 cali_sun
Male, 18-29, Europe
 1 Posts
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Friday, May 06, 2011 3:46:37 AM
@Izaq Estonians were shareholders of the company and they made over 100 million euros in profit when Skype was sold to eBay in 2005. They were not just hired coders, they were part owners of the company. Moreover, they were the ones to come up with the peer-to-peer technology, the audio and video codecs - all of the things that make Skype a high quality, bug-free and easy-to-use software. |
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 KidGixxer
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
178 Posts
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Thursday, May 05, 2011 10:03:34 AM
@robosnitz
"Where the hell IS Estonia? Is that really a country?"
Its next to Latvia and Russia.
or
Its one of those countries you think of when someone mention the Hostel movies. |
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 robosnitz
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
2752 Posts
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Thursday, May 05, 2011 7:58:19 AM
Where the hell IS Estonia? Is that really a country? |
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 LazyMe484
Male, 18-29, Canada
10503 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 11:06:30 PM
agree!!! i HATE the fracking toolbar. it's nothing more than one more pop-up ad!! grr!!! why mess with a good thing fancy?
This is the last time I will say it. Get an adblocker and specify the toolbar as an ad. |
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jamesboxy
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
234 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 10:44:46 PM
what a miserable attempt. Facts are twisted and overlooked to come up with a impressing story. |
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 Izaq
Male, 30-39, Europe
175 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:55:19 PM
From wikipedia.org:
"Skype was founded in 2003 by the Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and Dane Janus Friis.[16] The Skype software was developed by Estonian developers Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn, the same individuals who together with Niklas and Janus were also originally behind the peer-to-peer file sharing software Kazaa.[17]"
So a Dane and a Swede came up with the idea and had some estonians program it. So it's "Estonian". If the country in which it has been coded dictates where the software was "invented", then much of the worlds software was "invented" in India. Right... |
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 martinikene
Male, 18-29, Europe
307 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:48:58 PM
@I don't think you were in estonia then. |
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martinikene
Male, 18-29, Europe
307 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:48:28 PM
I live in Estonia.
If I find who made this video, I'm going to kick his ass, or if he is big, I'll throw in his windows... |
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 HoneyPunch
Female, 13-17, Western US
123 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 8:41:04 PM
Why yes I learned of Estonia in geography.
Why yes I also watched Axis Powers: Hetalia, which is where I learned most of this prior to watching the video. |
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 HalfPintRoo
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2082 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 8:04:06 PM
ESTONIA INVENTED SKYPE- well I stopped watching there |
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 SmilinSam
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
3603 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:46:18 PM
All this stupid crap started when you put this damn toolbar in. Get rid of it, and fix some of the problems it's caused.
agree!!! i HATE the fracking toolbar. it's nothing more than one more pop-up ad!! grr!!! why mess with a good thing fancy? |
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 Trojan
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
512 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:33:21 PM
Hmm, maybe I should move to Estonia then. They also have hits of ecstasy for like 3 Euro, so that helps too I guess. |
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 madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6411 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 6:41:08 PM
Been there. This really surprises me since many people on the outskirts of Tallin don't have plumbing. |
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 Altaru
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
3498 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 5:31:40 PM
I've heard of it. Even before I watched Axis Powers: Hetalia. Hetalia helped, though.
As for their internet... When the land mass is as small as Estonia's, and the population is only around 1.3 million, it does tend to be easier to connect people. A single large WiMAX network could cover the entire country...
IAB: You've messed up something ELSE now. I can't select and delete sections of what I type anymore. All this stupid crap started when you put this damn toolbar in. Get rid of it, and fix some of the problems it's caused. |
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 Angelmassb
Male, 18-29, S. America
15474 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:30:10 PM
Caption clearly written by an American |
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whyme73
Male, 18-29, Western US
468 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:14:25 PM
I know of estonia because this girl on our swim team was born there and was fast enough to go to the olympics for the estonian team. |
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LazyMe484
Male, 18-29, Canada
10503 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:01:56 PM
Correction, most AMERICANS have never heard of it.
Agreed. |
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 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
17455 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 3:55:24 PM
It's right there near Latvia and Lithuania, DUH I've heard of it.
Oh, he was being modest? Well that's different then  |
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 phoneybone
Male, 18-29, Western US
1750 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 3:15:57 PM
meh, i get my porn, i'm good |
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 Aedran
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
295 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 3:06:27 PM
I've heard of Robonia |
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 Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9511 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 2:54:17 PM
I've heard of it but can't point to it on a map. |
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 danthew
Male, 18-29, Europe
2137 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 2:51:12 PM
Correction, most AMERICANS have never heard of it. |
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 hatface
Male, 18-29, Europe
614 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 2:34:59 PM
Who's never heard of Estonia? f*cking idiots. |
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 ledzeppeloyd
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
2197 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:12:12 PM
the pirate bay servers should be there |
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 billzone
Male, 18-29, Western US
133 Posts
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:05:24 PM
if you ever seen encino man, you've heard of estonia |
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