If we stopped spending billions on the a failing airline industry and moved that money to more reliable transportation like high speed rail we could move more people faster. I would love to see a terrorist crash a train into the world train centers.
Well sure, it seems like a lot of money but at the rate concert and sporting event prices are rising this should be just enough to enjoy Paul's tour and maybe have a beer or two...
But this article was fairly meaningless in its own right. Nothing new if offered just that the current solution doesn't work. Something we already know.
As a fellow security professional I find it puzzling to read this small, content-free, snippets found on the great ether. It helps to re-identify the issues at hand but does little to solve them. DRM is certainly an issue but it is time to stop complaining about it and offer real world solutions.
Me? I believe that copyright infringement is tatmount to terrorism and can only be addressed by regime change. I feel the only workable solution is the total elimination of the MIAA, RPAA and any other group involved in the creation, publication and distribution of copyrighted material. Also mandatory death sentences should be handed out to anyone who provides content.
It is hard to know how I feel about this issue. Yea, we can yell at Symantec for not announcing the discovery. We can applaud them for a shrewd business decision (without that no one makes any money and eventually we all lose). I can hate MS for releasing the POS that is MS SQL. I can be appalled by the administrators for not applying a patch that has been available for months. I can feel superior to the CIO that allowed SQL access to the public net. I can feel justified hatred to the bozos that wrote and distributed slammer. I can feel technical awe for those same bozos.
I guess I'll just stick with feeling confused and let/. tell me what to think. That usually works
If I see someone drop his wallet on the ground. I don't shout.
"Hey someone dropped their wallet! Right there on the ground!"
No. Instead I discreetly point out to the gentleman that he has dropped his wallet. Then, even if he doesn't pick it up, I walk away.
It's wonderful you were able to find the full link. I am sure many/. subscribers found the link for themselves as well. Next time try something different. Discretion.... Just because you can doesn't mean you should
Another amazing fact was the mod of this post. You make a very broad statement. 'P2P is good for the world'. Why is that? I know why it is good for you and me. It make it easier for the technology haves to download the music, games, videos they love so much. but why is this good for the world? How does this help society in anyway? Don't get me wrong I think the level of crap produced by the Music industry is at epic levels. However, the movie industry and game industry have been producing some major pieces of work. Yea they may be over priced and poor people may not be able to afford them (but I bet these same people can afford a kick-ass system to run those games on).
Or maybe you just wanted to try out the full game. Whatever. It don't matter. What makes this P2P good for the world?
Nothing. Don't try to justify your behavior. You can't. It's like using drugs. You don't use them to make you a better person. You use them because you can and it's fun. So please, don't try to make yourself out as any better than the 'scum' that would try to stop you. There is no honor among thieves.
The P2P concept is awesome. It is a great way to quickly exchange ideas, papers, shareware/freeware, etc. But when was the last time you downloaded anything other than copyrighted material from a P2P system?
Strange. What planet did you say you were from? Last time I checked everybody was much more impressed with credentials of any kind (not just computer certs) than with actual experience. Movies that win an Oscar do better. Songs that win a grammy, Titles (ie POTUS), etc. I imagine you put little value on certification but do you do that as an insider or an outsider? I have many certification and I got them strictly for show. They impress people. peroid. It don't mean shit but it does look impressive. If I and another fella walk in to convince you to spend $100,000 on network security and he says he got a degree from MIT and I say I have been working hard for the past five years who is more likely to get the money. Don't fool yourself. Stupid letters mean ALOT especially in the current business environment.
Cool! Can you tell me your network's dns or ip? I got some friends who would love a couple of more linuz zombies. They make the best source for distributed scanning...
Granted I cannot read the actual article as the site is down by based on the above:
This is fuzzy math. I do not like IE/IIS any more than the next guy but if the server to leave a half open connection on IT's side two things would happen.
#1 The client's TCP stack (not IE, the stack) would have no idea that this connection was still open and would send a new SYN as soon as the user selected another link. This new request would have a different sequence number (probably source port as well) and would have to do the THREE-WAY handshake (SYN - SYN/ACK - ACK). Negating any benefit
#2. Those 1/2 open connections on the server use resources. Any host has a limit to the # of connection it can maintain at which point it stops accepting new ones (Check out how syn-floods work!) that means if this were true IIS server would need to be restarted constantly to clear these buffers.
