> And while we're at it we can eradicate all software and biological viruses, since that would be nice to have too, and about as difficult. Regarding biologica

> And while we're at it we can eradicate all software and biological viruses, since that would be nice to have too, and about as difficult. Regarding biological viruses, your comment seems to assume that all viruses are detrimental to life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowpox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowpox