There should be some sort of punishment. I worked as a state-licensed (California) smog mechanic in the '70s and '80s, before graduating from the university and working as a mechanical engineer. If I had fudged a smog test, I would probably gone to jail. It's looking like possibly $18B in fines for VW. That's a number that can get most people's attention.
It reminds of when Sony was including malware on their music CDs to limit Digital Rights infringement. IIRC, the gov made Sony pay Microsoft to write the code to remove the malware. I do remember getting in a patch batch, back in the day. Sony payed a paltry $750k fine; MS would have likely gouged a deep enough hole in their wallet to make up for that.
It reminds of when Sony was including malware on their music CDs to limit Digital Rights infringement. IIRC, the gov made Sony pay Microsoft to write the code to remove the malware. I do remember getting in a patch batch, back in the day. Sony payed a paltry $750k fine; MS would have likely gouged a deep enough hole in their wallet to make up for that.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
