Author Topic: Some poor saps iBook became infested with ants (Read 670 times)

Kintaro · « **on:** 16 November 2002, 17:07 »

http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/15/2151208&mode=thread&tid=99

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http://discussions.info.apple.com/[email protected]@.3bbc014e/0

Kintaro · « **Reply #1 on:** 16 November 2002, 17:16 »

" Has anyone had this problem? I hope not . . . After the first rain of the year, the ants outside were restless (and homeless). My wife had left her ibook on the mantle charging overnight. The next morning we noticed a large number of ants milling around it. Upon inspection we discovered ants crawling in and out of every hole in the computer. I grabbed my can of compressed air and started blowing! To my horror hundreds of ants started pouring out carrying eggs! I knew this was bad. I took the computer out to the garage and completely disassembled the thing layer by layer . My stomach turned when I exposed the main circuit board and saw thousand of ant and eggs (and a queen or two), writhing across every inch! Argh! After several hours with a vacuum and a can of air I finally got the thing clean. I put it back together (only a few extra screws) and luckily it works fine. Any theories on why ants would decide to move an entire colony into an ibook? Warmth? Sweet circuit boards? I think they were attempting to colonize the ultimate frontier: cyberspace. "

I liked this reply:
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Pissed_Macman · « **Reply #2 on:** 17 November 2002, 21:15 »

Holy shit that is fucking hilarious!! This is going to keep me up all night!

ravuya · « **Reply #3 on:** 18 November 2002, 07:43 »

Bleah. I got the willies just from reading about it. Ants I can handle, but the little eggs? *shudder*

Anyway, just goes to show you that Apple's hardware even attracts other species.

rtgwbmsr · « **Reply #4 on:** 18 November 2002, 08:59 »

Makes me want to put my laptop in an airtight container!

Pantso · « **Reply #5 on:** 18 November 2002, 15:40 »

Holy crap! That just proves how SWEET Macs are! The story is a bit disgusting though, with all the eggs and stuff!

Master of Reality · « **Reply #6 on:** 18 November 2002, 17:29 »

i think it fits in with my theory about cows trying to take over teh world.... they got the ants to try to go on the internet to h4x0r some people... of course a mac would be the easiest way to do it

cahult · « **Reply #7 on:** 21 November 2002, 05:03 »

Even animals like Macs better! I guess the motherboard and the stuff around with the heat it can generate was the perfect breeding place for new ant generations. They like heat, so do we. So why don

Pissed_Macman · « **Reply #8 on:** 22 November 2002, 13:13 »

This takes me back to my many, many years of ant-smashing and burning with magnifying glasses. There used to be a huge ant colony on the sidewalk until I took a hose to it MWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA!!!

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Author Topic: Some poor saps iBook became infested with ants (Read 670 times)

Kintaro

Some poor saps iBook became infested with ants

Kintaro

Some poor saps iBook became infested with ants

Pissed_Macman

Some poor saps iBook became infested with ants

ravuya

Some poor saps iBook became infested with ants

rtgwbmsr

Some poor saps iBook became infested with ants

Pantso

Some poor saps iBook became infested with ants

Master of Reality

Some poor saps iBook became infested with ants

cahult

Some poor saps iBook became infested with ants

Pissed_Macman

Some poor saps iBook became infested with ants