Ants in my Notebook : Any solution ?
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a good debugging tool :-D
:laugh: Looks like he got 'Ants Profiler' for free... Too late...
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I am currently in country side and yesterday I left my notebook on the floor and ants seems to have found new home in it. There are lots of tiny red ants coming out of keyboard every now and then and I can see them through the spaces between keys. Any solution to get rid of them ? :confused: I command them to get out of my notebook but they are very tough and didn't listen to the command. :)
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
I remember somebody asking the same question here in the lounge some years ago. My answer back then was (and still is): Put the notebook in a plastic bag, put in CO2 and seal it airtight. Leave your notebook in the bag overnight, that should kill the little buggers for sure and doesn't harm your computer at all (CO2 is used to kill fire near computers or other sensitive machines, where water can't be used cause it would harm the circuits - believe an old volunteer firefighter).
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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Open up the notebook and place it in a containter. Then close the container and light a cigarette and blow the smoke into the container. Eventually the smoke should kill them off. :)
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Or place a candle into the container to burn up all of the oxygen and seal it off. That will teach them.
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I am currently in country side and yesterday I left my notebook on the floor and ants seems to have found new home in it. There are lots of tiny red ants coming out of keyboard every now and then and I can see them through the spaces between keys. Any solution to get rid of them ? :confused: I command them to get out of my notebook but they are very tough and didn't listen to the command. :)
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
Sounds like the so-called Rasberry Crazy Ants[^]. Which are attracted to electronics. Which they will eat.
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But we all know that goto is bad[^]!!!
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Jim Crafton wrote:
But we all know that goto is bad[^]!
See also this illustration[^].
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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I am currently in country side and yesterday I left my notebook on the floor and ants seems to have found new home in it. There are lots of tiny red ants coming out of keyboard every now and then and I can see them through the spaces between keys. Any solution to get rid of them ? :confused: I command them to get out of my notebook but they are very tough and didn't listen to the command. :)
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
They sound like raspberry crazy ants, and they actually eat the insulation on wires and stuff, and have been known to completely ruin eletrical and electronic devices. To make matters worse, they're very difficult to kill. I think your only recourse is to completely disassemble your laptop as much as possible, and use compressed air to blow them out of the system - or buy a new laptop and let the ants have the one they live in. If you pick the compressed air approach, have a bunch of large plastic bags to put the sanitized parts into so the ants can't reacquire them. Finally, stop eating food while seated at your laptop.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
Sounds like the so-called Rasberry Crazy Ants[^]. Which are attracted to electronics. Which they will eat.
There is water at the bottom of the ocean. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.
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I am currently in country side and yesterday I left my notebook on the floor and ants seems to have found new home in it. There are lots of tiny red ants coming out of keyboard every now and then and I can see them through the spaces between keys. Any solution to get rid of them ? :confused: I command them to get out of my notebook but they are very tough and didn't listen to the command. :)
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
Nano debugging?
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But you can't pull the legs off the spider! Not very realistic. :-D
Pete
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We think they came from South America (aboard ship, not walking), so could be anywhere else, too. Nasty little guys. Bazillions of them running around here. And they bite.
There is water at the bottom of the ocean. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.
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I am currently in country side and yesterday I left my notebook on the floor and ants seems to have found new home in it. There are lots of tiny red ants coming out of keyboard every now and then and I can see them through the spaces between keys. Any solution to get rid of them ? :confused: I command them to get out of my notebook but they are very tough and didn't listen to the command. :)
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
Use some canned air to try to get them out, or just suffocate them and spray them out.
Regards, Koushik. Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out if they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
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Open up the notebook and place it in a containter. Then close the container and light a cigarette and blow the smoke into the container. Eventually the smoke should kill them off. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
Then he'll have a bunch of dead ants in his system, but good idea.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I am currently in country side and yesterday I left my notebook on the floor and ants seems to have found new home in it. There are lots of tiny red ants coming out of keyboard every now and then and I can see them through the spaces between keys. Any solution to get rid of them ? :confused: I command them to get out of my notebook but they are very tough and didn't listen to the command. :)
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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virang_21 wrote:
Any solution to get rid of them ?
Buying a new laptop?
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
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Then he'll have a bunch of dead ants in his system, but good idea.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997I wonder if that will make the system, well dare I say it, buggy. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
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I am currently in country side and yesterday I left my notebook on the floor and ants seems to have found new home in it. There are lots of tiny red ants coming out of keyboard every now and then and I can see them through the spaces between keys. Any solution to get rid of them ? :confused: I command them to get out of my notebook but they are very tough and didn't listen to the command. :)
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
1. use a vacuum cleaner 2. use pressurized air. 3. kill them using other methods (CO2, ...). 4. Remove the battery, put the laptop on a bag and then on the fridge for half an hour... all the metal parts will freeze and then put the laptop without the bag under the sun. It is the second time I see this question here... It is amazing that this could happen once... Truly amazing that it could happen twice... Ultra-truly amazing that it has happened to two different :bob:ians... :rolleyes:
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True, but going to hell here would be much help. Then he'd lose the laptop for good!
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow
Jim Crafton wrote:
Then he'd lose the laptop for good!
and be forced to use a Mac X|
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But you can't pull the legs off the spider! Not very realistic. :-D
Pete
Have you tried with a second mouse? :)
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that's pretty creepy lookin'
