RE: virus: Logic

Eva-Lise Carlstrom (eva-lise@efn.org)
Mon, 20 Oct 1997 15:26:05 -0700 (PDT)


On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Brett Lane Robertson wrote:

> I, on the other hand do. And I think that is at the root of memetics. We
> talked about `viral shells' a while back. Which is more important in a
> viruses ability to infect: It's shell and the receptor triggers on it, or
> the DNA inside?
>
> -Prof. Tim
>
> What profits a virus if it infects the whole world and loses its DNA?

Wonderful line!

Eva