No Pirate Bay Deal, Says Key GGF Technology Partner

[sunnyd]

Story : http://torrentfreak.com/no-pirate-bay-deal-says-key-ggf-technology-partner-09082

In addition to having little to no money to buy The Pirate Bay for 60 million kronor ($7.8m), GGF also has to find 100 million Swedish kronor to buy Peerialism, the company under agreement to provide the core technology behind the project.

However, Peerialism CEO Johan Ljungberg said today that he thinks there will be no business done between the two companies.

[xforce]

honestly no company in their right minds would ever purchase a torrent site or any p2p site for that matter. it isn't simply profitable. the technology isn't the problem, it is the riaa and mpaa that are the problem. they are simply too greedy, stupid and paranoid to see the possibilities they are in front of them. if they changed their minds then we see something different.

[ejonesss]

no but they may buy it out to shut it down.

remember the magic device that was supposed to connect to the car and give very high fuel milage?

the oil co did not like the device so they bought the patent and shelved it.

honestly no company in their right minds would ever purchase a torrent site or any p2p site for that matter. it isn't simply profitable. the technology isn't the problem, it is the riaa and mpaa that are the problem. they are simply too greedy, stupid and paranoid to see the possibilities they are in front of them. if they changed their minds then we see something different.

[User100100]

no but they may buy it out to shut it down.

remember the magic device that was supposed to connect to the car and give very high fuel milage?

the oil co did not like the device so they bought the patent and shelved it.

honestly no company in their right minds would ever purchase a torrent site or any p2p site for that matter. it isn't simply profitable. the technology isn't the problem, it is the riaa and mpaa that are the problem. they are simply too greedy, stupid and paranoid to see the possibilities they are in front of them. if they changed their minds then we see something different.

Got a link to that specific device? This one sounds interesting.

[sunnyd]

Pirate Bay Buyer Has Car And Motorcycle Repossessed

http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-buyer-has-car-and-motorcycle-repossessed-090829/

As if his financial issues couldn’t get any worse, the CEO of Global Gaming Factory suffered yet another humiliating setback yesterday. After a tax debt of more of $110,000 went unpaid, enforcement officers swooped last night, repossessing Hans Pandeya’s car and a motorcycle.

[MythicalMe]

The oil and auto companies were known to buy up technology that would give better gas mileage, of course the evidence was all anecdotal, meaning those devices were part of the urban legend scene of the 70's and 80's. For those of you who remember the carburetor, used to mix fuel and air for the cylinders, they were extremely inefficient for fuel delivery. The fuel mixture had to be set just right or it would use more gas than needed. Many of the designs that I'd heard about added water to the mixture, the idea being that the combustion would turn the water to steam aiding in the power stroke, and some devices were meant to compress the air giving more oxygen for the combustion to work with.

Amazingly, one of those devices is used today. If you buy a turbo-charged car you have a vehicle that compresses the air.

[Duncker]

The oil and auto companies were known to buy up technology that would give better gas mileage, of course the evidence was all anecdotal, meaning those devices were part of the urban legend scene of the 70's and 80's. For those of you who remember the carburetor, used to mix fuel and air for the cylinders, they were extremely inefficient for fuel delivery. The fuel mixture had to be set just right or it would use more gas than needed. Many of the designs that I'd heard about added water to the mixture, the idea being that the combustion would turn the water to steam aiding in the power stroke, and some devices were meant to compress the air giving more oxygen for the combustion to work with.

Amazingly, one of those devices is used today. If you buy a turbo-charged car you have a vehicle that compresses the air.

Oh boy.. Injecting water into an engine is primarily done to lower the temperature in the combustion chamber. This makes it possible to put even more fuel/air in there and get more power. You do use more fuel overall however.
This technique is used on high-performance engines usually together with a turbo or compressor. For normal cars an intercooler is used instead.

Carburettors were/are not extremely inefficient. Yes they are less inneficient than direct injection systems but when well tuned they are often within 5-10% of an injection system. At low rpm's they are often considered superior to direct injection.

If you want to use less gas, buy a smaller car and be careful with your right foot...

[MrFredPFL]

just to come to the defense of carburetors - like the fax machine, they ain't extinct yet - just on cars and trucks. most, if not all, small engines (lawn mowers, riding mowers, weed whackers, chain saws, etc.) still use them.

and i gotta at a bittorrent news thread dominated by a discussion of methods of supplying fuel and air to an internal combustion engine