🚀 go-pugleaf

Bill Dixon writes:
|> Isn't one of the justifications for punishment for _any_ crime that of
|> providing a deterrent for other would-be criminals?
|> ...
|> However, if a hacker knew that s/he might lose his/her ability
|> to work on a computer, at least professionally, and not communicate via
|> modem, s/he _should_ be a little more inclined to consider the cost before
|> testing to see if s/he can propagate a worm or virus, whether it is benign
|> or not.

more of a deterrent than jail time?  i doubt it.  and, as mike points out,
this would require a thorough recasting of the law, for a narrow goal.  it
doesn't seem worth it.

	peter