Why a plank? Well, for one, it fits the pirate theme. When plugged into the Bus Pirate, the expansions also look a bit like a plank hanging out over the side of a pirate ship. As an example ...

Although The Pirate Bay's operators were briefly able to get the site back up and running, it spent most of Monday out of service and as of Tuesday showed no signs that it'll be back online any ...

Well, OK, so it's not exactly dead. The Pirate Bay was acquired Tuesday-- for $7.74 million in cash and stock -- by Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), a Stockholm-based software developer and owner of ...