Solder Ants?
Posted by
Alan Marconett KM6VV
on 2000-08-05 11:05:13 UTC
Thought I'd pass this on:
I hear solder ants have a sweet tooth for Redmond developed software,
especially fond of MicroSweets that usually reside in Window panes.
Frequent use of MicroSweets on your PC can attract these solder ants and
cause devastating results. For a long time people thought it was the
viruses causing all the PC crashes when in reality it was the solder
ants. Why, even Raid came out with special disk drive units to help
combat this plague. So far I have heard of no solder ant infestations
plaguing PCs running UNIX and UNIX derivatives like Linux, so an upgrade
to your favorite UNIX derivative would be a smart deterrent, at least
for saving your PC.
Alan
I hear solder ants have a sweet tooth for Redmond developed software,
especially fond of MicroSweets that usually reside in Window panes.
Frequent use of MicroSweets on your PC can attract these solder ants and
cause devastating results. For a long time people thought it was the
viruses causing all the PC crashes when in reality it was the solder
ants. Why, even Raid came out with special disk drive units to help
combat this plague. So far I have heard of no solder ant infestations
plaguing PCs running UNIX and UNIX derivatives like Linux, so an upgrade
to your favorite UNIX derivative would be a smart deterrent, at least
for saving your PC.
Alan