Recommended Posts

it flew into my light and landed on the bed... so i chucked a HDD at it and now its dead...

http://localhostr.com/files/e10257/DSC07965.JPG

and srsly, i ****ing hate wasps, or any insect that stings, i was stung around 30 times when i was 4, so now they turn me into a wuss. hence this thread.

it flew into my light and landed on the bed... so i chucked a HDD at it and now its dead...

http://localhostr.com/files/e10257/DSC07965.JPG

and srsly, i ****ing hate wasps, or any insect that stings, i was stung around 30 times when i was 4, so now they turn me into a wuss. hence this thread.

eeeek! its a yellowjacket too!!

Better than the random spiders I find around here :|

And I have arachnophobia.

Funnily enough, bees and wasps actually avoid me. No joke. I can swat at them in the air and they don't get aggravated with me, or if they do, they still leave me alone. I've only ever been stung twice, both times because a bee got stuck in my shoe. Otherwise, they just avoid me like the plague. It's really weird, but I love it :laugh:

It's because the weather during the summer wasn't the best and now that the sun has finally shown itself (in October of all times) they are all coming out of their slumber.

Just swat at them once or twice and they'll leave you alone. Bee's won't bother you unless you annoy them without provocation, as they know they've got one chance to defend themselves, but they have to give their life for that defensive quality. Poor bastards!

it flew into my light and landed on the bed... so i chucked a HDD at it and now its dead...

http://localhostr.com/files/e10257/DSC07965.JPG

and srsly, i ****ing hate wasps, or any insect that stings, i was stung around 30 times when i was 4, so now they turn me into a wuss. hence this thread.

It might have been attracted to all that hair on your bed... or hell going by the color of that thing, it could have though it was the Queen wasp!!

it flew into my light and landed on the bed... so i chucked a HDD at it and now its dead...

http://localhostr.com/files/e10257/DSC07965.JPG

and srsly, i ****ing hate wasps, or any insect that stings, i was stung around 30 times when i was 4, so now they turn me into a wuss. hence this thread.

:|

My window at the moment is being attacked by ladybirds not wasps...suppose that's better?

I have wasps all year round, horrible things. They get caught in the net curtains I have on my windows which is horrible having to clean them and pick them out :x

Council have been informed but no one takes responsibility since they sold the flats to a housing association. I paid ?40 for an exterminator who could find no nest, he just said I'm unlucky:((

There is a constant battle outside my window too with the spiders and the wasps, spiders building their webs and the wasps sort of bombarding them all the time, I cannot open my windows at all because of it:(( My windows get cleaned every 2 weeks (I cannot do them myself as I live in an upstairs flat) and the windowcleaner says it is only my windows like it, all the others have webs but not as bad as mine:((

Off topic ...

However I can live with that as it's infinitely better than the mice I had in my last flat, they got everywhere, including nesting in the drawers on my bed where the bed clothes were. Again the council did nothing and the "mouse man" I paid for couldn't do anything as they were in flats and he would have to do every single one of them. The flat before that one was infested with beetles and those little armadillo type crawly things which again where everywhere, so I have it lucky now I suppose:pp

I've only ever been stung twice, both times because a bee got stuck in my shoe.

That's why I always smack my shoes together upside down before putting them on. Well, not for bees though, but spiders and whatever bad things could be in there. :p

Anyhow, check your room, closet, and window areas for any kind of nest. If you open your windows at all, make sure the screen properly covers your window keeping big bugs like that out.

Oh, and get that pubic hair cleaned up before taking a picture next time.

I'm not going to be pedantic here, but wasps are hard motherf**ers; I doubt you could use an HDD.

I tried to kill one when I was about twelve, using cheap aftershave (in a glass). Give it ten minutes chill time on the carpet, and up it got and wandered away.

Incredible.

I'm not a fan of wasps either. As a child, I was stung by two wasps on two separate occasions. There's something worse than a wasp that could possibly scare the crap out of anyone. It's called a "Sun Spider". They live in some parts of Australia, the US, and Egypt. How did I manage to find one you ask? Well, I was with a friend of mine and we went out to go pick up another friend from his workplace. We got there and went inside the factory which processes a lot of timber. Sure enough, we find our friend and he asks us to wait outside for him. Instead of going outside right away, we (as idiots) decided to look around the various stacks of timber. As we're looking around we see something run across the floor and we follow it. My friend and I screamed when we saw what it was. Never in my life have I experienced such fear from a spider. The thing had to be the size of my hand or bigger. Just thinking about it makes me shiver. Click here to see an image of it. Be warned though, it isn't for the faint of heart. I'd rather have tarantulas crawl on me than to see that spider again. At least tarantulas crawl slowly... that spider scurried across the floor so fast that I had trouble keeping my eye on it.

