I just received a spam virus “from” Patrick Nielsen Hayden. Or rather, mail addressed to me, from him. No, I don’t think he sent it (and not just because I’m pretty sure he uses a Mac, or that the mail was sent from a server in the Netherlands). Yes, I do think that the government needs to legalize knee-capping for spam prevention. That’s a joke, although I’m pretty sure you’d have a hard time finding 12 people to convict anyone carrying out such deterrence. More [serious] thoughts on the spam topic when I get time to write it up.