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

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<\/p>\n

Maybe they celebrate April 1st on June 1st in the USA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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