Comment on Request PG: Could we please have the black bar out for Steve Jobs?Comments−courtewing14yFor the unenlightened (or perhaps just me), what do you mean by "have the black bar out"?−tialys14yWhen a member of the community, or a popular figure in the hacker community passes away, a black bar is put at the top of HN in memory of that person.−courtewing14yAh! Thank you very much. It looks like the black bar is now up there, too.−redthrowaway14yTurning the orange bar at the top black. It's been done before as a sign of respect for other important people in the computing world who have passed.−s-phi-nl14yPG has twice put a black bar above the top bar in memory of someone's death. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954 for the first use of it, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859117 for the second.−rottencupcakes14yHe also did it (most recently I think) for rtm's father: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2712469−mwill14yhttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954 It's a black bar across the top of the page. pg puts it up in memorial.−mixmax14ythe red topbar is changed to black to show condolences.
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For the unenlightened (or perhaps just me), what do you mean by "have the black bar out"?
When a member of the community, or a popular figure in the hacker community passes away, a black bar is put at the top of HN in memory of that person.
Ah! Thank you very much. It looks like the black bar is now up there, too.
Turning the orange bar at the top black. It's been done before as a sign of respect for other important people in the computing world who have passed.
PG has twice put a black bar above the top bar in memory of someone's death. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954 for the first use of it, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859117 for the second.
He also did it (most recently I think) for rtm's father: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2712469
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954 It's a black bar across the top of the page. pg puts it up in memorial.
the red topbar is changed to black to show condolences.