>>> Actually, I don't think many of the users in Egypt were anything more
>>> than normal users, but the techies made it easy for them to route
>>> around the government-imposed outage during the uprising there.
>>
>> Am I missing something?
>
> You were aware that Hosni Mubarak is no longer in charge in Egypt and
> that they had a "small" revolution last year, weren't you?

Nope. The politics of remote countries isn't something I generally keep 
up with. (Heck, the politics of *this* country isn't something I avidly 
follow...)

>>>> I have to admit, Wikipedia's blackout is the very first time I'd even
>>>> *heard* of The Pirate Bay.
>>>
>>> <boggle>
>>
>> What? Like it's famous or something?
>
> Arguably the most famous torrent site in the world.

And Edgar Froese is arguably the most famous band member ever to be in 
Tangerine Dream... Have *you* ever heard of him?

Fame is a relative thing.

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