Research Warns of Crazy, Computer-Eating Ant Invasion

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

Contain them, whatever the coast may be.
I'm counting on the south to dig a moat. A big fucking moat. For the sake of all that is human, don't let these bastards spread northward.

 

[___________________]

I see. There are a lot of interesting things happening nowadays....very interesting indeed......

 

[geldonyetich]

Even better, the crazy ants are difficult to kill.

On the contrary, sounds like all you have to do is put out some decoy wires running a sufficient electrical charge and clean up the dead ant debris some time to time.

 

[ResonanceSD]

Fire Ants?

More like FIRE FIRE AT THE ANTS!

yeah yeah, I'm GOING already.

 

[Rockario]

At least they're eating the wires because they're crazy and not because they're smart...I hope. Otherwise we might be dealing with a "Phase IV" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuhgBvOWb_k] situation.

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

That is the most metal f*****g thing I'm going to read all week.
Next they're going to drill sunglasses into their temples and start saying
"I never asked for this."

 

[Weaver]

Why don't we just make "electricity traps" for them? Just a box with a really tough wire, say out of steel or something with a shit load of current. Then the ants will just continuously swarm it and die.

Not sure how to make it rain proof though.

Were the ants brought up from Brazil, or did they just migrate from South America through Mexico?

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Keep that s*** away from Australia. We're happy with the loads of lethal spiders and snakes thank you very much, without anything that eats our computers. *shudder*

 

[Akytalusia]

hmm.. this sounds like it could escalate. it may be time to think about crossing the pond.

 

[Johnson McGee]

When they reach the delicious electricity underneath the wire's rubber coating, the ants are electrocuted, but in their death throes they release a signal calling other ants to attack the wire. This results in uninsulated wires surrounded by balls of crazy ant carcases

Sounds like this problem already has a solution.

Insert wire A into ant colony B.

I'll expect my cheque in the mail Ikea.

P.S. Why does the spell checker not recognize 'cheque'.

 

[Zeraki]

Well this takes the term "computer bug" to its logical extreme.

This actually is pretty terrifying. I could only imagine something like that getting into my PC or worse... my SNES.

Oh for the sake of all things good and decent, don't take the SNES!

 

[Darken12]

I see we have unleashed another plague unto the unsuspecting world. Probably one of us dumped a terrarium full of the things in Texas or Florida.

I apologise on behalf of my country. We never know what we're doing.

 

[Strazdas]

Ill take my black ants thank you very much. actually, we got red ants and whne they wage war the black ones psuh them back by a sheer number of it. no crazies here.
looks like somone been experimenting with comic book superpowers.
seriuosly, its just evolution creating a species more superior to live in certain enviroment. we were not at the top at some point either. looks like aggressive works for nature.

 

[Souplex]

What are their predators, and can they be brought here en masse without destroying the rest of the ecosystem?

 

[LetalisK]

Ah yes, "Crazy ants", the race of berserker ants that are allegedly at war with technology. We have dismissed this claim.

 

[Whateveralot]

It's...

It's the Zerg!

No, seriously, it's a little like the Zerg. They spread quickly, reproduce quickly, create hundreds of little colonies (I'd say hives) and they hate terran technology.

 

[mooncalf]

The y2k bug running late.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

No one can stand before my royal regiment of fighting ants!!!

 

[Lazy Kitty]

Ants that eat computers?

I see only one solution.
Restrict all traffic coming from the American continents and then nuke them into oblivion. Sink both continents.

I don't want any ants in my pc.

Better do it before some alien decides the don't want ants in their machines either and vaporizes the planet.

 

[Madner Kami]

If they're resistant to traditional insecticides, maybe they can wipe out the colony by taunting it with a live wire. I'm sure we can find plenty of electricity for all the ants that want to come chow down.

Yup, simple solution: Take a car-battery, attach wire/resistor and lay wire at ant nest. Watch self-destruction of an entire colony. Much more environmental-friendly than any conceivable insecticide.