The Pirate Bay — "Just a Very Large Hobby"

praps writes "In a fascinating interview with two of the founders of The Pirate Bay entitled 'Are they baby-eating monsters or what?,' Swedish news site The Local discovers that far from being the radical Robin Hoods of the digital age, Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij are actually 'polite, humorous and down-to-earth.' They may run one of the biggest sites in the world but 'it's just a hobby that's grown to be very, very large.' Financially, they are 'happy as long as it doesn't make a loss,' and both hold down regular IT day jobs. And apparently they spend a lot of time with a Bedouin in the Sinai desert."

Comments

Baby eating monsters unite

[Anonymous Coward]

Meanwhile I take piracy very seriously and treat my baby-eating as a hobby.

Re:Baby eating monsters unite

[that IT girl]

Mmmm... babies. The other white meat!

Re:Baby eating monsters unite

[Anonymous Coward]

That's racist! I prefer dark meat babies!

Re:Baby eating monsters unite

[DanielG42]

Only on slashdot would a post like this be modded insightful.

Re:Baby eating monsters unite

[Zwicky]

Insightful!?

OK you've convinced me. I've just been out to the children's playarea and picked one up. How do I prepare it, just drop it into a pot of boiling water or what? Grill? Barbacue?

There is one advantage I have noticed to this: I'll cook it last as it is currently chopping vegetables. A HUGE timesaver!

Re:Baby eating monsters unite

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

How do I prepare it, just drop it into a pot of boiling water or what? Grill? Barbacue?

Catching the infant by the ankles and swinging it brusquely around in tight circles usually does the trick.(And it's won't bruise the meat!) After this, it's best to oven roast at about 160 degrees centigrade until the flanks turn golden brown.(Some people use a rotating spit, but be careful to secure the limbs!). Remember to add a little oil if the child is lean.

The meat should be tender and moist when serving, and is quite filling. Serve with a light salad and cool rice. A fine Californian red is a perfect accompaniment both during and after this meal. For ambiance, the deeper sounds of the viola will aid digestion, or if they are not too shrill, the wails of the mother can be most uplifting.

Not radical Robin Hoods?

[autophile]

...far from being the radical Robin Hoods of the digital age, Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij are actually 'polite, humorous and down-to-earth.'

What, did they expect them to be carrying RPGs, in small boats, off the coast of Somalia or something?

Re:Not radical Robin Hoods?

[pembo13]

I've heard conflicting stories about those (real) pirates. Some say they are protecting their waters that were being over fished by foreigners, CNN of course just says that they are after it for the money.

Re:Not radical Robin Hoods?

[Hatta]

There are plenty of RPGs on The Pirate Bay.

Re:Not radical Robin Hoods?

[orielbean]

that's why they got the tanks - to protect the fish who have no thumbs to pull triggers with.

Re:Not radical Robin Hoods?

[genotype]

Right, and the Somalis who were dragging US troops behind their cars were just street cleaning. They're very misunderstood.

Re:missing semicolon

[xZgf6xHx2uhoAj9D]

An endash isn't even typographically acceptable there. It should be an emdash.

Oh like Robin Hood is going to TELL you

[elrous0]

It's called a secret identity for a reason. I bet if you check with their dry cleaner you'll find that they go through a LOT of tights.

Re:First?

[Milkyfresh]

I'm looking for another guy to bareback my gf (late 20s, white, cute to average) while I watch. If you're disease free, white, well hung, not too old, not too fat, etc, and live near Virginia Beach, let me know.

I can meet 2 of those 6 requirements. Why do these tech jobs always have a huge list of required skill sets?

Re:First?

[RulerOf]

If you're disease free, white, well hung, not too old, not too fat, etc, and live near Virginia Beach

Well, you've come to the right place for disease free and white.

Not sure how close our mothers' basements are to Virginia Beach though....

hobbies

[gEvil (beta)]

My hobbies include &ndash too!

A very large hobby...

[Joe Jay Bee]

...which they make a shitton of money out of.

Hmm.

Very large?....

[Angostura]

... , or "avast"?

Re:missing semicolon

[gstoddart]

An endash isn't even typographically acceptable there. It should be an emdash.

Wow, typography humor. That's something you don't see every day. =)

Next, an in depth discussion on kerning. ;-)

Cheers

Re:This just in:

[gstoddart]

but, contrary to depressingly popular belief, the desire to not be fucked around with doesn't inevitably lead to all sorts of outrageous depravity.

But, there will be depravity, right? :-P

Cheers

The Sinai Desert?

[Eli Gottlieb]

And their favorite film is Donnie Darko, about a human with powers over time?

Crap. We've got a couple of Fremen-in-training here. Arrest them before they can cut off the flow of spice!

Re:Eh

[Hatta]

If the artists want their share of whatever profits these guys make from free downloads, the artists should create a free download site and steal their business. The fact is, most musicians simply aren't willing to compete in that arena. If they want to leave that money on the table, it's hard to blame TPB for taking it.

Re:First?

[genner]

(late 20s, white, cute to average)

Cute to average.....dang I'm too good looking for the job I guess.

Re:missing semicolon

[vertigoCiel]

Keming n. 1. The result of improper kerning.