Bugs in the code

Thunderflies are horrible! I've got a load in my screens at the moment and they're driving me crazy. Does anybody have any tips for removing them or stopping them get in my screen in the future?

I really wish debuggers worked better sometimes. The above is a photo I took just a few minutes ago of the frustration that has been baiting me all day: thunderflies in my LCDs.

"Thunderflies?", I hear you ask... Well that's what we know them as locally but they're also known as thunderbugs and, more accurately, thrips.

Anyway... Does anybody know how to get rid of these bastards? I've successfully, managed to chase them off the screen with a Firefox icon (they don't seem to like the orange) but they keep coming back in. A couple on my other screen stopped moving a while ago since don't react to the might of Firefox.

I hate them =(

Written by Oli on Wednesday, 01 August 2007. Tagged with insect photos, insect, photos, funny. Read 1900 times. If you liked it, please give it a digg.

#1 /* 16 months, 26 days ago */

When I get a fly problem around my monitor I just turn on a light. I don't like smearing bug guts on my 19'' FPD If I'm on my linux box witch uses a cheap 17'' CRT I just squish them.

Nate

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#2 — Author comment /* 16 months, 26 days ago */

They're *in* the screen though =(

They're behind the first protective layer.

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#3 /* 16 months, 26 days ago */

You might want to take the screen to a technician and have him/her take the screen apart to evict your squatters and then seal it back up. I'm guessing they get in through the air vents? If you think you can do it your self then go ahead it shouldn't be to difficult.

Try and find out if there is a food source on your desk that might be attracting them. Make sure there are no crumbs around your LCD.

Maybe you could even buy a venus fly trap? http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/venus-fly-trap/index.html

Nate

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#4 — Author comment /* 16 months, 25 days ago */

Nah they're just everywhere... I guess they saw the light of the monitors and thought "oo that looks like a nice place to go and get stuck"... Or something to the same effect.

I've had success in waiting for them to dry out (nice, I know) and then tap the screen (both flicking it directly and banging the frame). I've managed to remove the two pictured but there's still one at the top of the screen which I've not been able to move all that much. I might try turning the monitor upside down and trying to get it out the top.

I'm just glad they're not a permanent addition to my daily computing.

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Oli Numero Uno

#5 /* 16 months, 19 days ago */

I have something similar in the screen layers of my Palm Tungsten E and it REALLY pisses me off because I cannot seem to remove it.

Oh well... I'm planning on dumping it for a TX in December anyway.

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#6 — Author comment /* 16 months, 19 days ago */

It does make you wonder why the protective layer isn't sealed onto the screen... I guess it's in their interest to let nature knacker your devices as much as they can get away with.

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