> if your bot net consists of stolen CPU cycles what difference does it make if your bots are slowed down. It doesn't cost you money. This is wrong. It does co

> if your bot net consists of stolen CPU cycles what difference does it make if your bots are slowed down. It doesn't cost you money. This is wrong. It does cost you money - either directly, because you paid money to use someone else's botnet, or as an opportunity cost, in that you can't use your bots on as many targets.