This is the 3rd article (yes I am sure there are many more) I have read this year telling me how little attacks and infections are actually occurring. The media only wants to report the big ones like LoveLetter or Code-Red. If it doesn't effect 10 million systems and it can't really be that bad can it?
I am a security professional. I teach many security course including antivirus administration. I have done trainings for companies with 100,000s of desktops that have full time staff dedicated to the irradication of viri. According to this article these people are wasting their time because it isn't a problem. But when I walk in and have a room full of enterprise level employees all there to learn about how to manage (not clean mind you) viri then I know there is a problem. No company is going to spend money when they don't have to. I would suggest that all these authors go read up on some basics of risk management.
We haven't had a fire in my building in over 30 years. Why do we keep wasting money on sprinkler systems?
Another low for/.! Hey if I don't like a game and write a three page whine will you post mine to?
I don't play EQ. Know why? Because it keeps costing money. I know I would be addicted. An no matter what you say addiction is fun. If it was truly boring you and everyone else would have given up a long time ago and Sony's little world would be out of business. But you and all the other slobs hand over you dollars because it is fun. So stop your whining (or at least do somewhere it will matter).
And two thumbs down to/. for putting this rubbage up.
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Another truly amazing fact is how little you know about the case. Though Kevin's actions may not be justified neither were the government's. He was held for five years with NO trial. Let me say that again NO TRAIL. I keep forgetting. I thought it was those evil facists countries that did that kind of thing like... America...
And of course the claims from Sun, Novell, etc that he did tens of millions of dollars of damage (which is why he became such a sensation) were never held up in court. During the actual "trial" no company could produce anything but cursory evidence to the damage he did. As for the credit card fraud. Err. I mean file he had this same file was in the possession of any decent hacker at the time (kinda like being a *nix geek and NOT hanging out at/. if you can imagine). What he did was completely wrong. What the media and government did to him was worse.
This was not an eye for an eye but an eye for the whole freaking body.
Forget work, forget the suped-up "performance" issues and consider the learning curve.
I have been a network (now security) consultant for nine years. I bit my network teeth on Novell. I started with PCs on DOS and fought the Windows 3.1 switch. I didn't like Windows 95 all that much. NT 4.0 wasn't much better but Windows 2000 and now XP are very very stable, performance is great and ease of use is 1st class.
Now before you tear me apart, read on:
#1. out of the box Windows XP sucks. The interface is horrendeous, the performance is a drag and being forced to use IE/MediaPlayer, etc is just a the pits.
#2. Linux/Unix out of the box is even worse. When I undertook the Linux knowledge gain I knew it would be a challenge but when it took 30minutes and access to multiple sites to change the XWindows Desktop size (from 1024x768 to 800x600) I realized there was a problem (gosh! don't bother editing XF86config do it in XF86config.4 Duh!)
#3 When I bit the bullet and installed XP after I spent the required two hours tweaking it I had a very usable OS.
#4. Don't knock the performance either. I live in a rural community and support many poor home users. A natural environment for linux right? After the third install, constant phone calls, etc I switched them all back to Windows. Now I make EVERYONE buy Windows XP. I have XP running on a Pentium 266 with 64MB ram and it works great (check out tweakxp.com)
Sorry Linux. I love ya, I use ya all the time but until XWindows/KDE/GNOME/etc start matching the ease of use (and stability) of Windows it is a no go for me. I use Linux for what I think it was made for. Console/remote access/pentration testing.
*** I apologize for the above statement and will now go back and hide in my hole!;)
By reading this message you authorize certain large entities to hereby and forewith make large withdrawals from you personal and business bank accounts. You further allow that Helga, when she is in the "mood" is more then welcome to come up and see you sometime.
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It is a source of constant amazement for what passes as news at/.
Don't get me wrong. I love the dot but come on. Show a little integrity and don't insult your own audience's intelligence.
Oh wait. Every one fell for it! All these arguements over nic selling and mac changing and this and that. All pointless.
This issue was blown out of the water over SIX YEARS ago. When I was a fresh geek trying to get into networking everyone was going to manage on NICs. They learned quickly what a waste of time it was. This SP will learn that lesson as well. Geez look at TFC. It gives you a CD assigned ID. A little tougher to forge. But if they are gonna make you install software why not just use a GUID to generate a private key to identify the machine.
