays the content. Or one can click the browser stop button just after the page is loaded.

$("#mw-sopaOverlay").hide(); $('body').children.show();

I thought they were going to use 503 redirects.
Editing has also been blocked for everybody except "stewards" and "staff".
Considering that the MPAA openly claims Google profits from illegal advertising, Google should be fighting harder.

http://blog.mpaa.org/BlogOS/post/2012/01/10/How-Google-profi...

"This is all just a reminder that many of the opponents of SOPA and PROTECT IP, while they like to portray themselves as brave Internet freedom-fighters, are in reality doing little more than protecting their own business interests. They profit from illegal activities, and they will vigorously resist legislation that seeks to put this practice to an end."

Direct quote from the MPAA, folks.
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The black-out page did its job in my case. Here's what I sent to my representatives:

As one of your constituents, I want to make you aware of my strong opposition to SOPA, PIPA, and any bill that threatens to restrict or encumber the free flow of information on the Internet.

The monopoly rights that we extend to the owners of intellectual property are intended to provide an incentive to create and disperse knowledge and culture for the benefit of society at large. Legislation that imposes potentially enormous costs on society in order to protect IP rights is antithetical to that very idea.

I encourage you to do what you can to ensure that these bills do not become law.
I thought it was a joke about internet censorship.
I like to see any and all information distributed, and I joined! However, there is a slight difference. We are trying to get the word out viraly--a blank black profile image attracts a bit more attention then a "x joined y group" share.
no they said their logo would be in place as usual. I remember reading that comment and thinking: hmm, that's vague enough to still allow for blacking out their logo.
Must do: View page source. :)
Does not Ruby support pipelines?
You hit the nail on the head. Mediocre, petty middle managers are the algae that are sucking the oxygen out of Yahoo.

I may get jeered for saying this, but a non-trivial amount of it was a result of Jerry. He kept his buddies around in high places for too long, and the rot set in. There were VPs in Yahoo who contributed absolutely nothing (and probably are still around, but I left). But they were always blocking progress just to stroke their own egos. Once you have nepotism and incompetence at the top, it just flows down naturally and the next thing you know there is widespread politics and infighting between teams. It becomes a feedback loop; the good people leave, and are replaced with buddies of the current incompetents.

The way to fix this is to actually make the problem worse for a while, by segregating the groups into independent units. Then you fix each of these units, one at a time. Then you bring them back into the fold.

Can anyone there do it? I doubt it. Most of the decision makers are too busy playing politics.
Disabling javascript will "unblackout" wikipedia
Wikipedia doesn't seem to be sending 503 responses (or some such). They are simply overlaying the blackout page via javascript. So disable javascript in your browser and you have good old wikipedia as usual. Also, their mobile site isn't blacked out.
Came up with this when I got the blackout page:

javascript:$('*:hidden').show();$('#mw-sopaOverlay').hide();
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I can't even read it on a 24" screen because the type is way too small. Is this supposed to be billboard sized to be able to read it?
Search Twitter for "WTF Wikipedia" to find a bunch of confused people
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If I valued my time at minimum wage, that still wouldn't be worth it.
If Google has another infographic, I hope they swap it in.

I'm looking at the full page version of takeaction.pdf and the font is way too small. I can't read the text unless I zoom in to 200%.
Do you really expect a service as integral to the Internet as Google to shutdown entirely? Would they want to give people an excuse to try Bing or another search engine? What about their shareholders?

Their shareholders will have much more to worry about if SOPA passes. Plus, Google being completely down in protest for a day would be a huge PR win; it would make those that stayed up and running look ridiculous. Wikipedia's approach is the strongest and most likely to actually sway people into action while Google's will be largely ignored by the public.
Shorter version: javascript:$('*:hidden').show();$('#mw-sopaOverlay').hide();
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Yes I want a 100,000 people with no prior experience or proven talent in the area to take a few web-based tutorials and then start sending out those resumes for programming jobs.
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I'm taking the opportunity to spam my friends and family with this news. "Check out the Google logo today! Wonder why it's a big black bar?" It's jarring and it piques people's curiosity. I think it'll do good things for educating the public.
Very neat. I actually had a similar idea 2 or 3 months ago (although I'm sure this is older than that) to modify Etherpad Lite into a wiki to replace the Dokuwiki we currently use at work. I was going to just build a front-end that managed the documents, though, and only pass it off to Etherpad for the actual editing. This is a much more elegant solution, and the "@" linking is genius!

