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@RWMcgrathA to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

First Pirate Bay Server

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First Pirate Bay Server

@RWMcgrathA to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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First Pirate Bay server on display at the Computer Museum in Linköping, Sweden, as part of the exhibit on 50 years of file sharing.

Post was in Private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gamertechsetup/permalink/1380436779201759/

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  • @weew@lemmy.ca
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    the beige CDROM drive on a black panelled case is peak turn-of-the-millennium PC. Not to mention the airflow holes that are practically an afterthought.

    • @RWMcgrathOPA
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      I thought the same thing. I remembering upgraded to a light-scribe drive which was cool. I thought it would take off more but USB keys killed it.

      • @coldhotman@nrsk.no
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        deleted by creator

  • Flying Squid
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    The Pirate Bay itself is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, so this is a very fitting exhibit.

    • @RWMcgrathOPA
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      Wow 20 years. I feel old.

    • zer0
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      Any exclusive offers for the anniversary? /s

      • @JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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        11•2 years ago

        100% off of everything!

    • anticommon
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      Pirate bay still in operation?

      • @azuth@lemmy.world
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        Yeah.

  • @ScOULaris@lemmy.world
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    That’s really cool that someone thought to preserve this and put it on display in a museum. It’s like a modern historical artifact from the golden age of computing.

  • @tabular@lemmy.world
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    I loved their old email responces to DMCA takedown requests (before US copyright law magically, retroactively, applied to Sweden).

  • YⓄ乙
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    Who created piratebay?

    • @neuromancer@lemmy.world
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      deleted by creator

    • @RWMcgrathOPA
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      Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay

  • @blargh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    What an amazing piece of history!

  • @vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works
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    5•2 years ago

    Now do Suprnova! Those early, end of Kazaa days were magic.

  • @Obi@sopuli.xyz
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    I wonder if it was donated by the founders, or recuperated from seized evidence maybe?

    • @RWMcgrathOPA
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      I would like to know that too.

  • @silentdon@lemmy.world
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    Reminds me of my first PC

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