In one of the most chilling articles, that I have read in recent times, author Steven E. Landsburg advocates the death penalty for computer hackers. He presents an extremely calculated basis for his recommdation. It is all in economics.

The computer hacker costs the wold US$ 50 billion per annum. If executing one of them could deter 0.05% of all virus writers or “vermiscripters” in the world the savings to the world economy would be to the tune of US $ 100 million. Any more deterance achieved beyond that is a bonus. In fact, the author believes that it is far more profitable to execute a virus writer than a killer

Maybe they celebrate April 1st on June 1st in the USA