If you were ever considering contributing your modifications back to the community/Etherpad/Etherpad Lite, I would certainly make good use of them. Unfortunately our wiki is a highly integrated component of our custom-built Intranet, so we couldn't make use of a SaaS solution for it. But congrats all the same! I will keep an eye out for potential non-work uses.
For those of us not from the US who can't see the google doodle ... anyone got a screenshot?

All I can see is a plain link on the homepage: "Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web!"
With adblock you can use this: https://gist.github.com/1631355
I'm not sure where Google's petition goes, and couldn't find a way to view it after signing. Do petitions mean anything? Google truly has the power to 'melt phones' so they may not be able to advocate that, but aren't there other things that can be done?

How many supporters would these types of bills have if it was very clear to readers who were the supporters and opposition to these bills? If congress knew their name was potentially going to be plastered on google or wikipedia, would they have a different stance?

If SOPA opposition was looking for a tagline, I think this comes as close as anything - "The U.S. government could order the blocking of sites using methods similar to those employed by China".
Adblock method: https://gist.github.com/1631355
Hey now, though he's not saying it well, he's got a point. I've been on some extensive travels and sometimes everything starts to blend together. I sit in a cafe and can't remember which city I'm in. It's really the people you meet that stand out, but the sample size per city is still quite small. It's easy to claim that you get exposed to a different culture, but if you only get to know a few dozen people then you might have found a similar culture back home in a different neighborhood.

I think the key is the attitude change that is often stimulated by, but not necessarily caused by travel. You could get the same thing by waking up one morning and realizing you'd like to meet some folks from the other side of town and learn what they think about life, work, love, etc.

Disclaimer: I travel for work. Meeting up with CouchSurfers keeps me sane.
Ask HN: Can Someone Explain SOPA in English?
I see the information page about SOPA on Wikipeda, Reddit and Google and unfortunately, it would still not make sense to a Kim Kardashian or Jersey Shore watching person.

Why saw legislation when you can say "Law".

I was wondering if there could be a comic made that explains it in very simple terms where the majority of people in US will "get it"

For instance: If you send a video of that funny thing you saw on TV to your friend on Facebook and someone does not like it, they can ask Facebook to remove you from Facebook.

Facebook will now have to check your email to see if you are sending music to your friends. Even the music you bought.

This is not the time to play "Fair" or be 100% accurate. You just have to get EVERYONE in the US talking about it. Unless you tell that basketball loving dude, he will not be able to send that rebound shot to his friend, the guys mouthing "Jobs Jobs Jobs" might have the day.

PS: Yes, it is ok to say if SOPA passes, everyone in Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will lose theie jobs. If the proponents are playing extreme, why can't we?
Respect for Wikipedia on not sending 503

http://blog.nparashuram.com/2012/01/wikipedia-unblackout.htm...
and now it's all meta-discussion of people talking about searching twitter
There's a notion: block access only from geo-IPs in D.C. and Hollywood. (I'm not really suggesting this, but it amuses me, and we do need to take the offensive in some way more practical than that, not just keep reacting.)
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Stupid tweets about why wikipedia is down
Its really good way to create awareness. People love google doodles , and something black will make them click , atleast out of curiosity :)
The captions under the numbers on the graphic in the PDF are way too small. Even zoomed in 800% they're barely readable.
Option D: Jaded. I am against the acts, but I think Congress will probably still thumb their nose at their constituents. They'll blather on about "creating American jobs," and recast the voters' opposition as being against that one thing they took out, or as support for piracy, or say things like "senators are supposed to make tough votes that are good for the nation but that none of their constituency supports."
Unblackout Wikipedia userscript
We use JIRA + Confluence. We are a huge installation. Both work well, JIRA breaks much more often than Confluence, but then again we are adding a ton of records every single day. To be fair, JIRA breaks because some third party programs are really careless about how they call the API (ask for way too many records, and that sort of thing), if we shut off API access (and only allow JIRA access on the web interface), then all is well.

Confluence is very stable. We have a ton of content in it, and without it we are completely dead in the water. It works well.

