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Iron-eating Bug Found to Thrive in 121C Heat
shobadobs writes "A story in the Independent reports that a microorganism appropriately referred to as 'Strain 121' has been found capable of thriving, with its colony size doubling, at a heat of 121 degrees Celsius, eight degrees more than the previously recorded maximum temperature that an organism can survive. This deep-sea volcanic vent creature was found on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, and it feeds off of iron." Luckily it's only a microorganism. At first glance I thought scientists might have discovered a real-life rust monster.
It's a simpsons reference from when homer is up in the space shuttle and breaks the ant colony experiment. An ant floats in front of the camera and Kent Brockman thinks that giant ants have taken over the space shuttle. He says that line.
"its' small size would prevent it from doing much immediate damage."
What if he has a brother?
and for the first time, a score of: -1 Informative makes sense.
Tequila: It's not just for breakfast anymore!
"In the Soviet Union, our iron-eating overlords goatse all your base with dead *BSD!"
There, I think that covers all of the troll/offtopic cliches.
Nah, you left out any reference to SCO, hot grits, and Natalie Portman.
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> In Natalie Portman's Soviet Russia, our iron-eating overlords use dead *BSD to goatse all your hot grits. SCO sue ever Zig!
If you had a beowulf cluster of those, you'd be set.