What interesting parallels are there between computer and human viruses?
Seligman: First is the speed of transmission. In the case of computer viruses, it can happen in milliseconds and infect thousands or even millions of computers and servers around the globe, in just hours. Human viruses don’t spread quite that rapidly, but the spread of H1N1 in the grand scheme of things has been quite rapid, such that many, many thousands, if not millions, of people have become infected in a relatively short period of time.
