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_delirium
Hmm, it doesn't seem able to find the old-style EFF blue ribbons much of anywhere, even though I know they're still up in a lot of places: http://www.tineye.com/search/8a8b9792d6d6056dec92d993595e6d9...
otakucode
It would actually probably be a good idea to keep those ribbons around, with links to the story of the CDA. An awful lot of people don't realize that the law passed with lots of support from people who are, inexplicably, still in office. Even when it was unanimously struck down by the SCOTUS with an uncharacteristically strong decision warning the legislators to not even think about trying such a law again, they immediately did so and continue to do so on a regular basis, suffering no ills from it. In discussions of the possible involvement of the FCC and other government bodies in the future of the Internet, net neutrality discussions and the like, it would be beneficial for everyone involved to have a strong understanding of the CDA and its stillborn children, and knowledge of the Internet censorship laws that keep being passed on a regular basis (but struck down by the courts once someone has enough money to fight them... I've lost count of how many times "virtual child pornography" has been made illegal and then failed the judicial test).
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eagleal
Is this a viral form of something called advertising?

Just my thought!

zachbeane
That particular one is from Keith Ohlfs, I believe from his Pixelsight project. All the stuff I do on http://wigflip.com/ is a pale imitation of what he was doing 15 years ago. http://www.ohlfs.com/keith/self/next/next.html has a bit of info about his NeXT days.
davidu
When I first really got into the web, pixelsight blew my mind. It was so ahead of its time.
wooster
Thanks for the blast from the past. I remember Keith Ohlfs and his Pixelsight project, but had no idea he used to work at NeXT.

His site was definitely one of the major influences in my learning about programming for the web, learning Perl by example, and going on to get a degree in Computer Science. So, kudos and credit where credit is due.