Marcia
msg:3637961 | 8:11 pm on Apr 29, 2008 (gmt 0) |
| I ran Norton 2008, but nothing was found. I used also Spybot, but the "bug" is still crawling around. |
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That's because it's really a bug. | Has anybody heard about something similar |
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Yes, but mine didn't crawl, it flew.
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vatel
msg:3637967 | 8:17 pm on Apr 29, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Thank you Marcia,
So, shall I wait for it to die? Is there actually space beneath the LCD display for the bug to crawl?
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Marcia
msg:3637976 | 8:36 pm on Apr 29, 2008 (gmt 0) |
There's room for them to get in, and nothing you can do once a bug is in there but wait for it to live out its lifespan, or try to set a trap lure it out. If it flies, you can put something "sweet" in a shallow bowl fairly close and if it gets out and lands on it, spray with straight Simple Green, which does kill bugs (it's highly alkaline but has no toxic smell), especially fruit flies which is probably what mine was (or a drain fly). I kept smacking the screen, and it was a little maddening for a couple of weeks, but running Norton and Spybot is very funny!
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vatel
msg:3637996 | 8:54 pm on Apr 29, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Yep, Now you told me what's crawling in there, it is sounds really funny running Spybot and Norton.
Let's wait for it to hatch, fly ,crawl away or just ... die.
Thanks a lot!
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jatar_k
msg:3638041 | 9:48 pm on Apr 29, 2008 (gmt 0) |
this is my favourite thread in a long time I can't believe this happens :)
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vatel
msg:3638060 | 10:42 pm on Apr 29, 2008 (gmt 0) |
It is rather funny in fact. For a while the bug stopped moving and I though it was dead. I was very sorry about that, not so much for the but itself but because it decided to die smack in the middle of my screen.
Now, good for her (and me), the bug started moving again. Let's hope she dies in a remote corner!
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Marcia
msg:3638260 | 7:46 am on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
| Is there actually space beneath the LCD display for the bug to crawl? |
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That's a good point, because when a bug is in there it makes it look like there's a spatial relationship between what's displayed by the browser and the glass on the front of the monitor. It gives a 3-dimensional illusion of distance, like what's seen in the browser is a solid "object" with space in between *it* and the glass screen. Added: | Let's hope she dies in a remote corner! |
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Just out of curiosity, since she's crawling, can you tell whether it's her top or her bottom you're seeing facing outward on the glass? [edited by: Marcia at 7:51 am (utc) on April 30, 2008]
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lawman
msg:3638403 | 10:48 am on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
>>can you tell whether it's her top or her bottom you're seeing facing outward on the glass? Yeah, I'd like to know if it's a boy bug or a girl bug.
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Receptional Andy
msg:3638404 | 10:50 am on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
| I'd like to know if it's a boy bug or a girl bug |
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Hopefully not one of each, or they could be breeding in there! ;)
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pageoneresults
msg:3638450 | 12:07 pm on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
| Since this morning I have a little pixel-like thing moving in my computer screen. |
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Oh, thank you so much! I nominate this topic for the Home Page. Just because... :) | Yes, but mine didn't crawl, it flew. |
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Oh my, I didn't know this happens. That would be annoying and I'd have to disassemble and get that thing!
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Green_Grass
msg:3638461 | 12:21 pm on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Just saw one crawling on my screen.. Thankfully it was on the outside.. I did get a little worried though.
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SilverLining
msg:3638512 | 1:28 pm on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
This reminds me of the massive bug which was visible on Google maps, somewhere around Arlesberg, Germany. No longer visible, but did anyone else see it?
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thecoalman
msg:3638523 | 1:36 pm on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Can't say I ever seen a bug crawling on my screen but have had a simialar experience with the TV. The first time I saw that damn Orkin commercial with the cockroach walking across the screen I almost had a heart attack.
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wyweb
msg:3638548 | 1:59 pm on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Ha ha! I remember that one coalman.
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bwnbwn
msg:3638686 | 4:02 pm on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Man this is good if I wasn't at work reading this is think I would bug out fall down on the floor in total histeria.
bug norton Bug sypbot bug in screen bet it has babies then it's buggies in screen. actually this is good to know so I won't think my anti virus has bugs
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Marcia
msg:3639010 | 10:04 pm on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
vatel, yours sounds like an ant, but in the case of fruit flies (or gnats or drain flies), which seem to come by spontaneous generation from over-ripe bananas or onions, this article from the Discovery channel seems to explain why the flies seem to like beer: Where fruit flies come from [discovery.com] | Fruit flies prefer a diet of yeast, that marvelous microbe that eats fruit and spits out alcohol. |
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vatel
msg:3639050 | 11:18 pm on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
The bug has gone. I actually feel lonely. But I promise, if it reappears I will keep you all informed.
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youfoundjake
msg:3639150 | 2:52 am on May 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
One could hope that eggs were laid. Come on larva!
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Marcia
msg:3639157 | 3:01 am on May 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
>>I actually feel lonely Get a parakeet. They're cuter, will sit on your shoulder for company, and you can teach them to cuss.
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netchicken1
msg:3639189 | 3:46 am on May 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
You should have made a screen shot then posted it here for us all to see ... errrrrr ...I think ....
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vatel
msg:3639603 | 4:59 pm on May 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I thought about the screenshot, but the six legged friend was crawling on the back of the screen so It would not have appeared, unless I got a photo. Next time.
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swa66
msg:3640824 | 1:41 am on May 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I actually have a imac at home with a dead bug in the screen at a 45degree angle (it's like that for a few years). In the beginning it did move. Never had the courage to try to open up the screen that completely, so most people will just think it's something on the screen (but it's really on the inside).
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Angonasec
msg:3640828 | 2:07 am on May 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
If you live in the tropics you have to take precautions against this sort of hazard. Despite mosquito netting on the windows, and doors, many insects still get indoors, especially at night. So I keep my lunch-box sized computer inside a plastic box, and cover it with a silk scarf to allow ventilation and cooling. After use I switch it off, and put the plastic lid on. During the monsoon season, I move it away from the window too. (Horizontal rain.) I also use my keyboard enclosed in a plastic bag, it's more durable than cling-film. Judging by recent reports of the bio-hazards of sharing keyboards (thing personal hygiene), I'll do the same when using a public keyboard.
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Angonasec
msg:3640829 | 2:09 am on May 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
For the monitor; I have a row of mothballs around the base, and cover it with a dust cover when not in use.
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brotherhood of LAN
msg:3640843 | 3:02 am on May 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I hope you fed it good spider food on your pages during it's short stay
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httpwebwitch
msg:3640851 | 3:43 am on May 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I tried to come up with a punny retort for this one, but I can't - my sides hurt... no wait maybe your "Windows" need "Screens" get it? oh never mind...
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jk3210
msg:3640861 | 4:37 am on May 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Now maybe we could talk about these voices in my head...?
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Robert Charlton
msg:3640879 | 6:33 am on May 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
| Get a parakeet. They're cuter, will sit on your shoulder for company, and you can teach them to cuss. |
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Maybe you could teach it to eat bugs.
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Clark
msg:3640884 | 7:07 am on May 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I'm surprised no one pointed this out, but from what I heard a few years ago, the reason a problem in code is called a bug is because old computers were mechanical in nature and there literally was a bug in the machine that caused the computation to malfunction. What is old is new. Fabulous thread.
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