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what was your point, exactly ? https://www.choice.com.au/elec...

Also;
Australia has 'parallel import' laws which make it legal to bypass country wide restrictions used by corporations, so they cant legally stop us.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (government funded pro consumer organisition) are pretty strong in areas like this and i would expect them to cause problems for the media cartels if push came to shove.
Using a VPN is encouraged by mainstream consumer oriented groups like choice magazine, see http://www.choice.com.au/revie...

Australia's obviously not a prison anymore; it's not being run by a corporation.

Then why are we being constantly monitored, and why are our laws being written by US and multinational companies?

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-...
http://www.choice.com.au/revie...

I don't remember what I did to deserve this treatment, but it must have been fucking diabolical.

there are not so public meters available. Here is a review of some by choice magazine http://www.choice.com.au/reviews-and-tests/household/energy-and-water/saving-energy/power-meters-review-and-compare.aspx

Case in point, "the average price of a movie ticket in Australia for 2010 was AUD$12.98. In the United States, though, the average ticket cost just $US7.89 (approximately AUD$7.40)" [1]

Having said all that, I don't mind the government looking out for it's people who are being priced gouged.

Oh, and any American who thinks this kind of complaint seems a bit whiny (and are under the delusion that there is much a consumer can do about it) you all squealed like stuck pigs when your gasoline hit $4 a gallon for goodness sakes.

[1] http://www.choice.com.au/reviews-and-tests/money/shopping-and-legal/shopping/cinema-rip-offs/page/do-the-math.aspx

But does this apply to persons only? I hope we'd finally get to know the truth about McDonalds hamburgers. Or can we count them as persons?

Pictures of burgers are representative of the type of burger you can expect, you do not expect the exact burger that is in the photo otherwise they would have to take a lot of photos!

Good for the French anyway, this can only be a positive thing.

Food styling and photography is at least as complicated as fashion styling and photography. People at least do not dry up, wilt, sag, and turn funny colors over the course of an hour under the lights. Burgers are one of the harder foods to style and photograph. The burgers you see in photographs are not even edible. For some interesting tricks of the food stylist/photographer's trade, see here: http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle.aspx?id=102996&catId=100406&tid=100008&p=1&title=Food+styling.

The PS3 is an absolute power hog...
http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle.aspx?id=106346&catId=100245&tid=100008&p=5&title=Computers'+energy+costs

FWIW, the Australian equivalent (also without advertising) is Choice Magazine: http://www.choice.com.au/

• Keep all invoices, dockets and receipts -- you may not be entitled to a refund or replacement without proof of purchase. Also keep your software licence, hardware serial numbers plus make and model details in a safe place.
• Under consumer law, all products sold in Australia must be safe and fit for purpose. That is, if a printer or piece of software claims to be compatible with Windows XP, but fails to run on your XP system, you have the right to return the product to the retailer and get a refund. You can also negotiate other solutions such as a replacement or repair, if you wish.
• You're also entitled to a refund if the purchased product doesn't match the sample or description provided, or is defective (for example, it breaks down, doesn't work or develops a serious fault).
• You're not entitled to a refund if you change your mind about the product, know about a fault when you buy it, are unable to prove when and where you bought the product or damaged it through misuse.
• Although a product's written warranty may have expired, you may still have rights under its implied or statutory warranty. This means that all products sold in Australia must meet a basic level of quality and performance, bearing in mind its price, suitability for purpose, how long you've had it and how much you've used it. For example, you can expect a $600 personal digital assistant (PDA) to last longer than six months.
• If you feel you've received a poor level of service, you can file a complaint with the department of fair trading or consumer affairs in your state -- services, including support, are also covered under the Trade Practices and Fair Trading Acts. For example, you have the right to your money back or further repairs, if your problem isn't fixed properly or you don't receive adequate support.

That depends on if said country has a Free Trade Agreement with the US.

Like Australia.

Choice magazine does unbiased, in-depth reviews, comparisons and evaluations, although from what I've seen so far their software reviews are more consumer oriented.

erm ... This is just as dumb as saying that windows' biggest disadvantage is, that wihtout MS Office installed you cannot open Excel files.
Have a look at http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.4/index.html


(oh that article about the disadvantage of OSs you find here

I noticed they commented on how some of the Linux distros couldn't resize the Windows partition down to do a dual boot. I've yet to see a version of Windows that allows me to size down my Linux partition and add a boot menu so I can easily choose which OS I want to run on startup.

Microsoft's website seems only to be able to tell me how to remove Linux (1, 2) and not have a Windows bootloader installed to allow me to run both. All the other Linux-related KB articles are to do with Virtual PC and SMB problems.
installing.

I don't know, I never tested Xandros myself, but please tell me they do not use a Wine'd Internet Explorer as the main browser, instead of say Konqueror, Firefox, Mozilla or galeon. Or might the table on page 8 of the report be slightly flawed, like the rest of the article? Talking about the ease of use of installing software on linux here, the call for antivirus software onlinux as a necessity for everyon with linux viruses being as rare as you-name-it (yet), the statement that none of the linux distros keep the installed software up to date (the last Suse I installed sure did), etc...

Well researched article, I'd say.

A magazine called "Choice", which reviews and tests products, reviewed all available steering wheel locks and claimed that the Club Lock could be defeated in less than 30 seconds by someone with no experience at car theft.

Here's the online documentation of the original test.