Maybe in the UK (Where I used to live), but Europe is far better represented.
Here in Amsterdam, we have a company called Chello (You may have heard of them since they are going to move into the UK)
Broadband a-go-go (100NLG/month == ~=30UKP for about 1.5Mbps off-peak, dropping to about 128Kbps at 7PM when everyone and their dog logs on to hotmail...)
Secondly they don't trust users with the data ! It becomes so much easier to break open your packet sniffer and start reverse engineering
whatever protocol they are using, or redirect the communication or whatever the user feels like doing when its on a network. A phone line is so
much more controlled.
I dunno about you, but it would take me about 5 minutes to patch the modem connection in the right manner to be able to sniff packets off it. Mind you, I'm a tinkerer...
Ethernet IS standard (The only question is is it 10Mb or 100Mb).
Hell, I just flood cabled my flat because the trailing cables annoyed me.
Where I work there are (Out of about 20 people near me) 15 that have home networks and 3 that are planning it in the next few months.
There is at least 2 other people that are flood cabling (1 this week) after hearing me talk about how cheap it was...
Gav
The equivalent of a "script kiddy" as applied to the auto industry of days past would be a driver who deliberately caused fatal auto accidents to expl0it the safety problems.
Or perhaps the joyriders that ended up causing the standardisation/invention of: Engine immobilisers, Removable car stereos, car location finders etc etc.
Just because they have no good motivation, doesn't mean they don't cause good (Inadvertently), just the same as good intentions don't always lead to good results.
Actually I have seen communists defending their views in open discussion with stronger arguments and in much more intelligent manner than libertarians ever did when placed in unfriendly environment.
That's because communism is idealogically a better system than libertarianism.
Libertarian attitudes just translate better to human nature, because the profit is more visible...
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Try drilling the stairs and leading it down in the stair space...
Maybe in the UK (Where I used to live), but Europe is far better represented.
Here in Amsterdam, we have a company called Chello (You may have heard of them since they are going to move into the UK)
Broadband a-go-go (100NLG/month == ~=30UKP for about 1.5Mbps off-peak, dropping to about 128Kbps at 7PM when everyone and their dog logs on to hotmail...)
Secondly they don't trust users with the data ! It becomes so much easier to break open your packet sniffer and start reverse engineering whatever protocol they are using, or redirect the communication or whatever the user feels like doing when its on a network. A phone line is so much more controlled.
I dunno about you, but it would take me about 5 minutes to patch the modem connection in the right manner to be able to sniff packets off it. Mind you, I'm a tinkerer...
Gav
Ethernet IS standard (The only question is is it 10Mb or 100Mb). Hell, I just flood cabled my flat because the trailing cables annoyed me. Where I work there are (Out of about 20 people near me) 15 that have home networks and 3 that are planning it in the next few months. There is at least 2 other people that are flood cabling (1 this week) after hearing me talk about how cheap it was... Gav
You probably don't understand quite how intense corruption is in Russia...
Gav (Married to a Russian)
Or perhaps the joyriders that ended up causing the standardisation/invention of: Engine immobilisers, Removable car stereos, car location finders etc etc.
Just because they have no good motivation, doesn't mean they don't cause good (Inadvertently), just the same as good intentions don't always lead to good results.
Simple logic:
Open source => Holes found quickly => exploits posted => people see exploit
They have the source, the time and the urge, they fix it, post the patch. (Sometimes even the hackers post patches along with the exploit)
Without the source you are relying on Mr MegaCorp to admit he was wrong.
I don't know what it's like on the planet you live on, but here on Earth that doesn't happen.
Many eyes => Holes there and fixable
No eyes => Holes there (Just hidden)
IBM learned the hard way not to accept the new...
That's because communism is idealogically a better system than libertarianism.
Libertarian attitudes just translate better to human nature, because the profit is more visible...
Firstly - Apologies from my race (Human - Arguably), and good luck.
Question: What's all the fuss about, can we see the source code??? *8^<
Gav