September 2012 – Page 2 – New Pirate Times

Flattr Appreciation During August | PirateTimes

Josef Ohlsson Collentine September 22, 2012 October 19, 2020

Flattr Appreciation During August September 22, 2012 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In the spirit of transparency here is our income report for August. We received €6.02 through 47 flattrs by 9 unique users. This money will go to covering our costs for web space and paying our domain name. More importantly it gives motivation to us since you show that you care enough about our work to support it with money. Flattr is a microdonation service that allows you to give a small amount of money each month to content you would like to give support. It can be compared to a “facebook super-like” …

Creator News Pirate Topic Zbigniew Łukasiak

Neigher left nor right | PirateTimes

Zbigniew Łukasiak September 20, 2012 October 19, 2020

Neither left nor right – an essay on Pirate politics September 20, 2012 · by Zbigniew Łukasiak · in Pirate Topic “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need” is one of the most well known Marxist slogans and it is also how Free and Open Source Software (FLOSS) is being used and produced. Is FLOSS communist? In FLOSS you choose what you want to do and you do it your own way and you don’t need to ask anyone to let you test your ideas, just like in the free market you can test your business ideas without asking for permission. Is FLOSS libertarian? FLOSS meets …

Creator Felicitas Steinhoff News Pirate Topic

TrapWire – Big Business Brother Is Watching You | PirateTimes

Felicitas Steinhoff September 14, 2012 October 19, 2020

TrapWire – Big Business Brother Is Watching You September 14, 2012 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Pirate Topic On 10 August 2012 operators of the notorious whisteblower site Wikileaks reported that they had been hit by a cyber attack. 10GB of data were supposedly fired at their servers in a pretty severe DDoS-attack. One reason for the attack could have been the publishing of a large number of files related to a project called „TrapWire“. The German online news portal “Spiegel Online“ reported that New York is in talks to test a new surveillance system that is capable of tracking movement patterns as well as license plates. Internal documents …

Creator Paul Wardenga Tipsandtricks

Who Votes For Pirates? Poll shows target demographic. | PirateTimes

Paul Wardenga September 12, 2012 October 19, 2020

Who Votes For Pirates? September 17, 2012 · by Paul Wardenga · in Tips & Tricks German study on voting behaviour gives insights on Pirates’ target demographic Who is likely to vote Pirate? Previously, there have been mostly educated guesses about the target demographic of the Pirates, tending to name young technology affiniados. A recent representative study, carried out by Prof. Elmar Brähler and Dr. Oliver Decker from the University of Leipzig [1], examined all political parties, including for the first time the Pirate Party of Germany. It shows that the general assumptions about pirate voters aren’t completely wrong, but incomplete. There are several more aspects as to what makes …

Creator Election Justus Römeth News

Dutch Election Today! First National Seat for the Pirates? | PirateTimes

Justus Römeth September 12, 2012 October 19, 2020

Dutch Election Today! First National Seat For the Pirates? September 12, 2012 · by Justus Römeth · in Election In one hour we should know the preliminary results from the Dutch elections and how Piratenpartij (PPNL) did. For live coverage you can take a look at one of the two following people covering it Justus Römeth and Andrew Norton. Some selected excerpts from the reporting by Justus Römeth (part of Pirate Times reporters) can be seen below. – (Piratenpartij) have a very realistic chance of making it into the “Tweede kamer” (national parliament), the second chamber of the Dutch parliament, today. Doing so would mean they are the first pirate …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator News Pirate Topic Tips & Tricks

Lower Saxony Pirates in a Turbulent Sea | PirateTimes

Andrew Reitemeyer September 6, 2012 March 6, 2021

Lower Saxony Pirates in a Turbulent Sea September 6, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topics, Tips & Tricks CC BY Pirate Times It took the Pirates of Lower Saxony in Germany three meetings and a lot of pain and anguish to select a list of candidates for their elections to the state parliament, Landtag, due in January 2013. A combination of factors led to a long torturous process to accomplish what most political parties can accomplish in a few hours. See Pirate Times article. Dr. Meinhart Ramaswamy (the leading candidate for the coming elections), in a conversation with the author, identified some of the problems which stem …

Creator Felicitas Steinhoff News North-America

Do the Pirates stand a chance in the US? | PirateTimes

Felicitas Steinhoff September 5, 2012 October 19, 2020

Do the Pirates stand a chance in the US? September 5, 2012 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in North-America, Pirate Party News Brad Hall’s first encounter with the Pirate Party happened when he happened across a post on Boingboing.net regarding the party. Intrigued, Brad decided to ingratiate himself in the US movement, aiming to become an embedded journalist. While supporting the cause, he tried to distance himself from it. He failed and became one of its top US members. Felicitas Steinhoff, whose first encounter with the Pirate Party took place when she attended a meeting of the Pirate Party Massachusetts in Boston this spring, quickly became an involved member of …

Conference Creator Justus Römeth News Pirate Parties

PPEU Conference Barcelona | PirateTimes

Justus Römeth September 1, 2012 October 19, 2020

PPEU Conference Barcelona September 1, 2012 · by Justus Römeth · in Conference On this weekend there will be an international pirate conference in Barcelona. Apart from the final discussion and drafting of statutes for founding of a European Pirate Party there is also a panel planned on broader, more general topics. Pirate Times was able to ask Muriel Rovira Esteva, international coordinator from the Catalonian Pirate Party, a few questions. Pirate Times: Muriel, thank you for your time. After the drafting of the conference text at the last PPI conference in Prague, and the meetings in Aarau and Potsdam the upcoming conference is taking place in Barcelona. What was …