basically +1 we could do this with CSS tricks, to overlay a png applied to <body> with a 'black hole' graphic which gets a higher Z axis or kind of trick. We should not need to change each and every page if possible.
LieGrue, strub ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:57 AM > Subject: Re: SOPA & PIPA for OODT and other 4-letter acronyms > > +1 from me. > > Cheers, > Chris > > On Jan 13, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Sean Kelly wrote: > >> Colleagues: >> >> The Internet is a global resource and I'm thankful that the majority of > our Apache and OODT users needn't put up with any of the shenanigans that > the governments of Syria, Iran, and China employ routinely to throttle the > free > distribution of software, open exchange of ideas, and unmoderated dialog of > critique deployed against their respective peoples. >> >> Sadly, the United States of America is considering legislation [1], [2] in > its dual legislative houses of government that is on par with these > oppressive > regimes[3]—all in a misguided attempt to stop piracy of both durable and > logical > goods. >> >> While we are an international organization that freely distributes software > beyond national borders, we've got to admit that the practices employed > within the United States has global ramifications, especially since our > software, being free and open source, enjoys a worldwide audience and runs > the > majority of the web's infrastructure. >> >> Other efforts within the Apache Software Foundation have already stepped > forward with visible, tangible displays of their commitment against the SOPA > and > PIPA acts currently under consideration by the USA House of Representatives > and > Senate, respectively. >> >> Some of these efforts have elected to participate in an "internet > strike" by displaying banners and/or "going dark" on the 18th of > January, 2012. >> >> I would strongly urge the Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) project of > the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to join in this solidarity and > demonstrate > a commitment towards the unregulated and open exchange of ideas that we > expect > on the internet. >> >> Towards that end, I propose we shutter the OODT website at > http://oodt.apache.org/ and replace every page accessible under that domain > with > a singular white-text-on-black-background that conveys, without any doubt, > our > commitment to an open, un-regulated, free-of-government control internet that > eschews the ideas of both SOPA and PIPA. >> >> I hope OODT will join in this protest. And, if it is at all possible, ALL > of apache.org will follow suit. The Internet is at a vital nexus point, and > we > face an opportunity for change we dare not squander. >> >> Yours faithfully, >> Sean. >> >> >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act >> [2] http://edrn.me/S >> [3] http://edrn.me/t >> > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Senior Computer Scientist > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 > Email: [email protected] > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >
