[Tfug] Slightly OT but also funny as hell.

[Malcolm Schmerl]

Jim, if anything, I'm a bug man. When beekeepers clean pollen for human 
consumption, they do it by freezing. When pollen is harvested, it 
contains a moth similar to the moth that attacks wool clothing. Freezing 
the pollen for 24 hours kills all the adults and larvae but not the 
eggs. So, they let it thaw for a couple of days giving the eggs a chance 
to hatch, then back in the freezer. The method is quite effective.

That's one of my ideas. The other, probably more practical idea is to 
use moth balls. Put the computer in a tight container with a few 
mothballs when not in use for a week or so. That will kill the bugs. 
You'll have to clean out the carcases manually - just like getting the 
dust out. Malcolm



On 06/13/2010 05:11 AM, Jim March wrote:
> I had a friend call me yesterday about bugs in her laptop.
>
> Now normally this means something in software or hardware.  Nope.  Not
> this time.  I mean bugs.  REAL ones.  Too many legs, etc....crawling
> out every morning and freakin' her out.
>
> :)
>
> OK.  So what the hell to do?
>
> My first thought was "unplug, pull the battery, hold it over an empty
> sink and drown it with half a bottle or so of rubbing alcohol poured
> everywhere, then let dry".  But I figured I'd better do a sanity check
> on that concept.
>
> So, how to debug said lappy?
>
> :)
>
> Jim
>
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