Define life

Just wondering about /sci/'s definition of life. None of that made of cells bullcrap. Bonus points for answers which adequately handle fire, viruses, corporations, and artificial intelligence.

Best answer will recieve a box containing a simulation of a universe whose denizens are just on the verge of discovering that their world is a simulation.

>>29
about post >>13 , i agree with you 100% that was a "prettiest" definition, but i disagree with it on the basis that galaxies, in that case, would also be considered alive.
also,

>corporations are abstract organizational ideas not matter.
really? is that ALL they are? even if that is the case, does life have to be composed of matter?

Really, i am a bit concerned that any answer to OP's question will come down to semantics. I want to ask OP how he is judging right from wrong as far as the responses go.

>>31
why prove you wrong when you have not proven yourself correct yet, at least to us?