Yep. But we usually don't call both groups pirates. These professional pirates you speak of are more accurately counterfeiters.

Ack. I'm not normally patriotic enough to mouth off when someone is wrong on the internet, but come on.

You even link to a page that states that the MOSAD agents in New Zealand were caught and jailed. (Sure, not jailed for long, but jailed.) I imagine though, that by stating "When Israel needs to do its dirtiest deeds, it usually with an Oz or NZ passport ", you are referring to the assassination in Dubai of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Here is the breakdown (from wikipedia) of the passports used:

United Kingdom (6), Republic of Ireland (5), Australia (3), France (1 - suspected of being the hit squad leader and logistical coordinator), and Germany (1).

Where is New Zealand on that list?

If it comes to Linux via Steam, I'll have no excuse left.

That is if all of the goods have a fair price. Here from Wikipedia about antitrust law:

It can't be more predatory by giving them away.

Who was it that said, "You haven't really succeeded until the Department of Justice comes knocking on your door"? I seem to recall having read that back in the 90s, regarding Microsoft.

Anyway, congratulations Google. You've really made it now.

I wonder how many times the Barbra Streisand effect actually has a somewhat positive effect. Lets face it unless you're looking for game reviews you probably wouldn't have known about Escapist to begin with. However now with it on the front page of the news I am willing to bet quite a few people will head on over to check out the site. From the negative point of view a forum I never knew existed (and I go to the website weekly for a specific video review) banning a few users because admins decided they were talking about things that potentially cut off their main revenue stream doesn't register at all to me. I'll still go there, and probably still won't visit the forum I knew nothing about. But I'm sure someone will "discover" this site due to the Streisand effect.

Today I used a computer without adblock for the first time in months
I stopped at stared at the ads without realising they were ads.
They were so alien to me I couldn't comprehend why there was a picture of a fat woman on the screen which was ttoally irrelevant to what I was reading

the targets sued where smaller, near one man operations. Gawker is anything but.

403,000 frames
divided by 50 weeks
divided by 5 days a week
= 1,612 frames per day
divided by 8 hours
= 201.5 frames per hour
divided by 60 minutes
= 3.4 frames per minute

That's a hell of a lot of images to have to review every day just to keep up. Doesn't leave a lot of time for any editing or much of anything else. I realize some can be dismissed after one second of review, but still...

The reason to not talk about something when the publication is pending is to avoid having your work scooped by another researcher, not due to contract obligations with the journal.

The only time an academic researcher is free to talk about their work is once it has already been published and their name is permanently associated with the results.

Even in Texas, which is very much an "at will" state, there is some protection. It's a pretty uphill battle for an employer to show "for cause", especially for an employee who has been there for a while.

They can certainly fire you and try to keep you from getting unemployment but it will require a lot of work and expense.

Just offering you something for quitting instead of getting fired would sink their case and generally get them in hot water. Basically, they bluffed you into quitting.