"Take away the opportunity, and you take away the crime."

The motivation or need to steal will still exist, it will just wait for the next opportunity. Most people dont steal just to steal, they steal because they need something. While you and I might not agree with their needs, its real to them. Your statement shows a SHOCKING ignorance of true crime behavior.

Criminals dont have a quotas, but their needs/wants dont just disappear because they are turned back a few times.

What is not fair is expecting that every single person is a possible customer, and if that person hasnt passed you money, you deny him something that cost you nothing to reproduce (notice i didnt say 'nothing to produce', my issue is with trying to license 7 billion people).

The business model of making something and expecting infinite licensing needs to die, NOW. IP is not real, and should be discarded as we move into the Information Age. Find new business models, stop restricting thought for profit. Provide a better SERVICE.

Do you know WHY Google doesnt pay anything for Linux? Do you have any clue as to the drives and motivations that made that come to be? It came from the selfless pursuit to help mankind.... Believe it or not, there are humans who will gladly work for free to help other humans. This is Slashdot 101. If you dont know this, why are you here? You chose a very poor example.....

The true burden is not the cost in dollars, its the incredibly onerous control required to make it all work. Stop locking content behind paywalls. If your content is good, people will gladly pay you for it. IP is a prison, not a marketplace.

This is funny because i was just talking to my wife today about getting 2nd phone (a cheap winphone with Win 10 preview on it.) because my main phone is now so intimately tied to my private network that i need a 'clean' phone that doesnt have all of my details or access to deep into my network. She wanted me to put Uber on my phone, but i dont trust them to exist as an executable on my personal pocket computer. The 2nd phone will also act as a GPS tracker for my backpack and emergency backup. Your argument is flawed. If I, a lowly IT worker can see the need for separate physical hardware to get this level of privacy, why cant the experts she hired?

There is a kernel of truth to it. Console players are inherently limited in what they can grow into. I get what you are saying and PCmasterrace takes it WAY too far. Regardless of the history you think supports it, the MODERN console market is VERY different from the Nintendo generation. Nintendo games were hard, its a false comparison to say today's CoD player would be the same kid that played Battletoads or Lion King.

Consoles are toys. I say this as someone who OWNED a full size stand up Asteroids game when i was in the 4th grade. (post-crash purchase for $100). Pardon me while i unhook my 144HZ monitor and hook up my triple-head monitor system for some racing immersion using a steering wheel from the Playstation 2 era.. Try that on your console. Consoles are cool, but they are still jsut toys compared to a proper PC.

Living room friendly case is about to be moot with Steam Link. I say this as someone who has several living room ready cases right next to him. 2 of the cases I have are being offered as OEM Steam Machines. (Silverstone Raven and Prodigy)

I still play Quake 3 and UT because nothing can replace them.They are arguably better games than any CoD since COD4.

To me, Millenial and Gen X are mostly interchangeable ideas, only the dates have changed.

yes they did.....Men lived as long then as they do now, just fewer did so.

NO, the Steam Link devices are $50 each.

http://dsscircuits.com/sale/pr... No need to hack anything, these things come ready made now.

Dont tell the Elf.

I think you just described me.......