Hacker News on 30 December 2011

• Ron Paul speaks against SOPA
• The lost Van Jacobson paper that could save the Internet
• Hitchhiker's Guide to Python
• Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A Million Pages Down
• I made progress bars using only CSS3. You can use them for free.
• Download Entire Wikipedia for Offline Use With an HTML5 App
• Hashify: what becomes possible when one is able to store documents in URLs?
• How to Become a Must-Have
• The Magna Carta Essay
• I Just Ordered a Ladle from Amazon