angel_rs

Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:20PM (#22558398)

Now you have to find an accurate and all-capturing definition to all the terms you used (manmade, floor, backrest, ...)

It's a game you cannot win.

Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:46AM (#22558023)

The boundary between "life" and "not life" has some fascinating organisms/structures[0]:

  Virions
  Viroids
  Satellites
  Prions
  Defective interfering particles (DIPs)

I would also add t-RNA[1] to that list. It can almost replicate by itself, and sits right in the middle between "data" (DNA/RNA) and "code" (a small machine that can selectively hold an amino acid)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_classification#Subviral_...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_RNA