Ants that feast on electronics are invading the U.S and CAN only be killed with very-expensive insec - Polidicks

[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/06/09/article-0-1A3AFAF1000005DC-946_634x432.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]Since it was first spotted in Houston in 2002, it's spread to some 21 counties in Texas, 20 counties in Florida and a few locations in Mississippi and Louisiana The omnivorous ant attacks and kills other species as well as monopolizing food sources to the detriment of the entire ecosystem It also attacks electrical wiring, causing millions of dollars worth of damage. -READ MORE: [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2338502/Crazy-ants-terrorizing-parts-U-S-resistant-chemicals-kill-species.html?ICO=most_read_module[/url][/QUOTE] [IMG]http://loyalkng.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/flamethrower.jpg[/IMG]

i'm glad i live in the uk, i'd probably cry

Aren't most ants / bugs attracted to electrical currents as well? [editline]10th June 2013[/editline] also damn it why is it always in Florida

Apparently they form bridges between electrical contacts, and that causes them to short out. God damn, ants are so interesting.

We're no longer safe on our computers.

[QUOTE=Maksim;40973044]Apparently they form bridges between electrical contacts, and that causes them to short out. God damn, ants are so interesting.[/QUOTE]That was the origin of bug to mean a computer error, wasn't it? In the early days of computing, they were so vast that bugs often got trapped in them and broke something.

There's only one thing left to do [IMG]http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/139/002/13900296_640.jpg[/IMG]

Reminds me of the movie Pi

fuck everything I'm done nature stop trying to force me outside

Welp, we're boned. Also it always seems to be Florida and Texas that get the shit end of the deal with the insects. It's like a breeding ground of stupidly vicious insects.

I don't how it does it but one day there's ants around next day they don't exist. If these ants get past this we're all doomed. [IMG]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fam0zr1iL._SX300_.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;40973148]That was the origin of bug to mean a computer error, wasn't it? In the early days of computing, they were so vast that bugs often got trapped in them and broke something.[/QUOTE] "In 1946, when Hopper was released from active duty, she joined the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory where she continued her work on the Mark II and Mark III. Operators traced an error in the Mark II to a moth trapped in a relay, coining the term bug. This bug was carefully removed and taped to the log book. Stemming from the first bug, today we call errors or glitch's in a program a bug"

[QUOTE=Gnomical;40973772]"In 1946, when Hopper was released from active duty, she joined the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory where she continued her work on the Mark II and Mark III. Operators traced an error in the Mark II to a moth trapped in a relay, coining the term bug. This bug was carefully removed and taped to the log book. Stemming from the first bug, today we call errors or glitch's in a program a bug"[/QUOTE] thats so fucking cool also i some motherfucking ants eat my computer ill fucking kill myself

Facepunch has found its nemesis.

[QUOTE=dr gero;40974191]thats so fucking cool also i some motherfucking ants eat my computer ill fucking kill myself[/QUOTE] ..... smartness sounds like it was a really good system

We should use liquid cooled computers from now on, that way the ants cant get at the components if its all submerged in cooling fluid.

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;40973148]That was the origin of bug to mean a computer error, wasn't it? In the early days of computing, they were so vast that bugs often got trapped in them and broke something.[/QUOTE] It was a moth that shorted out a bank computer

[QUOTE=ultra_bright;40974780]We should use liquid cooled computers from now on, that way the ants cant get at the components if its all submerged in cooling fluid.[/QUOTE] They'll find a way.

[QUOTE=ultra_bright;40974780]We should use liquid cooled computers from now on, that way the ants cant get at the components if its all submerged in cooling fluid.[/QUOTE] but then you've got a bunch of drowning ants in your machine.

Oh I remember these guys. Dad used to be the chief of outbound operations at the Houston ship channel Customs/Border Protection and these fuckers would tear up their X-ray machines all the time. He got calls about them constantly.

[QUOTE=ultra_bright;40974780]We should use liquid cooled computers from now on, that way the ants cant get at the components if its all submerged in cooling fluid.[/QUOTE] If I remember correctly, some ants will emit a chemical scent when dying which attracts more ants to finish the job. Basically speaking, you will literally replace all that liquid with dead ants. Have fun with that imagery

[img]http://puu.sh/3cIng.jpg[/img] I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

these were genetically modified by the companies to sell more insecticide!!! i know their plot now

You'll have to offer them food to distract them from your electronics, although that's futile, as it's only a matter of time until they grow tired of your pitiful offerings and decide to feast on the good stuff. America confirmed for babbies enslaved by ants.

I think it's time to abandon the continent