Yeah the tags are a bit ambiguous, but I have never seen the tags get in the way. Downtime would get in the way much more.
I did not realize how much I used Wikipedia until now. I've run into the page four times in 20 minutes (reverted to google cache to get what I needed). I'll make it a challenge for me not to block it with noscript.
Thus highlighting a benefit to traveling if you're not familiar with the realities of different countries. I was shocked to find out that some relatively affluent countries still don't have street addresses.
I can’t get it to work. My Terminal window is xterm-color, and I ran “rvm 1.9.2” and then “./rofl”, but I see only black text on a white background, and the picture flashes white every half-second, making the game unplayable.
Is FB going to do something similar? If not, why not? I imagine the tag-team of Google and FB would do wonders for educating the entire public on this crucial issue.
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Also chaining: https://gist.github.com/1631368
> GPLv3 has various requirements for signing keys to be available. Microsoft's new requirement that systems support the installation of user keys would let users boot their own modified bootloaders, so that may end up being sufficient to satisfy the license.

I don't understand. What does Microsoft have to do with GPLv3 requirements?
What I'm saying is that you can easily get yourself into the 1% with out having to make a huge name for yourself and if you want to get REALLY rich it's also possible to do without huge branding. Although YHOO and MSFT in the tech press are 'dying' businesses in the 'real world' they are hugely profitable.

If you build yourself a business that puts you into the 1% with out making a huge name for yourself you're less likely to have your revenue stream threatened because most people aren't even thinking of competing with you.
Interesting. No one responded that does their startup fulltime without any other source of income or savings. I didn't even think about the fact that you could just be working on your startup living off your savings.
FB should just black out everyone's profile pictures by default - that'd be good enough.
It is not blacked out for me? Am I missing something?
thanks for making it easy guys, I just pushed your code live in about 2 minutes. Not sure I would have done anything otherwise =/

Thanks!

( http://jekyllbootstrap.com to see it in action)
Here are a few methods for unblocking the blackout taken from HN and my own method: https://gist.github.com/1631355
Incredibly so. I am a bit disappointed about the content of the info page: I don't think it tells much to somebody hearing about it for the first time.
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We tried this for a healthcare Q&A site we built (under the assumption that anonymity was paramount).

We blocked spam bots the best we could, but still had issues with actual human spammers and a general lack of quality of submitted posts.

Pros: Questions submitted increased by almost 3x's
Cons: Quality of questions / answers decreased considerably. Threatened the integrity of our overal experience so we removed it.
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Conversely you could argue that they cut unprofitable fat that while bringing in revenue did not bring in profit. Hotjobs and Zimbra don't strike me as particularly profitable.

Also, often times the best outcome for shareholders is to wind down the business and allow them to reinvest the profits, which so far is not an action that YHOO has taken.
How about NOPA
Yep, that's why it's a breaking change (or why breaking changes are bad). On the other hand, if they're using the C# 5 compiler to output C# 4 projects then maybe there will be a new warning (which, of course, is another breaking change if you treat warnings as errors).
I don't think that makes sense since most Linux users don't even normally have a C compiler (let alone kernel headers) installed on their systems...
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> if you randomly select 2 teachers

Then you won't get 2 teachers "in their peak earning years". That part is important too.

There are two separate points here:

1) Teachers are not ending up in the top 1% because they make enough on their own. Very true.

2) Teachers in rich suburban school districts will end up near $100k in terms of salary in their peak earning years (which for teachers generally means near retirement). Still true.

No problem for both of those to be true, since $200k is nowhere near the 1% cutoff for household AGI.
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My point is only that any given nonexpert very rarely outperforms an expert in any field. If you are a nonexpert you should always temper your beliefs; if you thought of it then why haven't the experts? Sometimes they will have thought of it but not executed for some reason, but something that seems simple and obvious usually seems that way because it actually is.
How not to implement blackout page, #wiki
I generally go to wiki from google search, on chrome. Immediately after loading wiki page, press esc key before it goes to blackout page. Now you can read the page.

I wish wiki should fix this.
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This PDF is horribly complex to render and is slowing my machine down considerably just to zoom in and read it. And I'm on a 10-month old MacBook Pro Quad i7!

If anybody out there can fix this, please do before millions of people give up trying to read it.
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It's crazy how many people on Twitter specifically are using Wikipedia EN right now.

Spelling errors and profanity aside, Congresspeople should just do this search to see the effect of their bill.