[ale] OT - Executing virus authors...

[Christopher Fowler]

I like the beetle idea.

On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 09:52, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 09:29, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> > Kickin'. The writer gives an economic justification for executing virus
> > writers and distributors. Of course, he neglects to mention that  most
> > estimates of computer virus//worm damage are wildly exaggerated. The
> > factors driving the number up tend to outweigh anything which would keep
> > it to a sane value. A quick google search gives me an amusing essay
> > (http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2004/02/more_on_damage_.html) on the
> > provenance of that $50 * 10^9 per year figure used in the article. If I
> > was going to start killing people over it I'd want a number which was
> > likely to be true.
> > 
> > Frankly, the economic argument would make more sense applied to spammers
> > -- and the defenses I can deploy against them are more limited (yes, I
> > use spamassassin and it works for me). Heck, you'd probly only have to
> > kill a couple of them for the deterrent effect to kick in. I'd vote for
> > shooting Scott Richter on national TV, and my local email admins would
> > probably support me there.
> 
> Are you kidding?!?! Most email admins could be used as a fund raiser!
> How much would they _pay_ for a lottery ticket that gets them a chance
> to pull the trigger? And there's the video and DVD sales of the event.
> It could dwarf "Running Man" !
> 
> Or better, put him in a clear box and let the lottery winner release the
> flesh eating beetles from the "The Mummy" movies. 
> 
> > 
> > -- CHS
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 09:05, Keith Morris - IQ wrote:
> > > found this to be an entertaining article and thought you might get a 
> > > kick out of it.
> > > 
> > > http://slate.msn.com/id/2101297/fr/rss/
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