(June 26, 2010 at 8:16 am)Pippy Wrote: I love virii, they are fascinating. They are not wholly alive, at least with locomotion, growth and reproduction without being parasitic. Like zombies, but better. The greatest piece of programming ever. Bacteria get a bad name, they are actually our friends. And what else is there... What is rabies again? Starts with a P... I forget.
Sickness is all right, as the Buddha said, life is suffering.
-Pip
Pathogen? I still can't remember.
Prion?
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal