The build tends to be available by FTP a short while before the update all the documentation and front-end sites... ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/9.0/

I feel sick, but not with jealousy.

Well said! This is perhaps the clearest and most concise summation of the subject I've ever read.

We have Windows 7 running on Mac Pros at my workplace, and the hard drives appear to the OS as connected via IDE Channels, i.e. in legacy mode. As for the touchpad, I guess that is more of a preference thing. But a lack of right click is naturally going to throw the average Windows user. I know it'd annoy me.

Isn't it the case that Windows can't use the machine's Intel storage controller in AHCI mode? This and other things like the trackpad make Macs fairly suboptimal Windows machines in my experience.

Supercomputer Made From PS3's what?

My several years experience with numerous Server 2008 (yes that's the same kernel as Vista) and, more recently, 2008 R2 based boxes suggests otherwise. Perhaps your servers are badly configured? Windows Server is a rock solid OS.

When I was at uni, the best note-taking solution I found was the combination of a Tablet PC, MS OneNote, and the "Print to OneNote" feature that allowed me to import lecturers' slides into OneNote before lectures started. Having the slides in OneNote meant I didn't have to waste time copy the slides during the lecture, and could concentrate on what the lecturer was actually saying. The Tablet PC pen allowed for very flexible note-taking on top of each slide. Not trying to sound like a OneNote advertisement; I just think it's quite short-sighted to suggest banning a very valuable note-taking device in lecture halls.

Care to explain why attempting to uphold high standards of spelling and grammar is "lame"?

InPrivate Filtering can be enabled by default with a little reg hack. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dmart/archive/2009/04/22/enable-inprivate-filtering-by-default.aspx

Borest Fathing?

Nope, same here. Perhaps I haven't been Forest Bathing enough recently.

It appears hardware accelerated rendering is disabled by default. To enable, navigate to about:config, set the following setting to true. gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled

Neither Facebook nor PayPal worked properly for me with this extension enabled. Facebook Chat seems to be disabled on HTTPS (not a great loss I admit), and a PayPal transaction I attempted just failed.

You make it sound like you have arrived with sad news. I am fully aware that my post was not entirely technically accurate. However, I am sure most people understood what I meant. I agree that we should be clear with our terms, and I hope those writing the laws are (and haven't all got Internet Protocol and Intellectual Property mixed up too often). I thank you for your extensive list of copyrighted material, and will try to keep an eye out for any more I may find on my travels.