Maybe a link to the addon would be useful in the story?

Being Swedish myself I unfortunately do not think this is what would happen.
People may have voted for the pirate party in the EU elections due to "FRA Lagen" and "IPRED", but both those laws passed anyways and where are the pirate party votes now when the general elections are coming up?
In fact, I don't even see this being debated in media anymore.

It's easy to think that things would be different here but if Sweden had a government that didn't hesitate when it came to shooting protesters, I don't think too many people would protest.

... and when it comes to the likelyhood of an oppressive government being in power in Sweden, the 4%-ish votes going to "Sverige Demokraterna" right now clearly shows that there are quite a few people in the country who actually wants an oppressive government (look past their immigration agenda and look what they want to do in other areas, its scary to say the least).

It's easy to complain about others and say you would do a better job yourself but you can only know if this is true or not if you are put in the same situation. There are things worth fighting for, and freedom is the big one for me, but maybe the motivation is slightly less when people around you are being shot.

So basically, they changed the app and now its reposted on the appstore, then they get a story on slashdot. I doubt their sales are going down.

I dont think he is worried about "most of the people" in Alabama, I think he is worried about the people that do not fall into the category of "most of the people". Are you afraid of "most of the muslims" or are you afraid of the ones that do not fall into that category?

Denmark should not be held up as an example of free speech. Denmark is a country where access to thepiratebay was/is blocked by the ISPs without the court having found (at the time the block was initiated) the site guilty of doing anything illegal. I dont care about mohammed, i do however care about free speech. Denmark is often held up as an example which is wrong. Inface, in this case i have more respect for pakistan then i do for denmark. At least pictures of mohammed are illegal and access to the site was therefore blocked. Exactly what crime has thepiratebay been convicted of in Denmark?

In Sweden I think they got the support they did for a number of reasons.

1) The Pirate Party got the votes in the EU elections, not the national one. The Swedish national elections are coming up too and they don't even show up in the polls yet (meaning they have less than one percent). Basically, it seems like people in Sweden do not care about the EU elections that much, or alternatively they believe copyright is a European issue and not a national one.

2)There is a history of personal freedom where people believe that private citizens should not be monitored unless deemed absolutely necessary for criminal reasons. In the span of a few month, ThePirateBay was sued and in the media it appeared to be a result of pressure from the US. Also, ThePirateBay's servers were seized together with the servers of a number of companies, who made the only "mistake" of putting their servers next to thepiratebay's servers, most likely this was done unknowingly. Furthermore, laws were being discussed that would further reduce personal freedom and allow mass monitoring of the population. Stories were written in media and people got annoyed and began loosing trust in the authorities which resulted in more votes for the PP. Basically, they got votes from unhappy people.

If current polls are an indication, the PP is unlikely to have any impact on the national elections in Sweden. Instead, Sweden is jumping on the European extreme-right bandwagon.
We were unhappy with copyright laws, now we are unhappy with immigrants. My current prediction is that in 2014, we will have anti-dolphin parties (dolphins creep me out).

Forget Farmville

...and start working when I'm at work??

Not sure where you live but where I am, the old PS3 goes for more money then the new slim one, simply because it also allows you to play PS2 games (slim does not).
Sure you can find the odd cheap one off Ebay etc, but its still a big hassle, that is if you get one at all.

I have mixed feelings about the hack, only time will tell if its good or bad.
If it really works without any modchip then it does bring the thoughts to the SEGA Dreamcast, awesome machine but seriously flawed copyprotection.

... and use thepiratebay for posting the torrents, that way their argument (that they are hosting legal torrents too) may actually be true at least for a few torrents :)

... now all we need is "BillionaireITeXchange -- news for rich nerds, stuff that really doesn't matter" so we have somewhere to post stories like this one!

so it shouldn't be a problem for those who aren't modding to play pirated copies.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but the XBOX 360 mod is basically flashing the DVD drive so that it can load games from backup DVD's.
The mod does not however remove the protection such an extent that homebrews can be loaded.

So, assuming this is still correct (haven't had a a 360 for over a year), what can you possibly do on a modded xbox 360 if you aren't copying games?

I've used TrackmeNot for a long time, and today I can see why that's been a great idea!

Probably not the best description as you correctly pointed out, when I wrote that I was thinking of Demons souls on the PS3, basically you play by yourself but while playing people can join your game and help or hurt you.

Like the comments on that page.

IE6 is the only website browser that should be around.
I don't know what all this buzz is about that Firefork website viewer thing, or that Oprah browser.
I knew she did a talk show and all but web browsers? Get off my interwebs!"

Seriously considering this as my next signature.
"Trying to get your website to work correctly in IE6 is like a puzzle game! Challenging and fun!"

Too little too late.
I bought a Wii a few months after release, hooked it up, played Wii sports and thought "this is cool".
A month later I sold the Wii because of the following.
1) Horrible Graphics compared to the XBOX 360 I had at the time (got a PS3 now).
2) Games were fun to play with others but for some reason I couldn't find that many people to play with at 1 AM.
3) No good singleplayer titles that I could play online.

To be honest, the XBOX 360 was better then the Wii in every aspect except social gaming, and although my girlfriend would play sometimes, in the month I had the Wii, after the first week, I hardly ever turned it on.

Finally, the majority of people I know who like console gaming who have a Wii, also have either the XBOX 360 or a PS3.
Nintendo did find a nice segment and are not competing with the other consoles as much as MSoft and Sony are competing with eachother, but I have to agree with TFA, that segment does not include many single-player online gamers.

Now back to COD 4 on the PS3, feel the wrath of my P90!