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Death Penalty For Hackers?
EMIce writes "The New York Times Op-Ed page has a piece entitled Worse Than Death (Obnoxious but free registration required) that calls for harsher 'hacker' penalties as a deterrent, quoting one academic as recommending even well, the death penalty - as a deterrent for the likes of Sasser author Sven Jaschan. Let's face it, businesses are becoming more dependent on their computers but they continue to be a point of failure, and subsequently, frustration through lost profits. Perpetrated breakdowns are now pushing that aggravation towards an edge. The author suggests commuting the idea of a death sentence into a lifetime of servitude doing viral cleanup. What role should enforcement play in such cases and is this too harsh, even considering the billions in damage that is sometimes caused?"
...public floggings of idiots that don't sufficiently protect/firewall their computers!
Ahh. That explains the demise of Phrack I guess.
We must stand firm with our allies, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria, in sending sinners to god for their eternal punishment. If they're not guilty, they're martyrs, and we've hastened their journey to their eternal reward, to the root account in the sky.
"Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out" - T-Shirt at the Republican National Convention
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make install -not war
...is to make them work the Help Desk of any random ISP.
Yes, but some really rich guys had to fire half their master bathroom attendant staff for a week because they lost a few million as a result. Those former attendants were then deported because they were not legal citizens. In their home country they were seen as failures for not saving their family and stoned to death in a public square.
See...hacking causes death! Death to hackers!
Lesson learned: wait until you're a old rich white man before you begin your hacking career!
"We shall party like the Greeks of old! You know the ones I mean." - HedonismBot
I like it! You sit the guy down at a special computer:
Punch the monkey to win a prize!
[click]
WHOMP!
Splat.
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It's got kind of a poetic justice.
Clippy: "Hey! You didn't agree to the terms of your license agreement!
User: "Cancel"
Clippy: "You've just committed a capital offense!"
User: "Cancel"
Clippy: "Would you like to write a note to your family"
User: "Cancel"
Clippy "MS Death Squad(TM) has been dispatched. Are you sure you wouldn't like to write a note to your family?"
User: "Cancel"
Dear hedgehog2097,
It looks like you've hacked our registration system.
See you in the death row.
Sincerely,
The New York Times
You know it is time to go outside and meet real people when you have to consult wiki to find out if someone is joking or not.
See my journal for slashdot ID's by year. Mine created in 2005. http://slashdot.org/journal/289875/slashdot-ids-by-year
I'll just use my special getting high powers one more time...