Pirate Party Considers Floating Server Blimp

[greenflash]

I WANT ONE!

 

[AceAngel]

Not really, good idea...

 

[Vault Citizen]

So these people are more willing to spend more avoiding having to pay for what they want (what a shocking concept!) than pay less just buying the content legititmately?

 

[DamienHell]

I can imagine how this conversation went down.
"We need like a blimp or something like that, make it all solar powered"
"nah nah nah, we need like a satellite IN SPACE! Then they won't be able to send in raid teams, cause there won't be any AIR!"
"Come on now, be realistic, a satellite? No we need a massive blimp"
"...Have you guys thought about...I don't know, a boat?"
"HAHAHA a boat? Come on boats are in water, and water damages electronics. No we need a satellite"

 

[Loonerinoes]

Rather than putting all eggs in one basket, it'd probably make more sense for them to look into future tech that could potentially decentralize even their servers.

Like...being able to run a site or network via a few servers in Russia...a few in China...a few in Sweden...a few in Haiti...ect. Meaning that even if one of these server sites was brought down by a raid, such as the one done in Sweden but for a longer time, it wouldn't matter one bit...at least not until we get a one world government anyway.

Something like that would probably cause far bigger headaches than a single floating or flying target that some 'unauthorized' or 'unknown' missile launch can easily bring down.

 

[Joe Deadman]

Jeeze guys just build an underwater utopia to house your servers already.

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of anothers brow?...

 

[Wintermoot]

that would be awesome but ONLY if they talk like pirates and have a jolly roger flag

 

[JediMB]

Jeeze guys just build an underwater utopia to house your servers already.

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of anothers brow?...

Drat. After seeing the Columbia-reference at the top, I was really hoping I could at least be the first to suggest going the Rapture route instead.

 

[Sneaky Paladin]

" Hey billy whats that thing floatin in that der sky? "
" I dunno Pa "
" Well I'mma shoot them aliens before they abduct me! "

Pa then proceeds to shoot down the floating server

 

[feather240]

A flotilla of boats would be a lot cooler.

 

[MagicMouse]

"What's that in the sky?!" "It's a bird, a plane, no its the SKY PIRATES!"

 

[Enkidu88]

" Hey billy whats that thing floatin in that der sky? "
" I dunno Pa "
" Well I'mma shoot them aliens before they abduct me! "

Pa then proceeds to shoot down the floating server

I smell a sitcom!

 

[King Toasty]

Dude, it's time to go Steampunk with the internet.

Like... this thing.

 

[Logan Westbrook]

"Hey! The government don't control the AIR! What if you lived in a BALLOON!"

You wouldn't believe how many times that line when through my head when I was writing this.

 

[gamefreakbsp]

I could see someone 'accidentally' blowing it out of the sky, just before getting a large cash donation from an anonymous source.

That would be the funniest thing I have seen or heard of in a long time.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Uh...airspace is still in the jurisdiction of the country who owns it.
You would have to put your servers out over the ocean...and what's going to stop some national government from using your floating illicit servers as target practice?

And this creates the very real possibility of the computers pirates being threatened by REAL PIRATES.

 

[FaceFaceFace]

I have an idea, just buy the games/movies. I honestly don't get what they hope to achieve. There are two types of media: free stuff on the internet, and stuff you have to pay for. Pirates want to make the second type free too, but why? None of that stuff, ie big-budget movies and games, will get produced if it can't turn a profit. So instead of being able to get some cheaply-made free stuff and some expensively-made stuff you have to pay for, all that will exist will be the cheaply-made free stuff. That's not better, thats just fewer options.

 

[wordsmith]

to host file sharing servers outside of any country's jurisdiction, a boat in international waters seems a much easier way of doing it, especially as no specific law prohibits it yet.

Piracy on the high seas? Oh, that slaps me on the knee xD

 

[Tom Phoenix]

I promised that I would always post this video every time pirates are mentioned, so here it is:


Speaking of which, I guess a dedicated file-sharing satellite would probably have Gundams protecting it as well.

As entertaining as they are, it's incredibly unlikely that either of these plans will ever come to fruition. They're both too expensive and too difficult to ever be feasible, not to mention that it the PPI really wanted to host file sharing servers outside of any country's jurisdiction, a boat in international waters seems a much easier way of doing it, especially as no specific law prohibits it yet.

Arguably, though, a boat would also be an easier target for a covert ops team (of any country) to attack. Just remember what happened to Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior.

 

[E-Penguin]

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of anothers brow?...

That sounded strangely disturbing.