pirates
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Legendary Pirate Flop Cutthroat Island Isn’t Perfect, But It’s Far From A Disaster
Say “pirate movie” today and the immediate association is the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Some of those films are terrible, but they all made tons of money. Not so long ago, though, a pirate movie went down in history as one of the biggest flops of all time: Cutthroat Island. How bad is it…
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Will Remind You Why You Love (And Hate) These Movies
Like the ocean it takes place on, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has had plenty of ups and downs. These metaphorical seas have been so rough, in fact, that some people don’t even remember there was a fourth film in 2011, On Stranger Tides, even though it grossed a billion dollars worldwide. I’m happy…
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The Navy Built An Algorithm That Predicts Pirates’ Behaviour Before An Attack
The US Navy is a veritable patent machine — it regularly beats all other government bodies when it comes to sheer volume, with 364 filed last year alone. One recent filing: Patent #US8838515, a “Method for predicting pirate attack risk.”
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The Future Of The US Marines Begins With Fighting Pirates
With sequestration and whatnot, the US Navy is suffering for resources. So it’s getting creative. Creative like launching drones off aircraft carriers? Well, yes, actually — but it gets more exciting than that. The US Marines might soon start fighting pirates.