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Giant Insect Invades Germany

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the our-thrip-overlords dept.

Noryungi writes, "It seems the alien invasion of the Earth has just started! A 50-meter insect has been spotted roaming the German countryside! Let the 'I, for one, welcome our new giant insectoid overlords' joke contest begin!" A moderator at a Keyhole forum IDs the bug as a thrip, about 1mm long, squished under a glass plate during scanning.

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  1. No... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems the alien invasion of the Earth has just started!

    No.. it's really Richard Branson's newest Eco-Friendly transportation mode. See, we'll strap seats to the backs of these giant genetically modified insects and they'll run us or fly us anywhere we want to go. What could possibly go wrong?

    microsoft europe strenuously denied it was a bug from their code, "ours are a few metres smaller."

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    1. Re:No... by Rockinsockindune · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or we can plant a thumper (they are attracted to rythmic vibrations), and use hooks and ropes to climb to the tops of their backs.

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    2. Re:No... by griffjon · · Score: 5, Funny

      The European community have known about this bug (and there are many others) for years now. Why do you think they're so solidly against genetically modified food? This is a Thwips Monsantoi

      (btw, I'm joking, but just to be safe, I for one welcome our new genetically-modified-food-created insectile pooping overlords!)

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  2. Ich fur ein... by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... Willkommen unsere neuen Insekt overlords

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  3. Bugs! by The+Outbreak+Monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like Google Maps still has some bugs.

  4. Way to spoil the joke by spoco2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know... I don't think it was really neccessary to have right there in the heading the little note that it's some tiny bug squished during the scanning process.

    The fact it was posted with the Monty Python foot should be enough for anyone to know it shouldn't be taken seriously.

    We could have had hundreds, if not thousands, of posts as to exactly what it could all mean, how it got there, why it was taking a large dump at the time of the photo...

    But now... now you've ruined it.

    I hope you're happy... go and sit in the corner and think about what you've done.

  5. Other OB by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Re:Ich fur ein...... Willkommen unsere neuen Insekt overlords

    In Soviet Russia Google Maps bug YOU!

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    1. Re:Other OB by Lane.exe · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sagen sie! Im Amerika gibt es ein Insekt overlord für sechs Jahre!

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  6. fun by sporkme · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here are two Escher-licious images from google maps:
    Boston
    Dallas

    ...and an interesting effect that can occur when frames are spliced:
    Sidewalk ends

    Of course, there are tons of these, including the popular ipod.

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  7. From the Googleplex by NetDrain · · Score: 5, Funny

    But from the Corp network, we have:

    http://theblight.net/misc/germany.jpg

    The Maps team is going to be -pissed.- It'll be awesome.

  8. That's Not a Bug by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a fucking feature, alright?

  9. Fark had a thread of wierd finds last week by gmezero · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink =2294440

    There are some really great shots in that thread as well
    as some co-ordinates to follow up on. One is a wierd land
    area in New Mexico where some scammers had built out all
    the roads for an entire city development and then skipped
    out with the money and never built a thing.

    Very wierd stuff.

  10. With apologies to Kafka... by yuriismaster · · Score: 5, Funny
    As Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself in his bed, transformed into a monstrous insect.

    ...and invaded Germany.
  11. Nothing to see here, move along by naoursla · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is just Google's new crawler.

  12. You're right! by idonthack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nobody over there actually names things in German. That's just a myth.
    I hear "Kugeltalstraße" is a really popular Chinese street name. Yep, sure looks like China to me.

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