The better Paul Bunyan story is Paul Bunyan and the Photocopier (the podcast), which also has a very suitable reader for the story. I ran across the spambot story while looking for a text version (and found them both on boingboing), and was not particularly impressed by it.

Triggered the singularity to win a bet.
Sounds familiar somehow.

I like the Chuck Norris quotes more, though :)

Obligatory link to Nimrod’s Stephenson interview (Hebrew):
http://blog.goleshet.com/home/neal_stephenson_interview_hebrew

And the edited version, if you like your readers evil (also Hebrew):
http://digital.timeout.co.il/activemagazine/welcome/timeout_253.asp