[aklug] Re: It's going down...

From: Ken Weinert <kenw@quarter-flash.com>
Date: Wed Jan 18 2012 - 07:42:32 AKST

On 1/18/2012 9:28 AM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> Err, correction: I was quite under the impression that they were
> planning to "shut down completely". Turns out that they just inserted
> some JavaScript onto their pages which makes them appear to have shut
> down. (?) All you have to do to get access is to turn off JavaScript
> to get full access again. (Which is about a two second job if you have
> the NoScript extension.) Kind of an ineffective way to do a
> "blackout", in my humble opinion. Oh well... at least it should draw
> some attention to the SOPA/PIPA bills, even if only for a few minutes.
Take a look at http://wired.com today - they were a bit more creative on
their approach.

-- 
Ken
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