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Fire ants - computer bugs
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 ? -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://diverse.4mg.com/index.htm |
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Watched a nature TV prog on swarming behavior.
Diverse Devices, Southampton, England Which show? On the Beeb? Thanks, Dave |
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... Watched a nature TV prog on swarming behavior. Diverse Devices, Southampton, England Which show? On the Beeb? Thanks, Dave The "queen bee" was quite impressive http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gkrm2 Synopsis This documentary reveals the awe-inspiring world of animal swarms, discovering what happens when superswarms invade people's lives and, using the latest camera techniques, going to the heart of the swarm to reveal how the creatures therein view our world. Real-life footage from camcorders and mobile phones captures the amazing impact they can have. Killer bees mount an attack on an international football match in Costa Rica; in the US the Illinois River boils with leaping silver carp, an alien species that has hijacked the river, smashing into boats and injuring people. In South Australia a sea of mice raids farms, consuming and destroying in their millions on a scale that defies belief. The largest swarm on Earth erupts from Lake Victoria: trillions of flies blanket villages but the locals have learnt to turn the swarm into a highly nutritious fly burger. In Rome, cameras fly alongside ten million starlings, the largest swarm in Europe. Their mesmeric waves stop many residents in their tracks, but as they roost they smother the city in tons of excrement. One man has learnt to control the ultimate swarm. He has become their 'queen bee' with startling results, learning to control what most people fear and to understand one of the most incredible forces of nature. -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://diverse.4mg.com/index.htm |
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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. |
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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. But won't the anteater's saliva leave conductive traces on the board? These could cause anything from minor problems to catastrophic failure. |
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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 |
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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. |
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On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:59:49 +0100, "N_Cook"
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. Mo 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. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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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.) |
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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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On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:44:03 -0700, William Sommerwerck 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. But won't the anteater's saliva leave conductive traces on the board? These could cause anything from minor problems to catastrophic failure. If you would have just Google'd 'anteater saliva' you would have seen that its saliva conforms to the RoHS directive. |
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On 6/27/2010 11:45 AM, Ron wrote:
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 Cheers Phil Hobbs (And it's illegal in some places: http://www.despair.com/effort.html ) -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal ElectroOptical Innovations 55 Orchard Rd Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 845-480-2058 email: hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net |
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Jeff Liebermann wrote:
carpenter ants[...]got into the TV antenna amplifier. Nothing was eaten, but they secreted some kind of acid, that ate the copper traces. http://google.com/search?q=ants+formic-acid Some birds have even figured out that squashed ants are useful. http://google.com/search?q=ants+crows+formic-acid There has been speculation that they get a buzz off this. |
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William R. Walsh wrote:
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 bugs seem to like heat, so things like vcrs were popular places for roaches to live in. you could tell from looking at a customer at the shop if you had to open their electronics on newspapers and have a can of electronics cleaner ready to kill anything that would run off. |
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