Re: Gaelic thing
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2002, 2:58 |
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Thomas Leigh scripsit:
> I have no idea what "phagocytate" means, but wow, what a great word! ;-)
A phagocyte is a virus that infests bacteria; it moves in, subverts the
bacterial reproduction machinery to make more viruses instead, and
eventually bursts the bacterium and releases zillions of viruses
on an unsuspecting world.
--
John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
"One time I called in to the central system and started working on a big
thick 'sed' and 'awk' heavy duty data bashing script. One of the geologists
came by, looked over my shoulder and said 'Oh, that happens to me too.
Try hanging up and phoning in again.'" --Beverly Erlebacher
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