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Feed the Worms Who Write Worms to the Worms


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Posted 16 June 2004 - 10:00 PM

http://slate.msn.com writes:
[quote name='http://slate.msn.com/id/2101297']
If we execute murderers, why don't we execute the people who write computer worms? It would probably be a better investment.

Let's do the math. What do we get out of executing a murderer? Deterrence. A high-end estimate is that each execution deters about 10 murders. (The highest estimate I've ever seen is 24 murders deterred per execution, but the closest thing to a consensus estimate in the econometric literature is about eight.) That's 10 lives saved, with a value—again a high-end estimate—of about $10 million apiece. (The closet thing to a consensus estimate in the economics literature is about $7 million per life. I am rounding up.) So let's say the benefit of executing a murderer is roughly 10 times $10 million, or $100 million—and that's probably at the high end.
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I don't like worm writers, but this guy who wants to kill them goes too far... And I even think that quoting a humal life is hypocritical.

#2 Derek

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Posted 01 July 2004 - 10:01 AM

O.o....Riiighht. I'd say this guy has some emotional management issues. o.o

#3 caio-06

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Posted 01 July 2004 - 03:57 PM

for me this guy is just crazy ... ;T

#4 psyris

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Posted 02 July 2004 - 06:20 AM

looks quite unstable, for sure off the track
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#5 Logistikal

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Posted 06 July 2004 - 07:29 AM

Lol, I thought it was funny...Lighten up guys:)
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#6 psyris

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Posted 06 July 2004 - 11:15 AM

its all in good fun, hell though it is annoying getting ur infected by some moronic virus or a worm.
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