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Posted on 05-25-08 03:37:57 AM Link | Quote
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...By billions of electronics-eating ants.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3941545.ece

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Posted on 05-25-08 06:14:56 AM Link | Quote
Time for some choice comments:
Originally posted by one of the comments
So is this the computer killing Millenium Bug we heared so much about in 2000, its just running a few years late.
The Y2K(8) bug, huh.
Originally posted by another comment
And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
Originally posted by again, comment on the times site
Shocking story, does that mean instead of reading The Times on the Internet.

I'll have to go and buy one?
As if computers didn't have enough bugs already.
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As an electrosensitive that has been ill since the advent of wireless technology, this is the answer to my prayers and the absolute best news I've had all week. This technology is not safe for humans or any of God's creations.

I only pray that these ants spread globally, and fast.
Originally posted by counter-comment to previous
What is an "electrosensitive" doing using a computer to read the news, surely a newspaper would be better for her health??? Bizarre!!
The comments to this article are disappointing. Everyone wants to blame sin, port inspections, globalization (yes Texas has international ports). Would a port inspector see a few ants? Probably not. Species have always traveled and always will. These cosmic explanations are exaggerated. They're ants


And then of course there are all the "It's a terrorist/CIA/etc plot!" comments.

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Posted on 05-26-08 02:35:28 AM Link | Quote
This isn't terribly new ... they seem to have invaded in 2002.

Stupid that it wasn't mentioned very often until now, now that they're oh-so-important, it's getting coverage. Maybe they should've started their research on killing them long ago?



Looks like it isn't that they eat electronics, they're just attracted to them; and so many of them bunch together and cause short circuits.

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