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Zombie Ants and Killer Fungus 125

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @07:59PM from the level-1-random-encounter dept.

nibbles2004 writes "An article in the Guardian newspaper shows how parasitic fungi evolved the ability to control ants they infect, ultimately leading the ant to its death. The fungus controls the ant's movements to a suitable leaf and causes the ant to grip onto the leaf's central stem, allowing the fungus to spore, which will allow more ants to become infected."

Comment Re:Roll it out in cell phones (Score 1) 425

by golfbum on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @03:56PM (#33293050) Attached to: Why You Shouldn't Worry About IPv6 Just Yet

My iPhone (3Gs w/ iOS4) already does IPv6. gb

Comment Re:Adobe bridge? (Score 2, Informative) 326

by golfbum on Sunday June 13, 2010 @07:08PM (#32559574) Attached to: A File-Centric Photo Manager?

Lightroom

Submission + - IPv4 Exhaustion Pullin

Submitted by golfbum on Sunday May 09, 2010 @09:20AM

golfbum writes: Today I noticed the exhaustion date at http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html has taken a rather sudden pullin to now less than one year remaining before IANA runs out of /8 blocks. The prediction for RIR exhaustion is now less than two years. If you read the page in detail dates for both have been in this range before but more recently the IANA date was September/October 2011 and RIR date was about a year after that. Is this the sign of an impending run on the scarce resource that some have predicted or a flaw in the math of the prediction?

Comment Brick 'em (Score 1) 330

by golfbum on Thursday April 15, 2010 @06:22PM (#31864732) Attached to: Microsoft Refuses To Patch Rootkit-Compromised XP Machines

I'm fine with msft bricking them. Might finally get some action. Gb

Comment The return (Score 1) 432

by golfbum on Wednesday April 14, 2010 @04:22PM (#31849320) Attached to: Is OS/2 Coming Back?

Eddie I and Jimmy G ride again!!

Comment For RF (Score 1) 301

by golfbum on Monday April 12, 2010 @08:02PM (#31824998) Attached to: Where To Start In DIY Electronics?

A copy of Experimental Methods in RF Design (EMRFD) and download a copy of LTSpice from Linear.com will entertain and educate for years. have fun gb

Submission + - IPV4 available addresses now under 10% of total (zdnet.co.uk)

Submitted by golfbum on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @11:08AM

golfbum writes: The clock keeps ticking but it seems most are asleep.

Comment Home group (Score 1) 283

by golfbum on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @09:47PM (#30531814) Attached to: Windows 7 May Finally Get IPv6 Deployed

a feature of Win7 requires IPV6. gb

Comment Re:Don't Defrag (Score 5, Informative) 467

by golfbum on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @12:28PM (#29885147) Attached to: Reliability of PC Flash SSDs?

defrag benefits hdd due to their long latency to retrieve widely separated block of info. ssds have essentially no latency therefore don't benefit by such reorganization. gb

Comment Re:Bad idea?? (Score 1) 185

by golfbum on Friday October 09, 2009 @07:32PM (#29699997) Attached to: NVIDIA To Exit Chipset Business

who uses integrated graphics for gaming anyway? if nvidia won't sell you a competitive addin card buy one from amd/ati. gb

Comment Re:CES2009: no consumer routers (Score 1) 264

by golfbum on Thursday January 08, 2009 @11:34AM (#26372363) Attached to: Google Over IPv6 Coming Soon

curious they don't mention ipv6 on their web page for that product... gb

Comment CES2009: no consumer routers (Score 1) 264

by golfbum on Thursday January 08, 2009 @10:52AM (#26371769) Attached to: Google Over IPv6 Coming Soon

I hoped that Linksys, et.al., would intro consumer routers at CES2009 with IPv6/IPv4 dual stacks. So far...nada. When are they going to wake up? gb

Comment Re:I am confused... (Score 2, Insightful) 315

by golfbum on Wednesday January 07, 2009 @09:13PM (#26366651) Attached to: The Illuminati Project Pushes For Dark Skies In 2009

illumination effectiveness falls off with the square of the distance from the source. any illumination that comes from a street lamp that comes from an angle much more than 45 degrees from directly down is pretty useless. all it does is act as a beacon to blind folks unfortunate enough to view it. lights are often visible from a half mile away which is completely absurd. of course in addition to light pollution and reducing night vision ability it also pisses away power. gb

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