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wraith808:
^ Nice post, Renegade +1

40hz:
@Ren - yeah. That about nails it.  :Thmbsup:


I think you need to add coffin box after cartridge box to cover the whole life cycle however. Let's not forget the occasionally successful martyrs to a cause.   ;)

Renegade:
^ Nice post, Renegade +1
-wraith808 (January 20, 2012, 10:26 AM)
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Thank you! :)

I had to go and make a graphic for it:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151173686395293&set=a.10151152691855293.782228.902920292&type=1

DC going offline to protest SOPA on Jan 18


@Ren - yeah. That about nails it.  :Thmbsup:


I think you need to add coffin box after cartridge box to cover the whole life cycle however.  ;)
-40hz (January 20, 2012, 10:30 AM)
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Hahahaha~! Very true! I'd already finished the graphic when I got back here though. :( I think 3 works better though. (Pine box -- yeah -- that works!)

Deozaan:
I don't know if I'm being misunderstood or if I'm the one misunderstanding, but I feel I need to clarify that I'm not saying that protests in general are bad or useless. What I am trying to say is this:

In the specific case of using HTTP Error 404/503 to protest SOPA/PIPA, I disagree with the method of protest because I think it is not an effective form of protest.

In the case of many of the big-name "blackouts" from sites like Wikipedia, Google, or Reddit, I was not impressed with the follow-through used. Google turned their logo black. Wikipedia's blackout was only for the English site and easily overridden with (or due to lack of) javascript. Reddit only did it for half of the day.

IMO those are examples of half-hearted protests. If you're going to protest something you should first come up with an effective form of protest and then commit to follow through with the protest.

Renegade:
This is fantastic:

Graphic:
http://addictinginfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/SOPAinfographic1.jpg

Source:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/18/the-entertainment-industry-always-tries-to-suppress-innovation-and-is-always-wrong-infographic/

@Deozaan - I didn't mean to poke at you (never crossed my mind to be honest). I've been trying to get that same point across a few times in different places in different ways. Just repeating myself ad nauseum. :)

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