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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 05:55 PM
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Today is Worldwide "Talk like a Pirate Day," and today 6 big movie studios
Edited on Mon Sep-19-05 06:15 PM by Up2Late
Today 6 big movie studios announced they're pooling their resources to develop new anti-piracy technologies.

Story from PRI's "Marketplace." Can you say, Aaaarrrrrgggg!

Monday, September 19, 2005

Hollywood hunts ghostly pirates



Listen to this story (at link above)

Today 6 big movie studios announced they're pooling their resources to develop new anti-piracy technologies. Marketplace's Tess Vigeland reports. <http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2005/09/19/PM200509193.html>
<http://marketplace.publicradio.org/>


Sorry, I think their server must be swamped. I'm getting RealAudio Errors too.
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 05:59 PM
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1. Arrrr Mateys
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:00 PM
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2. I didn't know anyone else knew about "Talk Like a Pirate Day"
My co-worker and I were doing it all day. We were cracking each other up.
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:04 PM
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4. They just said it on Public Radio, so now at least 5% of Americans do.
Arrrg, I'm having trouble with the RealAudio Link Maties! I'm going to try posting it above, and see if that works.

Arrrrrggg.
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Gemini Cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:15 PM
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7. Several of us are doing it where I am.
I think people are getting a tad annoyed with us.:evilgrin:
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:03 PM
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3. Shiver me timbers!
nt
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enigma-e Donating Member (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:11 PM
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5. Polly wants a cracker! Aw, nooo, that's...
... Talk Like A Parrot Day!
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:11 PM
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6. Avast me hearties! There's bytes to be had!
Hoist the hard drive, load the burners! Sharpen the bowsprit!

Arr! Arr!
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:19 PM
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8. Yo-Ho! I knew we had a few pirates about!
Welcome aboard all ye Scurvy Dogs!:beer:
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:39 PM
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11. Splice the mainbrace!
:beer: <-- grog

Splice it again!

:beer: <-- grog


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skids Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:23 PM
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9. Curmudgin's me missed it.

Arrrrrr! I flat fergot! Well fill me hoisters with chum!

Talk like a pirate day is great when they run one of those anti-piracy pre-screening ads in the movie theater, BTW. There's enough people doing it to get the whole theater going.

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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:24 PM
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10. Thar she blows! Audio is working now!
Audio is 1:54 minutes,

Hip! Hip!
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 07:07 PM
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12. I talked like a pirate today and I didn't even know it was "Talk Like a
Pirate Day".

How scary is THAT?
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 11:54 PM
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13. Were you drinking "Captain Morgan" or something?
You must have some of the "Captain in Ya."
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 01:22 PM
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14. No, I was wearing my "WWFSMD?" shirt at work...
"What Would the Flying Spaghetti Monster Do?"
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