Didn't they just get in trouble for an ignition switch failure. Looks like there's even more now. http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/1...

A sensible response! But I'm not giving up my U.S. Constitution. Although there seems to be a large mass of people living here / moving here that feel the need to change it. I say to them: Go start your own country if you think you have all the answers! Quit trying to change mine!

Wow, I am indifferent to the AC's comment. But then I read yours. I'm curious what lead you to name calling?

Jared, is this how they do things on Europa?

Nevermind the Doug, beware of owner! http://www.amazon.com/NEVER-MI...

Why 3 IP addresses? Where did you get that number from?

copyrighted material. Share a link to the original material.

No, actually. The rest of us knew when we created our dropbox accounts NOT to put material there that might cause a problem. I don't put material I don't want anyone to see there - ya know like social security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords, etc - unless I've encrypted it before hand. This goes for all shared services. Anyone who believes the 'we promise we won't look at your stuff' line is naive. It may very well be corporate policy and they may try very hard to follow that, but it only takes one bad apple employee to go snooping through your stuff and commit identity theft!

I AM a brain-dead fanbois of Slashtardia you inconsiderate clod!

The OP was referencing Apple as an example. I agree that Apple is a solid example of his argument. I disagree with you in your all encompassing statement that people buy Apple because 'looks cool'. I've not met anyone who spends their hard earned cash this way. Folks I know purchase the products because they work very well and require the least amount of maintenance from the user.

This! There's so much junk in space it's like you don't have to worry if your ship breaks down. Find an old 1960's version of your broken part floating around (probably be within 10 feet of you) pop it in and your good to go.

Ok, I'll bite. I think you're completely missing the point. I think it's positive influence that several folks on this thread have taken the time to point out a book that helped them. Sometimes you have to read several books on a subject by different authors before you understand the subject. It sounds to me like you're asking for a magic method or algorithm to put in place here. There is nothing like that for this. Changing the way you think is probably one of the hardest things to do. Getting rid of preconceived ideas or negative attitudes and approaching not just the situation but in this case, a book, with an openness and positive attitude will put you in a far better place to understand what's trying to be imparted on you. My 2 cents, oh, and read the book.

Say what you will, OP is correct. All the open source projects are super wealthy with all the honest users donating like they should. Users wouldn't think of just using a product without compensating for it. Would they?

Thanks! I got a good laugh from that!

Lots of applications require to run as administrator to function correctly. I don't care about how that's the program's developer's fault and not MS and back and forth nonsense. As far as I'm concerned it's all of their faults collectively. Regardless of who's fault it is, the problem persists.