[BBC News] Destroy ‘pirate’ PCs, says politician. A US senator wants to develop new technology which would remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music tracks. Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican representing Utah, asked technology chiefs about whether they could develop ways to damage or destroy the computers hearing in Washington on Tuesday.

As a personal rule I try to keep out of political discussions. This just tops it though - I had to check the date to make sure it wasn’t April 1st.