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Microbes 100M Years Old Found In Termite Guts

viyh writes with coverage on MSNBC of the discovery of ancient microbes fossilized in the gut of a termite. "One hundred million years ago a termite was wounded and its abdomen split open. The resin of a pine tree slowly enveloped its body and the contents of its gut. In what is now the Hukawng Valley in Myanmar, the resin fossilized and was buried until it was chipped out of an amber mine. The resin had seeped into the termite's wound and preserved even the microscopic organisms in its gut. These microbes are the forebears of the microbes that live in the guts of today's termites and help them digest wood. ... The amber preserved the microbes with exquisite detail, including internal features like the nuclei. ... Termites are related to cockroaches and split from them in evolutionary time at about the same time the termite in the amber was trapped."

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  1. It takes guts to be wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality,' which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to pedophilia.

    What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

    • Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
    • Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
    • Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

    I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

    Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

    As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

    And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

    Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

    'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

    Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

    We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and copyright of posters to Slashdot by gathering

  2. You forgot one more creature that split: +1, True by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    from cockroaches. Tthis creature goes by the name of Presidet-VICE Richard B. Cheney.

    Yours In Communism,
    Kilgore Trout

  3. Re:You forgot one more creature that split: +1, Tr by phantomfive · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know what, I've been 100% against torture from the beginning, and I was glad to see Cheney leave office, but I think he's doing a real service to the country in one way, and that is, he is sincere.

    He is out there defending himself because he believes what he did was the correct course of action. Not only that, millions of other Americans agree with him. So by being sincere, and bringing the debate into the open, we are having a true, democratic debate over what the correct policy is. When was the last time that happened in America? Isn't it a nice change from Rove/Pelosi, who basically say whatever they can to discount their opponent? Here we are having an open debate on the subject between Obama and Cheney, and it is making people think. And that is a good thing.

    I don't like Cheney, but I defend his right to speak out; especially when he is sincere (and frankly (and sadly) has more clarity of purpose than most of the rest of the Republican party right now).

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  4. Re:You forgot one more creature that split: +1, Tr by MichaelSmith · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know what, I've been 100% against torture from the beginning

    Well good for you!

  5. Re:Summer block buster by ciderVisor · · Score: 1, Offtopic
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    Squirrel!
  6. Re:Cunt Waffles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i looked at your waffles and spent some time contemplating what you mean by 'cunt waffles'. I have to say that this one has stumped me.... wtf?

  7. Re:You forgot one more creature that split: +1, Tr by phantomfive · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey man, just 'cause you weren't is no reason to be bitter. You can change now and be on the right side. ;)

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  8. Re:You forgot one more creature that split: +1, Tr by rubycodez · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sincerely committing treason lining his pockets with defense contractor money. to hell with that dirt bag.

  9. Re:Cunt Waffles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I much prefer Shitwaffles

  10. Re:Yes, but it's in Chickens, not frogs by gyrogeerloose · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    a grain of salt. Or rather, several tons of Sodium Chloride

    I can supply that for you. Take a look here.

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    This ain't rocket surgery.