On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:33:42 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>>> 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...)

So you didn't hear about any of the so-called "Arab Spring" events?

You do know that the US pulled out of Iraq, yes?  Or were you unaware 
that the US (and the UK) were at war in Iraq?  You know there's a war in 
Afghanistan too, yes?  And that's still going on?

And that Osama Bin Laden is dead?

>>>>> 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?

Yes, as a matter of fact, I have - because I have a fair collection of 
Tangerine Dream albums here. :)

> Fame is a relative thing.

It is relative, but there's been a *lot* of news about illegal downloads 
and torrents in the past 5 years or so.  TPB has figured into a lot of 
that news, because the providers keep blocking access, and they keep 
getting unblocked.

I've found it kinda hard to avoid news about that.  I'm wondering how you 
managed it without even trying.

Jim

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