Get with it/. I stopped talking about 1995 technology in 1996.
I think I should sue Massachusetts. They provides Roads that lead to New York state which has more roads that lead to New York City and from New York City someone can take a plane to Asia and have sex with children! This cannot be allowed! I feel violated that someone can use the same road as I do to have sex with children. What is this world coming to?
End travel now!
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So there I was enjoying the videos. I really liked the VI one. The guy makes me look cool. Then I watch the Win XP vid. Hmm 3 color schemes. All the decisions made for me. Crashes all the time? Oh wait she wasn't talking about Windows XP she was talking about Windows 3.1 you remember that OS back when Windows managers were poo poo'ed by everybody.
Then it dawned on me. The windows bigots got it wrong. It's not the OS it's the users! If only brillant people used Windows it would never crash. I, being a brillant person, have NEVER (let me say that again NEVER) had windows XP crash on me. In fact, come to think about it, I have not had a Windows generated crash since Windows 98. All the crashes I experienced in NT or 2000 were buggy program related. Hmmm. I guess brillance will always shine through. I wonder how/. nerds' boxes I could hack because they have no idea what security means... Hmm...
Yes, we all know the evils of Microsoft, Symantec, IBM, HP, Compaq, GE, Sears, 7-11 and, oh yes, I can't stand Pizza hut. So I ask you. Is there any company we actually trust?
I am a cynic's cynic and agree that this purchase spells the doom of SecurityFocus. But why do I feel this way? I was just going over this in my head and I cannot remember why I believe this. Because "everyone" says so? That's just not good enough. I have been using securityfocus for years. I am sure some things will change. Some changes I'll like and some I won't (we fear change... Unless it's happens to a *nix OS!) I think, for now, I'll stick with SF and avoid the panic unsubsrcibe.
Corporations may be evil but in this crazy mixed up world of ours they seem to be a necessary evil.
Hmm. I question any business analysis based on wild assumptions.
If DVD burning averaged a 25% coaster rate they would all be out of business. I can't even imagine how you arrived at that number but here are some thoughts to you and the rest
1. I have had a burner for about six months now (Panasonic A03) and have burned approx. 100+ Discs and have yet to make a coaster.
2. Speed. The DVD burns at 1x or 2x for data (2x = 8x CD burn) which, yes compared to CD takes awhile but you are burning alot more data! And buring above 8X on a CDR may produce unreliable results especially for video.
3. DVD-R is almost (about 95%) compatible with DVD-ROM drives and about 90% compatible with commercial dvd players for those of us who like to burn home movies to something better than svcd.
4. a media cost of $.20 for a cd equates to spending $1.40 for a dvd-r (7x20). I get my DVD-Rs in bulk for ~$1.15) and a GOOD CDR will cost you ~100.00 where the A03/04 is going for ~300.00. A ~200.00 initial savings for a business investment is negligble but if you are burning many discs than that $.25/ can add up.
You enter into a contract with me. You agree to provide a service for which I pay a set fee. You also provide this service to others. You profit margin ASSUMES that a small percentage of your clients will use most of the service while the majority will not affect you in any significant way.
This is just like buying an extended warranty. Companies love extended warranties because it is practically free money. 99% (whatever) will never use them and the 1% that do will be a neglible cost. Any resource is sold the same way. But now, because it is measureable, cable companies can get away with jacking the price on those 1% users for whom they originally designed the network. And the killer is every one sits back and agrees! yeah those bandwidth hogs! Charge them more they deserve it!
OK, how about the reverse? What if I am a light user? What if I am in the bottom 20% of the users do I get a refund? Not on your life.
Open your eyes and realize that every corporation considers one thing and one thing only: The bottom line. If they can get away with it they will always charge more.
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If we stopped spending billions on the a failing airline industry and moved that money to more reliable transportation like high speed rail we could move more people faster. I would love to see a terrorist crash a train into the world train centers.
a 24Hour Simpsons channel with NO watermarks?? ;)
Ok, maybe show the occasional Furturama EP now and then.
Me. I can't wait for the boot leg itchy & scratchy movie 'The best little mouse in texas'
Well sure, it seems like a lot of money but at the rate concert and sporting event prices are rising this should be just enough to enjoy Paul's tour and maybe have a beer or two...
