The problem with that is, as soon as the media got hold of the word 'hacker' in the '80s, they turned it into a word that means something along the lines of "malicious intent", instead of what it meant, which was a programmer.

when the "unreleased" tracks of music will start showing up on torrent sites..?!

It turns out there is no black hole at the centre of the Milky Way?

I would really love to see what a file system actually looks like, basically would love to see the source code for it; anyone have any ideas where I can look?

US laws are not enforceable outside the US, but of course the US is trying to bully other countries!

The C64 was the second computer I ever used in my life, the first was of course the CVic-20, with it oh so glorious tape drive. I own a working C64, currently, I only own one game for it, will eventually have to approach the PET Computer Club of Toronto to buy some C64 games as well as a better controller.

Because Nintendo, Sony, and EA are members of the ESA, and the ESA supports SOPA, means that Nintedo, Sony, and EA support SOPA!

The funny thing is, just because our planet supports life in this so-called 'habitable zone', doesn't mean life cannot thrive outside of this zone, until we actually have interstellar travel we'll never know for sure!

Is because I know where to get a non-MST3K copy of Manos!

Kind of cool!

I posted the following to this same exact post that Jeng did:

http://slashdot.org/submission/1854046/good-useful-free-software

For some reason, this post was posted again, and edited, not sure why. But here was my answser to the original question:

You have many different portable application suites to choose from:

PortableApps.com (seems to be the most popular):
http://portableapps.com/

LiberKey (is somewhat new, and hasn't been around all that long, but it's catching up to PortableApps.com):
http://liberkey.com/en.html

I've never heard of the following two, so you may want to check them out anyway:

Pendriveapps:
http://www.pendriveapps.com/

winPenPack:
http://www.winpenpack.com/main/news.php

You have many different portable application suites to choose from:

PortableApps.com (seems to be the most popular):
http://portableapps.com/

LiberKey (is somewhat new, and hasn't been around all that long, but it's catching up to PortableApps.com):
http://liberkey.com/en.html

I've never heard of the following two, so you may want to check them out anyway:

Pendriveapps:
http://www.pendriveapps.com/

winPenPack:
http://www.winpenpack.com/main/news.php

I've got 24GB in my desktop, it's the max that my motherboard supports. I've also got 8GB in my laptop, which is the max it supports.

TL;DR

The problem with the CRTC is that the majority of the administration positions are held by former Rogers/Bell/Telus/Etc. executives, so they are going to help their former employers first and just make lip service to the consumers.