Tag: piracy

Windows Piracy

Windows Genuine Advantage crippled Vista’s user interface. Microsoft backed down and settled on the blacked-out desktop as a compromise.

sucks when your business model is threatened by piracy.

Somali Pirates

map of pirate and hijacking activity off the Somali coast from January to December 2007
2008-11-19:

TO BOARD the Sirius Star, one of the world’s largest oil tankers, Somali pirates had to haul themselves up ropes tied to grapnel hooks the height of London’s Big Ben, with the 330m ship pitching all the while in the tropical swell. Then there was the location, way out in the high seas, 800km off the coast of Kenya. The feat of vertiginous thuggery will be taken everywhere as proof of what is possible; it was the biggest ever catch by any pirate, anywhere in the world.

arr! how about a pirates of the comoros. starring johnny depp?

Malacca Strait Pirates

Since 2002, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has recorded 258 pirate attacks in the Malacca Strait and surrounding waters, including more than 200 sailors held hostage and 8 killed.

Don’t Download This Song

weird al on piracy