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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
&gt; &gt; (<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2004/02/more_on_damage_.html";>http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2004/02/more_on_damage_.html</a>) on the
&gt; &gt; provenance of that $50 * 10^9 per year figure used in the article. If I
&gt; &gt; was going to start killing people over it I'd want a number which was
&gt; &gt; likely to be true.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; Frankly, the economic argument would make more sense applied to spammers
&gt; &gt; -- and the defenses I can deploy against them are more limited (yes, I
&gt; &gt; use spamassassin and it works for me). Heck, you'd probly only have to
&gt; &gt; kill a couple of them for the deterrent effect to kick in. I'd vote for
&gt; &gt; shooting Scott Richter on national TV, and my local email admins would
&gt; &gt; probably support me there.
&gt; 
&gt; Are you kidding?!?! Most email admins could be used as a fund raiser!
&gt; How much would they _pay_ for a lottery ticket that gets them a chance
&gt; to pull the trigger? And there's the video and DVD sales of the event.
&gt; It could dwarf &quot;Running Man&quot; !
&gt; 
&gt; Or better, put him in a clear box and let the lottery winner release the
&gt; flesh eating beetles from the &quot;The Mummy&quot; movies. 
&gt; 
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; -- CHS
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 09:05, Keith Morris - IQ wrote:
&gt; &gt; &gt; found this to be an entertaining article and thought you might get a 
&gt; &gt; &gt; kick out of it.
&gt; &gt; &gt; 
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