I've received Google sales calls originating from the UK...

...here in New Zealand! Country code "+44" came up on my phone, and they had a distinctive British accent, not Irish. So yes, there seems to be a case to answer here!

Of course shipping electrons is way expensive too.....

....as reflected in the significantly higher prices down under for electronically delivered software products.

Same old same old....

This is also as true in New Zealand as it is in Australia. That said, New Zealand companies (Fonterra, Fisher and Paykell, etc) are just as likely to price gouge in their local markets. Why does NZ milk cost more in NZ than it does in overseas markets, why do Fisher and Paykell whiteware products sell as three times the price in NZ as they do in the UK?

"What the market will bear" has something to do with it, as too does consumer ignorance.

I'd add two films...

Metropolis and Brazil - both brilliant, dystopian epics.

Ah, the Microdrive...

My ICL OPD had not one, but two, of these wondrous beasts - that and ROM slots for canned programs. Those were the days!

It's all true! Trust me!

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We are not doing anything illegal or immoral

Yeah, right! Illegal, maybe not - the politicos aren't clever at writing legislation, and tax accountants are very good at working loopholes. But immoral? Certainly!

Bat Chain Puller....

Love the Captain Beefheart reference, someone at El Reg has some culture! Who'd have thunk it!

I'll see your Old Fart and raise you an Orange Claw Hammer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=oCDXhvXye9E

So too much ozone is bad....

....and not enough ozone is also bad! Witness the ozone 'hole' above the southern polar region, which we are told was/is caused by polluting flourocarbons. This is reportedly responsible for thousands of deaths due to skin cancer, so why would we not want to convert some other pollutants to ozone, and maybe fill the hole?

A very interesting paper indeed

With the TPP and other "free trade" negotiations going on behind closed (and locked) doors, now is almost too late to do anything to correct the wrong that is embodied in excessive copyright terms and sanctions. The US Government, acting as the long arm of the law of their biggest benefactors, big business interests, wishes to extend the reach of this excessive copyright (and the related areas of patents and trademarks) world wide. The stifling effect this will inevitably have on the world economy is of little consequence to established big business. The real pain will be felt by the vast majority, though.

Add in the impending handover of the internet to the control of national governments (read - big business again) and we're all in a shite load of trouble!

Good thing my birthday is in May then, eh!

And that the powers that be have not released Android 4.2 for my Galaxy S2 yet either!

Nice concept!

The fact this is used for online banking, not when you use the credit card itself, if good. It just gives the individual a convenient, carry sized two factor authentication device, far better than having to tote something larger around with you.

Patently clear.....

.....that this action is funded by the Sammites! The allusion to Troy tells the tale.....