[courtewing]

For the unenlightened (or perhaps just me), what do you mean by "have the black bar out"?

[tialys]

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.

[courtewing]

Ah! Thank you very much. It looks like the black bar is now up there, too.

[redthrowaway]

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.

[s-phi-nl]

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.

[rottencupcakes]

He also did it (most recently I think) for rtm's father: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2712469

[mwill]

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954 It's a black bar across the top of the page. pg puts it up in memorial.

[mixmax]

the red topbar is changed to black to show condolences.