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Ants: Less pretentious than you

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#1
homicidal_squirrel
Aug 28, 2012 16:53:22 www.pcworld.com/article/261512/ants_have...

#2
CorranHornIsAwesome
Aug 28, 2012 17:32:52 People always dismiss ants until they get swarmed in South America......
#3
ADHadh
Aug 28, 2012 17:56:38 So if a slaver ant hive raids another hive for workers it's actually less like Sparta and more like a neighbour stealing your inefficiently secured bandwidth?
#4
Mad_Jack
Aug 28, 2012 21:17:07
"Prabhakar told Stanford Engineering News that if this discovery had been made in the 1970s, prior to the invention of the TCP, harvester ants could have influenced the design of the Internet."

Wait... does this mean Al Gore is an ant?

#5
zombie_babies
Aug 29, 2012 9:50:50 Manbear ... ant? Sure. I wonder which type of ant represents 4chan best.
#6
ADHadh
Aug 30, 2012 16:12:34
Manbear ... ant? Sure. I wonder which type of ant represents 4chan best.

I don't know, but have an ant-impersonating spider:
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#7
jetshield
Aug 30, 2012 16:22:59 Your spider seems to be missing a leg.
#8
ADHadh
Aug 30, 2012 18:34:54 Easily explainable: an encounter with an ant anti-hack system
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#9
jetshield
Aug 30, 2012 18:44:13 I know I'm not going to try to hack that network without some pretty good hardware.
#10
Klirshon
Aug 31, 2012 2:11:58 Anternet... I suppose that is a reason why they are researchers and not creative writers.
#11
CorranHornIsAwesome
Sep 02, 2012 19:12:12
I know I'm not going to try to hack that network without some pretty good hardware.

Fullplate should do it.
#12
ADHadh
Sep 03, 2012 18:34:39
I know I'm not going to try to hack that network without some pretty good hardware.

Fullplate should do it.

They could go inbetween the plates. I'd propose a more drastic, salt-the-earth measure. Or poison-the-anthill, as it would be.
True, not a very elegant method and the salvage may be corrupted... but at least the bassards stopped crawling all over the terrace and ma planted a nice little bush there; not bad for a "what if"... wait, what were we talking about again?
#13
The_Silversword
Sep 03, 2012 18:55:40 I think we were talking about how ants are like the internet, but I just dont see it, I mean really you could take just about anything and make some comparisons to the inernet (or ants) and say see! Trees are just like the internet! Al Gore invented trees you know.
#14
CorranHornIsAwesome
Sep 04, 2012 19:31:51
I think we were talking about how ants are like the internet, but I just dont see it, I mean really you could take just about anything and make some comparisons to the inernet (or ants) and say see! Trees are just like the internet! Al Gore invented trees you know.

Nah, he just discovered them.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 homicidal_squirrel Aug 28, 2012 16:53:22	www.pcworld.com/article/261512/ants_have...
#2 CorranHornIsAwesome Aug 28, 2012 17:32:52	People always dismiss ants until they get swarmed in South America......
#3 ADHadh Aug 28, 2012 17:56:38	So if a slaver ant hive raids another hive for workers it's actually less like Sparta and more like a neighbour stealing your inefficiently secured bandwidth?
#4 Mad_Jack Aug 28, 2012 21:17:07	"Prabhakar told Stanford Engineering News that if this discovery had been made in the 1970s, prior to the invention of the TCP, harvester ants could have influenced the design of the Internet." Wait... does this mean Al Gore is an ant?
#5 zombie_babies Aug 29, 2012 9:50:50	Manbear ... ant? Sure. I wonder which type of ant represents 4chan best.
#6 ADHadh Aug 30, 2012 16:12:34	Manbear ... ant? Sure. I wonder which type of ant represents 4chan best. I don't know, but have an ant-impersonating spider: Show
#7 jetshield Aug 30, 2012 16:22:59	Your spider seems to be missing a leg.
#8 ADHadh Aug 30, 2012 18:34:54	Easily explainable: an encounter with an ant anti-hack system Show
#9 jetshield Aug 30, 2012 18:44:13	I know I'm not going to try to hack that network without some pretty good hardware.
#10 Klirshon Aug 31, 2012 2:11:58	Anternet... I suppose that is a reason why they are researchers and not creative writers.
#11 CorranHornIsAwesome Sep 02, 2012 19:12:12	I know I'm not going to try to hack that network without some pretty good hardware. Fullplate should do it.
#12 ADHadh Sep 03, 2012 18:34:39	I know I'm not going to try to hack that network without some pretty good hardware. Fullplate should do it. They could go inbetween the plates. I'd propose a more drastic, salt-the-earth measure. Or poison-the-anthill, as it would be. True, not a very elegant method and the salvage may be corrupted... but at least the bassards stopped crawling all over the terrace and ma planted a nice little bush there; not bad for a "what if"... wait, what were we talking about again?
#13 The_Silversword Sep 03, 2012 18:55:40	I think we were talking about how ants are like the internet, but I just dont see it, I mean really you could take just about anything and make some comparisons to the inernet (or ants) and say see! Trees are just like the internet! Al Gore invented trees you know.
#14 CorranHornIsAwesome Sep 04, 2012 19:31:51	I think we were talking about how ants are like the internet, but I just dont see it, I mean really you could take just about anything and make some comparisons to the inernet (or ants) and say see! Trees are just like the internet! Al Gore invented trees you know. Nah, he just discovered them.