Ants in my Notebook : Any solution ?
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virang_21 wrote:
Any solution to get rid of them ?
Buying a new laptop?
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True, but going to hell here would be much help. Then he'd lose the laptop for good!
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Then he'd lose the laptop for good!
and be forced to use a Mac X|
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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. :)
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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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Have you tried with a second mouse? :)
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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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Who wants to work surrounded by dying ants with tiny, hacking smoker's coughs?
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that's pretty creepy lookin'
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You spell "Ants" differently?
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You spell "Ants" differently?
"People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them." Eric Hoffer "The failure mode of 'clever' is 'asshole'" John Scalzi
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But we all know that goto is bad[^]!!!
¡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
Of course as architect I only point out the general solution. It is your job apply all the fancy paradigm de jour's to it. Otherwise, why would we still keep you around? :D
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Of course as architect I only point out the general solution. It is your job apply all the fancy paradigm de jour's to it. Otherwise, why would we still keep you around? :D
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| FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchypeterchen wrote:
Otherwise, why would we still keep you around?
I keep wondering that too! I figured it was just for my body.
¡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
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peterchen wrote:
Otherwise, why would we still keep you around?
I keep wondering that too! I figured it was just for my body.
¡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
Of course, I forgot your great looks! :rolleyes:
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Try... Compressed Air Can, Vacuum, Air Blower, or put your laptop in Sunlight for few hours (lid open)... dont try to type on it until you get rid of ants, otherwise you will kill them with the key stroke and then it will be difficult to clean up the sticky key... :)
Rutvik Dave wrote:
difficult to clean up the sticky key
Know a lot about that, do you?
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Of course, I forgot your great looks! :rolleyes:
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| FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchyHey... have you been talking to my wife? That's the same thing she says!!!
¡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
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Tom Rasberry's parents must have come from the states.
This is not the age of reason, this is the age of flummery, and the day of the devious approach. Reason’s gone into the backrooms where it works to devise means by which people can be induced to emote in the desired direction.
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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.
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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, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
raspberry crazy ants
FTFY.
This is not the age of reason, this is the age of flummery, and the day of the devious approach. Reason’s gone into the backrooms where it works to devise means by which people can be induced to emote in the desired direction.
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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.
As suggested, Remove battery, put in bag, But...place in a freezer for a couple of hours. I don't think the fridge would be cold enough to kill, just to make them still until they warm up, but the freezer should. Note of warning: LCD displays do not play well below 0C, but SHOULD be safe up until about -20C. Normal freezers are around -8 --> -10C or 0 - 20 F I emphasize 'SHOULD'
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Tom Rasberry's parents must have come from the states.
This is not the age of reason, this is the age of flummery, and the day of the devious approach. Reason’s gone into the backrooms where it works to devise means by which people can be induced to emote in the desired direction.
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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.
Must not have RAID 5.
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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.
Are they marching ants? 'Cos if so, maybe try with a different border type.. mmm.. solid maybe? Or re-position the marquee to the top right (1024, 0) and hope the ants follow...? Haha.. At any rate, "ant" you glad no-one told you to burn your laptop? Oh wait. They did. Mmm.. why not just get a decent debugger that allows you to step ON instead of just stepping IN? :p And what about bug-spray? Setup a perimeter of bug spray on the edge of your laptop if you're worried about spraying into the electronics (if it's a Lenovo, it might have a spillproof "keyboard" so spray away). With the perimeter in place, if they leave your laptop, they'll die. If they stay, they'll eventually die too. You can torture them with a syrup sandwich on the outside at the same time... Or rent "Bug's Life"...
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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.