OK, my consciousness has been raised, but no more than it already was. SOPA is dead (well, tabled) and PIPA should be, soon. This is one place where I agree with Obama: neither bill, in their current forms, adequately address the issue of copyright infringement and both pose disastrous potential consequences for the inter-tubes as a whole. Hollywood and a moribund music industry are doin' their worst to kill a vibrant internet. Fuck 'em.
But did you SIGN THE PETITION, Buck?
ReplyDeleteGOT to do that! AND, fwiw, everyone who visits here should as well..
wv: frebiolo LOL! "Free Bird," indeed!
Yeah, I did. Tweeted and Plussed it, too.
ReplyDeleteHa! At least you didn't say SOPA was sunk.
ReplyDeleteAcronyms mean different things to different folks. As a former member of the deepwater Navy it stands for Senior Officer Present Afloat (most often an admiral or senior captain).
I went to wiki several times today knowing yet forgetting their "awareness" day. I was looking up Kris Kristofferson and his military background - interesting.
ReplyDeleteI think self-righteous political behavior should be rewarded with my avoiding these assholes for life.
ReplyDeleteNext they will shut it down to save the Armadillo from Semi-Trucks or something...
I preferred Googlr's method -- black out the logo and keep the functionality afloat.
ReplyDeleteSkip: Yeah, different meanings abound. I learned that in the IT bid'niz, where everyone speaks in acronyms, all the time. It's worse than the military.
ReplyDeleteLou: Yeah, I knew, too yet still went. I had multiple "Duh" moments yesterday.
Sans: It's hard to quit The Wiki.
Moogie: Me, too. The point was made but ya still got what ya came for.