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Moore's Ants
Makarand writes "We all know Moore's Law that predicts the future
power of computer chips. He now has an ant named
after him. A Harvard biologist named several
species of ants that he
recently found
after people who have supported conservation. One species got Gordon Moore's name."
I'd have nominated fire ants based on how quickly thier mounds take over a yard.
Now let's just hope nobody reads the article as usual.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" - Derek Bok
Moore I
Moore II
(Yes, I know the ant isn't Pheidole Moorium, but it is a Pheidole)
The quote at the bottom of the page was this:
:-)
:-D
The sooner all the animals are extinct, the sooner we'll find their money. - Ed Bluestone
So much for conservation.
Somehow I don't think we'll get a species named after Slashdot, even though the swarming behaviours are quite similar to a site being hammered until it goes down.
fair.org counterpunch.com truthout.com indymedia.org salon.com
eff.org guerrilla.net debian.org gentoo.org
things that make you stop and go, "hmm, weird," and then you never think about it ever again.
... call me old fashioned but I remembered when the names of species actually meant something (e.g., the Latin word for some unique descriptor of the creature). I guess scientists are free to name new species whatever the hell they want, huh? Are they allowed to name species after their spouses? Pets? Favorite movies? And exactly how much does it cost to "buy" a species name anyhow? Can you get an entire genus named after you if you give enough money to conservation organisations?
GMD
watch this
Aren't those ants something to put into the compost bin?
Just for record, because it's a classic line from The Simpsons:
Kent Brockman: Ladies and Gentlemen, we have just lost the picture. But what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has apparently been taken over, conquered if you will, by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them the ants will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new insect overlords. Would like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality I could be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar cave.
People should auction off the right to the name for plants and animamls to raise money for their protection and advancement. It would kinda make you feel immortal to have an entire speciese named after you... or at least make you want to spend money to protect it.
scary, true, but all that adrenaline makes it worth it.
So you are saying that by allowing this, Linux hackers will rid the world of cockroaches? Because obviously Bill would choose something that he would need to spend $0 to "preserve" and would never die off, knowing that the Linux hackers would immediately try to kill whatever was necessary to destroy MS!
Guess I'm gonna name my next ant species Camponotus Debbiedoesdallas.