Hot Pixels continued

I've searched the internet and the hot pixel thing is big.

There seem to be many many postings of Nikon users with hot pixel stories:

• http://www.flickr.com/groups/nikond90club/discuss/72157607795021505/
• http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00Tx71
• http://prashchopra.blogspot.com/2009/01/another-d90-hot-pixel-story.html
• http://digitalphotographer.com.ph/forum/showthread.php?p=849679
• http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r21331974-Hot-Pixel-Problem-with-new-camera-what-to-do
• http://nikonheadache.blogspot.com/ This article is particularly interesting, as it covers the poor service Nikon provides to address this issue. Sending customers to service centres to fix a common problem is unecessary, when there is software out there to fix this. Turn the servicing software into an end-user product, and Nikon will reduce service costs.
• http://www.nikonians.org/forums/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=312&topic_id=1239&mesg_id=1239&page=
• http://www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=391316
• http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=158350
• http://www.planetnikon.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11414

While Minolta, Konica & Sony and the Olympus cameras have a built in solution:

• http://ylovephoto.com/en/2009/05/12/minoltasony-solution-against-hot-pixels-stuck-pixels/
• http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=1515619&postcount=2

I've contacted Nikon twice to find out if they are able to provide a more convenient solution to sending your camera away to a service centre, and I hope to get a better answer than being pushed back to the service centre to answer my query.