Here's a link to the file:
x p/ Q815411_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
http://home.t-online.de/home/520092137223-0001/
But this article was fairly meaningless in its own right. Nothing new if offered just that the current solution doesn't work. Something we already know.
As a fellow security professional I find it puzzling to read this small, content-free, snippets found on the great ether. It helps to re-identify the issues at hand but does little to solve them. DRM is certainly an issue but it is time to stop complaining about it and offer real world solutions.
Me? I believe that copyright infringement is tatmount to terrorism and can only be addressed by regime change. I feel the only workable solution is the total elimination of the MIAA, RPAA and any other group involved in the creation, publication and distribution of copyrighted material. Also mandatory death sentences should be handed out to anyone who provides content.
Right now I have 3 squirrels in my pants.
Thank you for your support.
It is hard to know how I feel about this issue. Yea, we can yell at Symantec for not announcing the discovery. We can applaud them for a shrewd business decision (without that no one makes any money and eventually we all lose). I can hate MS for releasing the POS that is MS SQL. I can be appalled by the administrators for not applying a patch that has been available for months. I can feel superior to the CIO that allowed SQL access to the public net. I can feel justified hatred to the bozos that wrote and distributed slammer. I can feel technical awe for those same bozos.
/. tell me what to think. That usually works
I guess I'll just stick with feeling confused and let
Wow, so many idiots so little time!
Of course no one will see this now. But...
/. subscribers found the link for themselves as well. Next time try something different. Discretion. ...
If I see someone drop his wallet on the ground. I don't shout.
"Hey someone dropped their wallet! Right there on the ground!"
No. Instead I discreetly point out to the gentleman that he has dropped his wallet. Then, even if he doesn't pick it up, I walk away.
It's wonderful you were able to find the full link. I am sure many
Just because you can doesn't mean you should
Another amazing fact was the mod of this post. You make a very broad statement. 'P2P is good for the world'. Why is that? I know why it is good for you and me. It make it easier for the technology haves to download the music, games, videos they love so much. but why is this good for the world? How does this help society in anyway? Don't get me wrong I think the level of crap produced by the Music industry is at epic levels. However, the movie industry and game industry have been producing some major pieces of work. Yea they may be over priced and poor people may not be able to afford them (but I bet these same people can afford a kick-ass system to run those games on).
Or maybe you just wanted to try out the full game. Whatever. It don't matter. What makes this P2P good for the world?
Nothing. Don't try to justify your behavior. You can't. It's like using drugs. You don't use them to make you a better person. You use them because you can and it's fun. So please, don't try to make yourself out as any better than the 'scum' that would try to stop you. There is no honor among thieves.
The P2P concept is awesome. It is a great way to quickly exchange ideas, papers, shareware/freeware, etc. But when was the last time you downloaded anything other than copyrighted material from a P2P system?
Strange. What planet did you say you were from? Last time I checked everybody was much more impressed with credentials of any kind (not just computer certs) than with actual experience. Movies that win an Oscar do better. Songs that win a grammy, Titles (ie POTUS), etc. I imagine you put little value on certification but do you do that as an insider or an outsider? I have many certification and I got them strictly for show. They impress people. peroid. It don't mean shit but it does look impressive. If I and another fella walk in to convince you to spend $100,000 on network security and he says he got a degree from MIT and I say I have been working hard for the past five years who is more likely to get the money. Don't fool yourself. Stupid letters mean ALOT especially in the current business environment.
Cool! Can you tell me your network's dns or ip? I got some friends who would love a couple of more linuz zombies. They make the best source for distributed scanning...
Granted I cannot read the actual article as the site is down by based on the above:
This is fuzzy math. I do not like IE/IIS any more than the next guy but if the server to leave a half open connection on IT's side two things would happen.
#1 The client's TCP stack (not IE, the stack) would have no idea that this connection was still open and would send a new SYN as soon as the user selected another link. This new request would have a different sequence number (probably source port as well) and would have to do the THREE-WAY handshake (SYN - SYN/ACK - ACK). Negating any benefit
#2. Those 1/2 open connections on the server use resources. Any host has a limit to the # of connection it can maintain at which point it stops accepting new ones (Check out how syn-floods work!) that means if this were true IIS server would need to be restarted constantly to clear these buffers.
