Add this to the list of "Everything Is Relative". Couple days ago came word that computer viruses are waging war on unsuspecting PC's; one virus or worm turns a PC into a zombie that spews spam advertising one company, and a second virus removes it and redirects the spamvertising to a competitor. These activities give a whole new meaning to the idea of waging war "on all fronts".
And today Wired has further evidence of our upside down world in their story that viruses of another kind might be beneficial. They report on efforts to use microscopic viruses (the real kind) to create custom nano-factories that manufacture materials for products. This sounds similar to reports about coaxing bacteria to munch through mounds of plastic waste and "produce" useable material as by-product. Cutting edge stuff. But there's probably some "Make" reader already configuring a device to convert his pooch's lawn dropping into gold. If only the ancient alchemists had known the input wasn't lead.
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