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The Pirate Bay — "Just a Very Large Hobby"

Posted by timothy on from the but-robin-hood-wasn't-a-rude-hidebound-dreamer dept.

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."

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  1. First? by mockidol · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First? But yes, it is an interesting read. They seem like regular guys to me. Even if it is ay more profitable than breaking even.

    1. Re:First? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      sloppy seconds for you! Speaking of which, 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.

  2. Re:missing semicolon by yincrash · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and i guess it got fixed. that was fast.

  3. U.S. Bailout Of Usurious Banks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    by BushCo to help his fellow criminals.

    Sincerely,
    Kilgore Trout

  4. the tent! by Coraon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hehe what do you want to bet that if the picture showed the inside of the tent it would show the pirate bays off site backup server...I mean even microsoft uses tent computing...

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  5. Tea in the sahara? by fprintf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCSaQeZEL48

    My sisters and I have one wish before we die.
    And it may sound strange
    As if our minds are deranged
    Please don't ask us why Beneath the sheltering sky We
    have this strange obsession
    You have the means in your possession
    Tea in the sahara with you...

    I don't know why, didn't RTFA but something about the summary about spending time in the desert with a bedouin made me think of this song. One of my faves from the Syncronicity II album. I think I still have it on vinyl in the basement somewhere in addition to MP3 on the Nano.

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  6. Hobby on, dudes! by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... and keep sticking a weed up The Man's ass!

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  7. I tried to read the article... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ..but that thumbnail of two Swedish girls kissing somehow diverted my attention. I'm moving to Sweden.

  8. They're taking it back? by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Pirates aren't warm fuzzy things - they're murderous scum that assault ships, kill the crew and then burn the ship if it's convenient. Killing one isn't even murder - more like pest control.

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  9. Re:missing semicolon by Col.+Klink+(retired) · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    As long as we're being pedantic, it should be an "em dash" (two words).

    Some style guides do allow the use of the en dash surrounded by space, although the predominant english guides suggest using em dash without surround spaces.

    It also hasn't been completely fixed, it's still missing the semicolon in the title element.

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