Comments on: Caution: Nerds At Work

By: Vegas Princess

Vegas Princess — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:41:26 +0000

I knew there was a reason I don’t read anything by him. My head is spinning.

By: Shades

Shades — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:36:05 +0000

I see it your way. What I got out of it was, here we are, we humans who have managed to create something non-living that is just as damaging to the tech realm that is just as destructive as we living beings are to each other. I think it’s more about cause and effect and relativity than it is about DNA, RNA, etc… Somehow, we have managed to create something just as “life” -draining, that has run rampant, without physically birthing it.

By: Lynda

Lynda — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:30:48 +0000

Finn - It is a good discussion quote. lol! buffalodickdy - Yes, when it takes out said nerd's computer! Blue - hehehe blakbyrd - I don't know what Stephen Hawkings believes, but you might be right. JQ - No kidding! I think Dan was getting mad at me! Nanna - We have some pretty interesting discussions. hehe Beth - Even better when they don't protest to you putting stuff up!

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:28:54 +0000

god, don’t you love getting blog stuff from your husband??!!!! It’s usually priceless!!

By: Nanna

Nanna — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:47:26 +0000

Oh gosh the things we can get tangled up in!!

By: JQ

JQ — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:52:11 +0000

That Stephen Hawkings is a trouble maker.

By: blakbyrd797

blakbyrd797 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:13:41 +0000

Ha, sadly enough, without reading the rest of the post my initial reaction to your first sentence was, “But viruses aren’t considered a form of life!” I am so right there with you in my nerdiness.

Actually when I was in school they taught us that there was still some debate in the scientific community over whether viruses should or should not be considered alive. Maybe Steven Hawking believes they should be.

I do see what you’re saying, though. The statement never explictly compares computer viruses to actual viruses, just to living things in general. And yet I still disagree with it because one of the reasons viruses aren’t considered “living things” is that they can’t reproduce on their own without invading a host body. Same goes for computer viruses, right?

By: bluepaintred

bluepaintred — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:37:49 +0000

I was going to make a nice witty comment but i laughed too hard at Buffalodickdy’s comment and have to go change my pants…

By: buffalodickdy

buffalodickdy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:30:27 +0000

Real virus- Can kill indiscriminately.
Computer virus- Can only kill nerds…

By: Finn

Finn — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:11:10 +0000

I agree with you — he’s comparing a computer virus with humans. “We’ve created life in our own image.”