Re: virus: Archives

Nathan Russell (frussell@frontiernet.net)
Fri, 08 May 1998 15:32:48 -0400


Eric Boyd wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Nathan Russell <frussell@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> > My other idea is to name ratings after actual viruses - ranging
> > from 'wart' or 'chicken pox' to 'bubonic plague' or 'HIV'
>
> What a great idea! Question: would it be better or worse for a post to be
> associated with a more virulent virus?
>
> My money is on better!
>

One other issue - the viruses for the more severe diseases tend to be the
least successful, because they kill their hosts before transmission or
encourage development of a cure. The cold virus, for example, will likely
never be wipped out and is along very few which can be caught more than once.
So, do we make lethal or successful viiruses good?

-Nathan

> "C.A. Cook" <coreycook12@email.msn.com> wrote:
> > hm. you could just download the pages and read them
> > offline...probably fill up more than one disk.
>
> That's a good idea to... I'll have to see if there is an ftp server on
> Virus so I can get them all easily...
>
> ERiC