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Mixed feelings about this. Opensource good M'kay But what if somebody gets a number in the wrong place and their call drops every other call in the cell? So
by tyuikolkjhgfh 16y ago
Mixed feelings about this.
Opensource good M'kay
But what if somebody gets a number in the wrong place and their call drops every other call in the cell?
So makers have to suddenly start hardening their cell controllers against bad packets, the cost is passed onto users by some networks, others just crash whenever anyone with an XYZ brand phone starts a call.
- tlrobinson 16y agoThat's like saying "What if we let people develop open source web browsers?! They might make a mistake that causes a buffer overflow on my webserver, then I'd have to harden it!" See: Postel's Law
- tyuikolkjhgfh 16y agoMore like allowing everybody to build their own electrical generator and connect it to the grid.
- phaedrus 16y agoYou mean like this? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071018201850AAhY5si http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071018201850AA... "In many states, power companies are required to buy any "negative" power that comes from home or business users, at a slightly higher rate; this is known as "net metering.""
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- tyuikolkjhgfh 16y agoexactly my point. This involves you gettign an expensive heavily enginered power converter built by a certified company, installed by a certified electrician and then approved by the power companies inspector. Now imagine anybody with a spare bit of wire was allowed to connect anything to the grid to test what would happen?