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Hawking says computer virus is form of life
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COMPUTER viruses should be treated as a life form, Stephen
Hawking, the British physicist and leading theorist on the origins
of the Universe, has told an audience of computer enthusiasts in
the United States.
In a speech on the nature of life, Professor Hawking said
computer viruses fit standard definitions of living systems, even
though they have no metabolism of their own. The computer virus
exploits the metabolism of the host computer it infects, and
becomes a parasite. This parasi...
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