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From: Ron on 27 Jun 2010 11:45
On 27/06/2010 16:36, Meat Plow wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:59:49 +0100, N_Cook ǝʇoɹʍ:
>
>> Watched a nature TV prog on swarming behavior. Apparently these ants
>> have stowed away on planes and taken up residence in airports in S USA
>> states , infesting computers in air traffic systems etc. No mention in
>> the program why jungle creatures have electric charge sensors in their
>> antenna (stated in the narration) but they naturally home in on live
>> circuit boards apparently and then swarm all over, causing mayhem.
>> Anyone have any operational experience of pc failure due to swarms of
>> fire ants ?
>
> I purchased an Anteater for insurance against a fire ant attack on my
> electronics.
you know what they say, aardvark never killed anybody
From: DaveC on 27 Jun 2010 12:15
> The "queen bee" was quite impressive
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gkrm2

I don't understand BBC's iPlayer archive. There's many programs that play
live on B1-B4 that aren't available for replay from the iPlayer archive.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

From: Jeff Liebermann on 27 Jun 2010 13:03
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:59:49 +0100, "N_Cook" <diverse(a)tcp.co.uk>
wrote:

>Anyone have any operational experience of pc failure due to swarms of fire
>ants ?

Not fire ants. I had a radio site invaded by carpenter ants that
eventually required replacing all the wood walls (former Nike site)
with concrete block. They never got near the radios, but made a mess
of the electrical conduit by using it for transit. I have photos
somewhere. They also got into the TV antenna amplifier. Nothing was
eaten, but they secreted some kind of acid, that ate the copper
traces.

More:
<http://www.hackvan.com/pub/stig/funny/geek/ants-in-the-machine>

Locally, we have banana slugs.
<http://www.google.com/images?q=banana+slug>
They'll eat most anything, but really prefer to eat service manuals. A
connoisseur slug invaded my shop and only ate the older Motorola
service manuals. Others prefer the sticky labels on my storage boxes,
post it notes, and white cardboard. The only good news is that they
also eat dog droppings. They're big enough to spot easily, but my
mess offers good hiding places.

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Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
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From: William Sommerwerck on 27 Jun 2010 13:10
> They'll eat most anything, but prefer to eat service
> manuals. A connoisseur slug invaded my shop and
> only ate the older Motorola service manuals.

Gives a whole new meaning to "Motoblur". (You see, slugs move slowly, and...
never mind.)


From: William R. Walsh on 28 Jun 2010 10:25
Hi!

> Anyone have any operational experience of pc failure due to swarms
> of fire ants ?

Well, the circuit didn't fail and they weren't fire ants...but...

I had a massive ants nest show up in an Optimus STA-795 stereo
receiver. I noticed them moving around on the front panel, so I picked
it up and WOW! Ants were pouring out of the bottom of the unit. The
manual was underneath it, and they'd made some kind of a big white
thing on top of it. I don't recall exactly what I did to evict them,
but they never came back again.

William
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