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Swarming Ants Destroy Electronics in Texas
AntOverlords writes "Voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area,
shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers. They have ruined pumps at sewage pumping stations, fouled computers and at least one homeowner's gas meter, and caused fire alarms to malfunction. They have been spotted at NASA's Johnson Space Center and close to Hobby Airport, though they haven't caused any major problems there yet."
I for one welcome our swarming ant overlords - just so long as they stay in YOUR neighborhood.
The ants are finally tired of building my Java code for me I see.
Biological cyber warefare! Did anyone check their heads for lasers?
They're just destroying the electronics that American ants won't.
If you haven't made a developer cry, you've wasted a day.
.... just keep 'em out of my beer.
chown -R us
Is it just me, or does that sound like some type of STD?
Just wait for the frenzy of right wing nuts screaming about how immigrants are destroying the country... blah blah blah!
Fire ants, Killer bees, Chestnut blight, Dutch Elm Disease, Sudden Oak Death (all invasive and here because of lax monitoring). You forgot Europeans from that list.
But do they eat paper ballots as well as Diebold voting machines?
If you haven't made a developer cry, you've wasted a day.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
TFA says that the ants come from Caribean areas, so Mexico would be on the way as well. After reading TFA I'm a little worried for the people in the area, this looks like the start of something major. Typhoon, earthquake, killer ants, what next? Better get Bruce Willis to start astronaut training real soon.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Serious Problem: Posting on /. Before Coffee
News at 11
I will not give in to the terrorists. I will not become fearful.
don't they know about not messing with Texas
Its not the years, its the mileage
This is news for nerds. It didn't become news until they started killing computers. Now we're incensed!
Glad I live in North Houston. The buggers will never get past Pasadena! Nothing survives Pasadena.....for very long.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
I think that "acts of God" applies specifically to locusts...
Misleading titles? Inflammatory blurbs? Keep in mind that Slashdot is a tabloid.
A moat filled with gasoline.
My god, will no one think of the rubber tree plants!?
Damn you Wesley Crusher and your wild nanites!
Hey! We humans can reproduce in many flexible ways. ^.~
Random Thoughts From A Diseased Mind (Not For Dummies)
Oh, ok. So we just need to make cold computers. How hard could that be?
"They are the size of fleas but they eat ladybugs? How does that work, exactly?"
The key word here is "they". It's plural. I eat cows...but not by myself.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
When I read the headline, I thought they were talking about fire ants--which would be very old news. Fire ants invaded the country decades ago. We've known for years that fire ants have an affinity for electrical equipment. But these little buggers eat fire ants, so I say bring 'em on. I don't see how anything that eats fire ants can be considered to be a pest.
Anyone find it interesting that one "Grace Hopper" reported that... dangerously similar to Grass Hopper... its an entire insect conspiracy!!!
I would too but the last time I did it, my BSD died.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
"You are only alive because ants don't view you as a threat."
No, the ants are only alive because Chuck Norris lets them live.
"But this one goes to 11!"
Uh, excuse me, I think you mean "anal". :)
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Nerd ants!
Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.