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Comment Re:Uh oh... (Score 1) 393

Well, I'm off to tie up a few loose ends. It's only a matter of time before he gets X running in there. After that someone will try running firefox. Shortly after that someone will direct that copy of firefox to the link posted in the summary and then the universe will end.

You're thinking about it the wrong way. Consider it more like inception where instead of dreams within you have browsers within browsers.

Comment Free Market (Score 1) 591

Why for a digital download should the price not be equal. Surely our content hosting is not 50% more expensive. And its not just because the AUD has risen. Back when we were far from parity we were still paying well above the converted price.

US Price 320USD
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/en_US/pd/productID.216647200/categoryID.50726100/list.true

Aus Price 470AUD
http://www.microsoftstore.com.au/shop/en-AU/Microsoft/Windows-7-Ultimate-Full

Comment Re:Not Publicly Available Information! (Score 1) 693

How can it be privacy violation? If you RTFA you would have seen that the user is agreeing to it in the EULA or "privacy policy" or whatever they call it. "When Suggested Sites is turned on, the addresses of websites you visit are sent to Microsoft, together with standard computer information. To help protect your privacy, the information is encrypted when sent to Microsoft. Information associated with the web address, such as search terms or data you entered in forms might be included."

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