X-Message-Number: 28427 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:19:16 -0400 From: Keith Henson <> Subject: genies and nenes [Anthony .] At 09:00 AM 9/11/2006 +0000, Anthony wrote: snip > > Computer viruses are the third member of the larger category > > "replicators." And agree the essence of all three is information > > independent of the media the information is coded in. > >How is the information independent of the media the information is coded in? When you can convert from one media to another. Tape, paper, CD, hard disk, etc can all be used to store text and it is no big deal to convert from one to the other. Genes too can be stored on various media and converted back to DNA strings. >Keith - if you want to keep this up, I suggest doing it here: > >http://www.network54.com/Forum/291677/message/1157922206/genies+and+nenes I might take a look, but ghod knows I have ploughed this field too damn many times. Look back about ten years when Aaron Lynch and I went at it on alt.memetics or recently on the now inactive memetics list (the archive is functioning). Keith Henson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=28427