This is the 3rd article (yes I am sure there are many more) I have read this year telling me how little attacks and infections are actually occurring. The media only wants to report the big ones like LoveLetter or Code-Red. If it doesn't effect 10 million systems and it can't really be that bad can it?
I am a security professional. I teach many security course including antivirus administration. I have done trainings for companies with 100,000s of desktops that have full time staff dedicated to the irradication of viri. According to this article these people are wasting their time because it isn't a problem. But when I walk in and have a room full of enterprise level employees all there to learn about how to manage (not clean mind you) viri then I know there is a problem. No company is going to spend money when they don't have to. I would suggest that all these authors go read up on some basics of risk management.
We haven't had a fire in my building in over 30 years. Why do we keep wasting money on sprinkler systems?
Yes I am an idiot. But I have a name and don't hide behind the coward's mask. That puts me one step above you.
Another low for /.! Hey if I don't like a game and write a three page whine will you post mine to?
/. for putting this rubbage up.
I don't play EQ. Know why? Because it keeps costing money. I know I would be addicted. An no matter what you say addiction is fun. If it was truly boring you and everyone else would have given up a long time ago and Sony's little world would be out of business. But you and all the other slobs hand over you dollars because it is fun. So stop your whining (or at least do somewhere it will matter).
And two thumbs down to
Another truly amazing fact is how little you know about the case. Though Kevin's actions may not be justified neither were the government's. He was held for five years with NO trial. Let me say that again NO TRAIL. I keep forgetting. I thought it was those evil facists countries that did that kind of thing like... America...
/. if you can imagine). What he did was completely wrong. What the media and government did to him was worse.
And of course the claims from Sun, Novell, etc that he did tens of millions of dollars of damage (which is why he became such a sensation) were never held up in court. During the actual "trial" no company could produce anything but cursory evidence to the damage he did. As for the credit card fraud. Err. I mean file he had this same file was in the possession of any decent hacker at the time (kinda like being a *nix geek and NOT hanging out at
This was not an eye for an eye but an eye for the whole freaking body.
Here's why.
;)
Forget work, forget the suped-up "performance" issues and consider the learning curve.
I have been a network (now security) consultant for nine years. I bit my network teeth on Novell. I started with PCs on DOS and fought the Windows 3.1 switch. I didn't like Windows 95 all that much. NT 4.0 wasn't much better but Windows 2000 and now XP are very very stable, performance is great and ease of use is 1st class.
Now before you tear me apart, read on:
#1. out of the box Windows XP sucks. The interface is horrendeous, the performance is a drag and being forced to use IE/MediaPlayer, etc is just a the pits.
#2. Linux/Unix out of the box is even worse. When I undertook the Linux knowledge gain I knew it would be a challenge but when it took 30minutes and access to multiple sites to change the XWindows Desktop size (from 1024x768 to 800x600) I realized there was a problem (gosh! don't bother editing XF86config do it in XF86config.4 Duh!)
#3 When I bit the bullet and installed XP after I spent the required two hours tweaking it I had a very usable OS.
#4. Don't knock the performance either. I live in a rural community and support many poor home users. A natural environment for linux right? After the third install, constant phone calls, etc I switched them all back to Windows. Now I make EVERYONE buy Windows XP. I have XP running on a Pentium 266 with 64MB ram and it works great (check out tweakxp.com)
Sorry Linux. I love ya, I use ya all the time but until XWindows/KDE/GNOME/etc start matching the ease of use (and stability) of Windows it is a no go for me. I use Linux for what I think it was made for. Console/remote access/pentration testing.
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By reading this message you authorize certain large entities to hereby and forewith make large withdrawals from you personal and business bank accounts. You further allow that Helga, when she is in the
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It is a source of constant amazement for what passes as news at /.
/. I stopped talking about 1995 technology in 1996.
Don't get me wrong. I love the dot but come on. Show a little integrity and don't insult your own audience's intelligence.
Oh wait. Every one fell for it! All these arguements over nic selling and mac changing and this and that. All pointless.
This issue was blown out of the water over SIX YEARS ago. When I was a fresh geek trying to get into networking everyone was going to manage on NICs. They learned quickly what a waste of time it was. This SP will learn that lesson as well. Geez look at TFC. It gives you a CD assigned ID. A little tougher to forge. But if they are gonna make you install software why not just use a GUID to generate a private key to identify the machine.
