>Well... that's fine, I suppose, in a fictional world where electrical
>engineering never developed as a profession and people still think
>electricity is a magical fluid that affects that luminiferous
>æther in various unintuitive ways. Which, given that
>Shadowrun is set in the Sixth World, I suppose it could be over
>there. That doesn't excuse Cyberpunk 2020, though. :)

I'm working on an update of CP2020 for my own use (for a given value of working that involves 'when I remember') to address the various issues. I've got a few ideas about Black ICe but it's not going to involve electrocuting the brains of netrunners.