So there's this bug...

Lost User

had the same, an ant got in between the lcd and plastic (protective I guess) cover. figured it would find it's way out, next day still there, 2 days later sigh, still there ... so I figured try nudging it out: big mistake, dead ant stuck in not quite middle of the screen. ok, crack open the screen (and of course left burrs in the edge/crack where I pried off the front bezel). luckily plans to replace were already in place. anyway - moral of the story: if there's a bug in your screen don't poke at it.

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kmoorevs

I had to read twice to realize you were referring to an insect! :laugh: Sorry, the debugger won't help with this one! :) Hopefully, it won't leave an anti-pattern! :laugh:

"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

Lost User

You could smear the side of the screen with honey, to lure it out :-\

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Sander Rossel

I tried to smoke it out, but my monitor got overheated so I put it in the freezer, but now my monitor won't work anymore... :( (I actually know someone who did that with his phone because a friend said the microwave would charge it faster or something like that :laugh: )

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Sander Rossel

kmoorevs wrote:

debugger

Sounds like just the solution! :sigh: I don't see it right now, but it was still there a minute ago...

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Lost User

:laugh:

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

Sander Rossel

I tried squashing it (at the edge), but no matter how hard I push it won't die :wtf: Apparently there's quite some room between the screen and whatever's in front of it...

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Sander Rossel

Only admiral I could think of...[^]

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DRHuff

Hopefully its the only one. You wouldn't want moire of them...

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Sander Rossel

I think it's gone :D Must've walked off the edge (I hope it was a flat-earther) ;)

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DRHuff

Well if it left anything behind you will at least know what type of bug it was. It would be a remn ant!

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DJ van Wyk

Proof... or it didn't happen.

My plan is to live forever ... so far so good

Sander Rossel

A sheep, a drum and a snake fall off a cliff... Ba Dum Tsss!

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Sander Rossel

Best proof I have... - Google Drive[^]

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DJ van Wyk

Wow. Working on a screen with a moving "bug" must either be very distracting, or really freaky. Imagine that running across your screen while you are coding high...

My plan is to live forever ... so far so good

Sander Rossel

It's annoying as hell! Luckily it seems to have found it's way off my screen :D It's been there for a good few hours though.

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englebart

Yeah. Take a screen capture and post it! [yes, I know]

johannesnestler

I know that Problem ;) [A real Bug!](https://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4861602/A-real-Bug.aspx)

User 8413112

We once had a customer that reported sporadic freezes and reboots. There did not seem to be any pattern to them and I was finally sent onsite to diagnose the problem. When I got there, I found a mouse nest inside the computer. One of those plates that cover the unused card slots on the back of the computer was missing and the critter was using that to get in and out. What makes this more amazing is that it was in a medical lab in a hospital!

-- Dan Best It's a hard life, but somebody's got to live it if only to act as an inspiration to others.

Hooga Booga

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Hopefully it will go away by itself...

That's how I handle most of my debugging!

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx