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Worse than spam. They're like that chain email all your relatives kept forwarding you about Bill Gates giving you a trip to Disney World if you sent it on to 10
by noonespecial 8y ago
Worse than spam. They're like that chain email all your relatives kept forwarding you about Bill Gates giving you a trip to Disney World if you sent it on to 10 other people.
- derefr 8y agoViruses are memes. Something that a cell hears, and then can't stop repeating.
- ajuc 8y agoIf 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.
- stephengillie 8y agoAnd eventually the computer explodes, spreading email spam everywhere. Oh, wait.
- divs1210 8y agoJust realised 'viral meme' is a redundant phrase.