And a follow-up to let everyone know the blackout is complete. The web site is back to normal, and all messages were processed today as usual.
Thanks to everyone that supported our decision to black out the website for the day. Reading all the activity around SOPA/PIPA protests online today confirmed it was a good move. Thanks Jeff On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Butch Evans <but...@butchevans.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2012-01-17 at 21:20 -0800, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > > The only change is all web pages are serving HTTP 503 (Service > > Temporarily Unavailable) for the next 24 hours. There is no disruption > > to email archival. > > Thanks for the clarification. As a consultant to ISPs, I can assure you > that I fully support your actions, along with the other participants in > the blackout. Along with a number of folks from my industry, I have > written to a large number of Senators and Congressmen requesting that > these bills be defeated. These are VERY BAD for the internet at large > and the bills (in general) are way too vague. Good for you for standing > up (or standing down, as it were) to be heard. > > -- > ******************************************************************** > * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation * > * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * > * http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * > * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * > * NOTE THE NEW PHONE NUMBER: 702-537-0979 * > ******************************************************************** > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to gossip-unsubscr...@jab.org. >