Get with it
I think I should sue Massachusetts. They provides Roads that lead to New York state which has more roads that lead to New York City and from New York City someone can take a plane to Asia and have sex with children! This cannot be allowed! I feel violated that someone can use the same road as I do to have sex with children. What is this world coming to?
End travel now!
temp sig: If this made any sense you obviously haven't done enough drugs today
So there I was enjoying the videos. I really liked the VI one. The guy makes me look cool. Then I watch the Win XP vid. Hmm 3 color schemes. All the decisions made for me. Crashes all the time? Oh wait she wasn't talking about Windows XP she was talking about Windows 3.1 you remember that OS back when Windows managers were poo poo'ed by everybody.
/. nerds' boxes I could hack because they have no idea what security means... Hmm...
Then it dawned on me. The windows bigots got it wrong. It's not the OS it's the users! If only brillant people used Windows it would never crash. I, being a brillant person, have NEVER (let me say that again NEVER) had windows XP crash on me. In fact, come to think about it, I have not had a Windows generated crash since Windows 98. All the crashes I experienced in NT or 2000 were buggy program related. Hmmm. I guess brillance will always shine through. I wonder how
Love,
A netware geek.
Hmm. Maybe this is the start of something good. Let's see for admin love day wish list:
BMW Z3 Roadster
2 weeks leave at the company owned condo in the Cayman's
Acknowledgement from that cute secretary I keep hitting on.
World Domination.
Yes, we all know the evils of Microsoft, Symantec, IBM, HP, Compaq, GE, Sears, 7-11 and, oh yes, I can't stand Pizza hut. So I ask you. Is there any company we actually trust?
I am a cynic's cynic and agree that this purchase spells the doom of SecurityFocus. But why do I feel this way? I was just going over this in my head and I cannot remember why I believe this. Because "everyone" says so? That's just not good enough. I have been using securityfocus for years. I am sure some things will change. Some changes I'll like and some I won't (we fear change... Unless it's happens to a *nix OS!) I think, for now, I'll stick with SF and avoid the panic unsubsrcibe.
Corporations may be evil but in this crazy mixed up world of ours they seem to be a necessary evil.
Cheers!
Isn't it nice when the rest of the world is only eight years behind Novell?
Novell has been timesyncing (to the millisecond I believe) since Netware 4.0. Servers are continuous and all clients are updated at login...
My little netware network at home makes this subject what it should be. A non-issue
Hmm. I question any business analysis based on wild assumptions.
If DVD burning averaged a 25% coaster rate they would all be out of business. I can't even imagine how you arrived at that number but here are some thoughts to you and the rest
1. I have had a burner for about six months now (Panasonic A03) and have burned approx. 100+ Discs and have yet to make a coaster.
2. Speed. The DVD burns at 1x or 2x for data (2x = 8x CD burn) which, yes compared to CD takes awhile but you are burning alot more data! And buring above 8X on a CDR may produce unreliable results especially for video.
3. DVD-R is almost (about 95%) compatible with DVD-ROM drives and about 90% compatible with commercial dvd players for those of us who like to burn home movies to something better than svcd.
4. a media cost of $.20 for a cd equates to spending $1.40 for a dvd-r (7x20). I get my DVD-Rs in bulk for ~$1.15) and a GOOD CDR will cost you ~100.00 where the A03/04 is going for ~300.00. A ~200.00 initial savings for a business investment is negligble but if you are burning many discs than that $.25/ can add up.
You enter into a contract with me. You agree to provide a service for which I pay a set fee. You also provide this service to others. You profit margin ASSUMES that a small percentage of your clients will use most of the service while the majority will not affect you in any significant way.
This is just like buying an extended warranty. Companies love extended warranties because it is practically free money. 99% (whatever) will never use them and the 1% that do will be a neglible cost. Any resource is sold the same way. But now, because it is measureable, cable companies can get away with jacking the price on those 1% users for whom they originally designed the network. And the killer is every one sits back and agrees! yeah those bandwidth hogs! Charge them more they deserve it!
OK, how about the reverse? What if I am a light user? What if I am in the bottom 20% of the users do I get a refund? Not on your life.
Open your eyes and realize that every corporation considers one thing and one thing only: The bottom line. If they can get away with it they will always charge more.