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Cells Talk in a Language That Looks Like Viruses

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Re: Cells Talk in a Language That Looks Like Viruses

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Post by jdonaldson » Tue, May 08, 2018, 7:30 AM UTC

RoyTyrell wrote: post #34

jdonaldson wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also fwiw I dropped the name vesicle from API and docs because I didn't think anybody would understand the connection. Now I'm inclined to add it back in.

Wait, what? Are... are you God?

I've watched the original Ghostbusters, so yes.

Re: Cells Talk in a Language That Looks Like Viruses

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Post by stephengillie » Thu, May 10, 2018, 12:07 AM UTC

ajuc wrote: post #30

derefr wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Viruses are memes. Something that a cell hears, and then can't stop repeating.

If the messages between cells are e-mail, then viruses are computer viruses. The analogy is almost perfect - it's information that uses security holes to cause the host to produce and send copies of it.

And eventually the computer explodes, spreading email spam everywhere. Oh, wait.

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