- From: thomas lörtsch <thomas@stray.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:37:24 +0100
- To: Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
- Cc: "M. Scott Marshall" <mscottmarshall@gmail.com>
On Jan 17, 2012, at 1:15 PM, M. Scott Marshall wrote: > Hi Mischa, > > I suspect that such a move would cause needless pain to Semantic Web > researchers and be invisible to the U.S. Congress. I don't think that > Semantic Web and other data sharing adherents that use dbpedia need to > feel the pinch - they're already generally convinced of the threat of > SOPA/PIPA (aren't they?). Should be ;-) But I would argue in favor of shutting down dbpedia alongside wikipedia. Of course it causes a little pain to researchers and administrators but that's inevitable with any kind of protest. And partly it's also the point of it: showing that you're indeed willing to sacrifice something to make your voice heard (although I wasn't planning to use it tomorrow anyway). But more importantly I'm not involved in dbpedia in any practical way. Would be "their" decision to make. But I would certainly welcome it! (I would nearly go as far as saying: "that would make me proud in my role as a member of this community", but well - that maybe is a little over the top) Thomas Lörtsch > > -Scott > > -- > M. Scott Marshall > http://staff.science.uva.nl/~marshall > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Mischa Tuffield <mischa@mmt.me.uk> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Following on from the news that the English Wikipedia is going dark in >> opposition to the SOPA/PIPA tomorrow (2012-01-18) given the activity in the >> US [1], I wonder whether we as the Semantic Web Community feel like we >> should turn around and turn off dbpedia? What do people think? Wouldn't that >> be a nice show of support to Wikipedia, dbpedia's parent project, I think so >> ... >> >> Obviously dbpedia doesn't have nearly as many users as Wikipedia, but >> personally I feel it would be a nice show of support, to what is a massive >> move from wikipedia. Poor students, what will they do tomorrow! >> >> Mischa >> >> [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_to_go_dark >> _____________________________ >> Mischa Tuffield PhD >> http://mmt.me.uk/ >> http://mmt.me.uk/foaf.rdf#mischa >> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPFWJoAAoJEJ7QsE5R8vfvtT8QAMJCUTepoNK3dRTGh3Lk0lWS >> MDdxE/2Na96FEqLySGW7U8RekecErNjChaqdONujCY1VXjbn8w4zaTToDj3O556X >> NROZcXy9NwnNV8q7wi8dPg1ijnS08anqzCMzqpBh4LTenxp5/jYyTwwUZEIHzjdT >> XtOaPB2xK4FV/StZW5I0N6eOHK6hmlFcguYMJxRV1QdRVcVmmJ3zjT9Bl8HzVinw >> txLG9NqrqWQWNHxo0rBW9/b8PQGsID8QzHHb/3MctaT3azUWJkhYl4ZeuZqUtQIJ >> mW3Pk8o6V8R6o7YG8POt0YXUzt/25FjRv2uyXkTPvjHtUfICwlboxT7IWGMKTpvX >> IR/hL5vchCdxUHXGdCgZxIncYtWadRgybGS+Veo/AjDKF1Vr6yO0/rzYbuE/BmpB >> wf90E9eFGMuyuzJNxs/M9S5uvUWWNZQI08qbR4Pc+UD5SFQgLXJGcfdZp55AXtOI >> 2iLk0Co/DJT3awAzfNjEtHErfAGoDZzdW7OuJu5EfcvW12wFKPsJyp+s6KBJG1vM >> wUIP8xiYAkRQplIpkTaDbOImjAUFWYavjz4KFq4Mfwc8mpxwOt2jfEF1T+uog3q8 >> BYy2/4cHdVXvdwV3WgsQqPqh+bCxhpA+f0f0vdexoRgIgryzG2K7X3RgosfIK+1U >> rKqnKBnvlcridcCAB42K >> =LWde >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > °|´ ^^^ failed states index 2011 http://www.fundforpeace.org/global/?q=fsi-grid2011 and, on a totally unrelated note: "one can now watch BBC News 24 on the web, for example, raising the spectre of one being in the quantum ‘super-position’ of both watching and not watching TV at the same time"
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