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I think (as Steve pointed out in the earlier iteration of this thread) consistency is key. My son went through a brief biting stage, and when he did it I used my best angry daddy voice and told him "James, no biting ever! 5 minutes on your bottom.", which was indeed followed by him sitting on his butt with no toys, no juice, no fun, for 5 minutes. This tactic was also used by his mom and babysitter, and now it's not a problem. Well, mostly.
On rare occasion he does still bite me, mostly when we're pretending to be puppies (Yeah, we. I'm a dad, it's my job). And he realises immediately upon doing it that it was the wrong thing to do. Punishment still follows, but the important thing is that I know he knows it's wrong, so I don't worry too much about it.
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