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What kind of survival mechanism is that? "Oh! There's danger over there. Let's all go check it out..."

Yeah, they are the Red Shirt ants.

Oh those H1B ants!

Those colonies that waste resources "attacking" gizmos will be less successful than those that don't. However, such selection may take hundreds of years to manifest itself. Humans are not that patient.

So the good news is Fire Ants won't sting you to death because Crazy Ants are replacing them. The bad news is that Crazy Ants sting your gizmos to death.

What about putting some mild chemical in electronic coatings that ants don't like? They would then be less likely to hang out on gizmos.

Unlike pesticides on fruits, there is no "incentive" to become immune to such chemicals because there is no benefit to hanging out on electronics to begin with.

plants grow under the windows...

Only beards grow near Linux

Simple cause: Plants don't run Linux ;-)

You do NOT want to be the enemy of the executives.

Pretend you are like a super-hero, maybe LinuxMan, EmacsMan, LambdaMan, etc.

During the day you are Windows Kent, but at night you put on your EmacsMan suit and save the day from the unsuspecting clueless minions below you without thanks or recognition except for a handful of fans who realize you have kept Joker Ballmer from ruling the entire world.

It would be cool if an explorer became the first human ever attacked by a live anomalocaris. Oh the movies & games it would spawn...

He he. Let's see if the judge makes Mr. Gore testify.

It's not confusing, it's just Klingon numbering.

http://www.wizage.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/tlhingbuntu-splash.png

Is it the black-white guy, or the white-black guy?

Ann C.

Inflation: Trillions and Trillions