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Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-you-can't-beat-'em dept.

mlingojones writes "TorrentFreak breaks the news of The Pirate Bay's acquisition by Warner Bros: 'After years of hostility, lawsuits, police raids and heated invective between the two groups, the Pirate Bay has today announced they have settled their differences with US media conglomerate Warner Bros. The largest BitTorrent tracker has sold out to Hollywood and the two have agreed a deal.'"

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  1. Seriously, guys... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Stop it. Please. April Fools is pants.

    1. Re:Seriously, guys... by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Informative
      "Stop it. Please. April Fools is pants."

      Gotta ask...what the hell does that mean? Something is 'pants'?? Never heard that one before.

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    2. Re:Seriously, guys... by jez9999 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Crap. Shit. Stupid. Boring. Onanistic. Take your pick.

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    3. Re:Seriously, guys... by Enderandrew · · Score: 2, Informative

      I believe it stems from British English. They call pants trousers, and underwear pants. I also believe that pants is used as a somewhat general derogatory there.

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    4. Re:Seriously, guys... by Iguanadon · · Score: 2, Informative

      "Stop it. Please. April Fools is pants."

      Gotta ask...what the hell does that mean? Something is 'pants'?? Never heard that one before.

      The word pants is a British term akin to "rubbish." I believe the British also use the word pants to mean underwear and trousers to mean pants.

    5. Re:Seriously, guys... by VJ42 · · Score: 5, Informative

      "Stop it. Please. April Fools is pants."

      Gotta ask...what the hell does that mean? Something is 'pants'?? Never heard that one before.

      It's a colloquialism in British English that's used as a rough synonym for bollocks\crap\rubbish\arse.

      Pants in British English are underwear instead of trousers, hence the negative connotations.

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    6. Re:Seriously, guys... by Jamamala · · Score: 4, Informative

      Pants, used in the British way; perhaps underwear to you.

    7. Re:Seriously, guys... by iron-kurton · · Score: 2, Informative

      The expression caught on in the /. community after this story ran on Idle: Lloyd's is pants

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    8. Re:Seriously, guys... by The_AV8R · · Score: 2, Informative

      They're called Chesterfields, you insensitive clod!

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  2. 13.37 Billion... by Nushio · · Score: 3, Informative

    Thats one 1337 way to close the shop!

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  3. Re:Oh well by Chabil+Ha' · · Score: 4, Informative

    With this extension you can relive OMG!!! Ponies!!! every day. Just go into the options and change the default style to OMG!!! Ponies!!!

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  4. Re:Oh well by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes.

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  5. Re:Oh well by dna_(c)(tm)(r) · · Score: 2, Informative

    you're in violation of rule 1

  6. Re:Oh well by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 2, Informative

    The "Evil Bit" isn't a slashdot original, they were reporting on RFC 3514.

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