[SonAboveAnItch]

Your post (and some of your replies) are fascinating to me in a non-technical way, sort of like observing a novice driver encountering an automatic transmission after learning on a ‘stick’ and asking why you can’t just start the engine with the selector in ‘D’ (and where IS the clutch, anyway)?

“Because they’re different” just really isn’t adequate, I know. Nor is it helpful to try to explain the nuances of torque converters, hydraulic logic and the rest when someone simply wants to start the engine.

But giving a reply that is sufficient in detail to allow the novice to understand — truly understand — the answer to the question would require the questioner to acquire an unbelievable amount of technical information to be able to appreciate the design of the automatic transmission and its benefits, even if they’re not readily apparent to the first time user.

But in this case, suffice it to say that some things are just different, so deal with it.

(Of course, if you really want to know the answer to your question, you can start your education by trying to understand the difference between “trash” and a “recycle bin”. Then you can move onto the concept of multiple users and separate accounts, privacy and security. If you get interested, you can then delve into the history of Unix and DOS/Windows).

It never ceases to amaze me that people find it so easy to criticize that which they do not understand.

p.s. Hoplite’s previous reply (#28) warning against putting things in the toilet you don’t want flushed should properly be directed at the family member you borrowed the machine from, with this added caveat: please be sure to flush the toilet before you let someone else wander in and find your sh*t — kind of embarrassing, isn’t it?

[papasmurf]

And to think, your family member coulda' had an machine, and bought a 2nd machine for you to use when you come over with the difference in prices.

[Liberty Valance]

Get a PC

[kings9111]

Try Delete Now - http://www.slashbackassociates.com/deletenow.html - I think it is freeware or shareware.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Howabout this:

Open Terminal
Open Trash
Type “rm -R” at the prompt and drag the file to command line.
You have just completely removed a single file or folder from your Mac.

Easy-peasy! :)

*Use with caution if you have no idea how power the the ‘rm’ command can be.*

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Two step process:

1) Learn Chinese
2) Ask the factory

Why pay so much for a computer which isn’t even made here?

[ThomasThomas]

What is it with some people not wanting to take out the trash. Picking threw the trash can to take out only theirs. Just be a kinda fella ( guys are the only one who take trash) and do everybody’s.

[newzjunkey]

In an earlier post, I said you could delete a specific item from the Trash by selecting it and using the Delete icon on the Finder toolbar.

While it's true it'll be removed from the Trash, on Snow Leopard (10.6) the item will be moved back to where it was originally located.

It's the same behavior as if you'd chosen "Put Back" from the Finder's "File" menu.

The file is not deleted from the Trash, just moved safely out of it.

This bug (or "feature") is not present in Lion (10.7) or Tiger (10.4).

Apologies for the misdirection; I'm a bit stunned by the irrationality of the actual function.