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19:02:39 [nathanbp|work]Kinda surprised at no SOPA blackout on Penny Arcade...
19:03:52 [Puyopuyo]I'm pretty unimpressed with the blackout as a whole.
19:05:12 [Pipian-Work]It's mostly just Wikipedia soooo
19:05:21 [nathanbp|work]oh? I'm not sure what you expected?
19:09:19 [Puyopuyo]Fun with Wikipedia: I run NoScript
19:09:26 [Puyopuyo]"What is everyone talking about? Wikipedia works just fine!"
19:09:30 [Pipian-Work]I do the equivalent with Chrome
19:09:30 [Puyopuyo]"Sam, turn on scripts"
19:09:31 [Pipian-Work]Usually
19:09:49 [nathanbp|work]Yeah, the Javascript based blackout seems a little silly
19:09:49 [Puyopuyo]"...oh. Wow, that's not much of a blackout if I didn't even realize it was going."
19:16:29 [Pipian-Work]https://twitter.com/herpderpedia
19:16:30 [Pipian-Work]This
19:16:33 [Sacchi]Twitter
19:16:36 [Pipian-Work]is the best response anyway
19:17:23 [nathanbp|work]That is pretty great
19:17:50 [Pipian-Work]Personally
19:17:53 [Pipian-Work]This is my favorite
19:17:53 [Pipian-Work]https://twitter.com/#!/cyberbully42069/status/159485779620544512
19:17:55 [Sacchi]Twitter
19:18:09 [nathanbp|work]....
19:18:26 [Pipian-Work]It is fairly accurate
19:19:46 [Puyopuyo]Wow.
19:19:49 [Pipian-Work]Also https://twitter.com/#!/TheREALmrPaTRoN/status/159521155680710657
19:19:50 [Sacchi]Twitter
19:20:22 [Puyopuyo]Pretty good explanation of how no one understands what's going on.
19:20:28 [Puyopuyo]Er, example
19:20:40 [Pipian-Work]It's an example of the prime directive
19:20:43 [Pipian-Work]People don't actually read
19:20:45 [Puyopuyo]Yup
19:21:14 [nathanbp|work]I think you mean "People that use twitter can no longer read things longer than 140 characters"? :P
19:21:17 [Pipian-Work]MSPA's implementation is pretty good though
19:21:40 [Pipian-Work]Weaved it into the storyline
19:21:55 [Puyopuyo]I don't think they could ever read, Nathan.
19:21:57 [Pipian-Work]Also
19:21:58 [Pipian-Work]http://theoatmeal.com/
19:21:58 [Sacchi]TheOatmeal.com blacked out in protest of SOPA / PIPA - The Oatmeal
19:22:02 [Pipian-Work]This is also great
19:22:03 [Puyopuyo]It's all about soundbites!
19:22:15 [Pipian-Work]And more indicative of the problems than any other site has accomplished
19:23:04 [Pipian-Work]Especially in the skewering of the media industry's real problem.
19:23:20 [Pipian-Work](JUSTIN BIEBER/THINGS-BLOW-UP 8)
19:24:01 [Puyopuyo]How many people actually visit the Oatmeal who aren't smart enough to have heard about SOPA/PIPA already though?
19:24:08 [Pipian-Work]Exactly the point
19:24:11 [Puyopuyo]I liked Robocop 4: Roboharder
19:24:16 [Pipian-Work]Yes
19:26:03 [Puyopuyo]Er, 8
19:26:25 [Puyopuyo]It's a shame that the sites that are best conveying the problems are the ones normally accessed by those already in the know.
19:26:34 [Puyopuyo]I mean, Reddit? Sheesh, most redditers already know about it.
19:26:39 [Puyopuyo]Wikipedia? People just don't read.
19:27:51 [nathanbp|work]I dunno, I suspect the Wikipedia blackout is fairly effective at getting people to call Congress
19:28:30 [nathanbp|work]Where fairly effective is indeed some ridiculously small percentage, but that's still a lot of people considering how many people access wikipedia every day.
19:28:37 [Pipian-Work]Well
19:28:51 [Pipian-Work]If there were ostensibly 3 million signatures on various petitions about it previously
19:28:59 [Pipian-Work]Even assuming a uniqueness of 1 in 3
19:29:15 [Pipian-Work]That's still 1 in 300 Americans educated enough to actually take a stand
22:28:42 [Pipian-Work]So by the by
22:28:57 [Pipian-Work]Were you guys aware that we're going to be getting a Blu-ray re-release of Manos the Hands of Fate
22:29:12 [nathanbp|work]No, I can't say I was
22:30:23 [Pipian-Work]Some guy found the workprint of Manos that was going to be thrown out
22:30:33 [Pipian-Work]And is getting it digitally remastered in HD
22:30:34 [Pipian-Work]http://www.manosinhd.com/
22:30:35 [Sacchi]'Manos' in HD
22:30:51 [Pipian-Work]http://www.manosinhd.com/why-im-saving-manos-the-hands-of-fate/
22:30:53 [Sacchi]Why I’m Saving ‘Manos: The Hands of Fate’ « 'Manos' in HD
22:32:21 [Puyopuyo]......
22:34:07 [Pipian-Work]Guy has literally gotten attention from a number of big names for it too
22:34:46 [Pipian-Work]e.g. https://twitter.com/#!/ebertchicago/status/142037923213230080
22:34:47 [Sacchi]Twitter
22:35:06 [Pipian-Work]http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/12/12/143573040/manos-the-hands-of-fate-carefully-restoring-the-opposite-of-a-masterpiece?sc=tw&cc=share
22:35:07 [Sacchi]'Manos: The Hands Of Fate': Carefully Restoring The Opposite Of A Masterpiece : Monkey See : NPR
22:35:09 [nathanbp|work]Nice
22:35:42 [Pipian-Work]Oh
22:35:53 [Pipian-Work]And one of the MST3K guys also is aware of it
22:43:54 [Puyopuyo]Nice!
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