It is the year 2009, and the world is plagued by... pirates?

If you were a kid going up in the 80s the year 2009 would sound like a time when flying cars would become very common -- at least that was what the cartoon and science fiction comic told us. When the real 2009 hit, not only we don't see any common flying car, yet, but the world is plagued by seafaring pirates? As they hijack ships and demand wealth and booty in the age of satellites and cell phone!

Reality is indeed stranger than fiction.

P.S. Went to see "Wolverine" tonight, quite an entertaining show, but resulted in posting this late ^^;