You should probably reread the article (if you did at all), because you have gotten it anything but straight. Dropbox is doing this with public files, no private ones, and it's just notifying you that some files can't be shared.

Since your unencrypted files are on Dropbox servers, they have had "the ability" to identify pirate files at any point that they decided to code that, but anyone with a basic knowledge of how "files stored on someone else's computer" works should already know this.

You don't need public links for keeping your own account in sync.

By whom, exactly? At the moment, using the INTERNET means your data goes through NSA servers, but that's not exactly a list. The people who'd care to put you on a list are people like the MPAA and RIAA, and I seriously doubt they have a digital surveillence arm. Are you just spewing random paranoia to sound smart?

I see no problem with this. You had to deal with it when people only released software for Windows. How is this any different?

I am not an expert, but my understanding of GeoDNS is that you would still have to own those IP addresses (at least in Turkey) to make that feasible. It doesn't seem like it would be that easy to clobber legitimate website's IP address.

You seem confused about how the government works:
1) A big government is what keeps companies in check. More regulations = bigger government. Fewer regulations = big companies have more power. Read up on the Square Deal and President Theodore Roosevelt and see what happens when there are not enough regulations. Monopolies are very, very bad.
2) Copyright and patents came about because it protects the artist/inventor who could be run out of business by someone copying his own creation. The fact that IP law abuses are occurring is a flaw/loophole in the system that can be fixed, but IP law is and has always been about protecting the little guy and they are the only reason the Industrial Revolution could even happen.
3) The term "handouts" is a generally derogatory term and doesn't refer to anything specific. If you're talking about bailouts of companies during the recession, you're again mistaken. The collapse happened in the first place because big systems get too complex for most people to understand, so the few people who did actually understand the house of cards we had set up made off with a ton of money at the expense of a lot of other people.
4) Most of the problems you bring up are with a corrupt government, not a big government. And unlike a corrupt corporation, you have the option to elect people and impeach people in a government (and we will barring some major collapse of the government), and the public sector is required to withstand scrutiny, current NSA bullshit notwithstanding.

I share your current dissatisfaction of how our current elected officials are running things, but I don't think the solution is returning to time that history has demonstrated DOES NOT WORK.

It's called OVERuse for a reason. If you use these technologies in reasonable ways, you can control pest populations while maintaining the effectiveness of the toxin. If you ONLY use this corn and it's this effective, you are basically breading the corn rootworms for resistance.

If you stupidly sprint at the start of a marathon you burn up your resources too quickly, and the same thing is happening here.

Sell? Why would you buy a used one? What are you trying to do, rob St. Jobs of his rightful dues??

No no. You've got it backwards. The solution is to always buy the latest Apple product and get rid of your old ones.

Everyone had to have it because Yahoo! mail gave you 10 MB of storage....

It's pretty normal human behavior for people who work closely with a machine to give it name and personality. Our rovers have twitter accounts. Bomb squads have taken their robot on fishing trips.

Read: "I live in a city that has limited parking space."

I still remember ordering things by mail! Then you have to factor in the time to mail in your order and for them to process your hand-written order! And you'd better double-check that you calculated the total and taxes correctly too!

Seriously. Thanks to instant gratification and the internet, it appears that all of us have dropped about 50 IQ points and decided that weather and logistics are not real things and there is no reason why clicking on a few things on our computer shouldn't cause packages to materialize on our doorstep.

The Wise also know when to not take the literal meaning of phrases and then give a pedantic response.