-=> Quoting Day Brown to Mark Bloss <=-
 DB> Even more primitive: the prion.
Uh, what makes a prion primitive?  Do you equate simple with
primitive?  Do you equate "not a life form" with primitive?  Or,
are you passing off non-science assumptions as fact and assuming
that prions are some sort of precursor to life?????
 DB> Which, Mark, is not a life form;
 DB> it has no DNA.  It *is* a molecule.  In the right circumstances, 
 DB> it is a catalyst... those circumstances now being recognized in 
 DB> the so-called 'mad cow disease', in which the catalysis creates 
 DB> even more prions, which continue to replicate, in, pardon my pun, 
 DB> but a very life-like way.
Next time could you bother to tell us what your point is??????
 DB> Now, it does not look like Venus ever had, or ever will support 
 DB> any form of life we can imagine.
Why not?  Is it because Venus is stuck in an open system, getting
energy from the sun?  Just what principle or law leads you to
the conclusion that Venus will probably never support any form
of life?????????????????
Look on the bright side, your spell checker works reasonably
well for shareware.
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