Insect Conductivity

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Mon Jul 26 18:35:38 2004

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Subject: Re: Insect Conductivity


> On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, John Lawson wrote:
>
> > Attracted by something, a stream of medium-sized red ants were
ascending
> > the power cord and swarming into the fan grilles on the power supply -
> > turning it on had blown sufficient quantities of them into the HV side
to
> > cause hymenopterous formicidae ionization and subsequent zapping of
> > circuits not engineered to tolerate 220V 50Htz - namely the damn
> > power-contoller / standby / 'sleep' chips...
>
> What stupid fucking creatures. Good thing too. If they actually had any
> sort of intelligence they could take over the world.
>
> --
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival

They do own the world, they just like the real estate under the ground more
then above it. Unlike the dinosaurs and allot of other animals and
vegetation the ants will survive just about anything short of an exploding
earth.
Received on Mon Jul 26 2004 - 18:35:38 BST