And in case you were wondering, I don't have any fear of any insect/bug except for that spider. You can call it "Sun Spiderphobia".

:|

My window at the moment is being attacked by ladybirds not wasps...suppose that's better?

Ladybirds!

:wub:

Must resist urge... I want to see it, but I'll be freaked out for an hour at least :|

It's an ugly mother ... even I didn't like it and spiders are my second favourite bug!

Pfft. You little girls haven't lived until you've watched a hornet drag a dead sparrow across your back yard. (The one I saw wasn't as big as the one in this pic, but it was still damn large for an insect.)

No, I don't know why it was dragging a dead bird across my yard. Yes, it scared the living crap out of me when I walked up to see what the hell was moving in the leaves.

Just a note: That hair/fur belongs to my dog. I have to clean it every day :<

I'm not going to be pedantic here, but wasps are hard motherf**ers; I doubt you could use an HDD.

It turned out it wasn't dead, i noticed it crawling across my bed after a while (Was waiting for parents to wake up so i could use the hoover). So i shat myself, finished a glass of water and trapped it, then flushed it down the toilet.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • If they ever come out and say the AI is no longer accessible to the gen pop people aren't going to know how to tie their own shoelaces.
    • It's hard not to when they are shoehorning Ai into EVERYTHING. Some are active users by choice, I bet a lot of them are because it's shoved in their face the entire time.
    • Thunderbird 152.0 by Razvan Serea Thunderbird is a free, open-source, cross-platform application for managing email and news feeds. It is a local (rather than a web-based) email application that is powerful yet easy-to-use. Thunderbird is clean and elegant by default, but easily customizable to match your workflow and visual preferences. It is loaded with unique and powerful features. Thunderbird is developed, tested, translated and supported by the folks at Mozilla Corporation and by a group of dedicated volunteers. Thunderbird gives you control and ownership over your email. There are lots of add-ons available for Thunderbird that enable you to extend and customize your email experience. Thunderbird gives you IMAP/POP support, a built-in RSS reader, support for HTML mail, powerful quick search, saved search folders, advanced message filtering, message grouping, labels, return receipts, smart address book LDAP address completion, import tools, and the ability to manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts. Thunderbird 152.0 changelog: SecurityDevices enabled in enterprise policies One-click account setup for Thundermail accounts What’s Changed Use 'Add' instead of 'New' for account, calendar, address book creation buttons GMail OAuth updated to use PKCE Mail server hostname also checked when detecting address books and calendars Updated about:rights to replace local with hosted url 'Hide completed tasks' now also hides cancelled tasks What’s Fixed New mail alerts appeared on wrong monitor in three-monitor setup Spam messages triggered new mail notifications before being moved to Spam folder Filtered IMAP or NNTP subscriptions were lost after closing Subscribe dialog 'Download Headers' dialog for newsgroups failed to open Messages nested deeper than 255 levels disappeared from threading view Performing Delete followed by Undo on thread parent message could corrupt view Single messages still appeared collapsible after thread members were deleted Updated threads remained misordered until folder refresh or resort Non-threaded subject sorting separated 'RE:' replies from original messages BCC recipients were included in signed email headers Filter search on Body missed draft messages containing German umlauts Thunderbird could crash during local message search Blocked file warning showed without 'Unblock File' button in compose window Forwarding/Redirecting Exchange messages failed with NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY Compose window closed early and send progress dialog hung after NNTP failure Compose window stayed open after sending when mailnews.sendInBackground set Microsoft OAuth2 failed when HTTPS localhost redirect was not intercepted Pasting contact photos stopped working when photo button had focus Filter dialog lacked focus ring and had poorly distinguishable buttons Subfolder kept stale accessibility unread count after unread messages were deleted 'Edit as New Message' and inline 'Forward' not possible with PGP-signed messages Various MIME improvements EWS messages could go missing from folder view IMAP "Show only subscribed folders" could not be changed without restart Unable to delete more than 1000 messages at a time on Microsoft 365 EWS folders in Trash were moved to Trash again instead of being hard deleted IMAP notifications repeated for emails read on another device after sleep wake POP3 deadlocked when server went silent without closing socket Calendar acceptance no longer distinguished between single occurrence and series Transparent popups on macOS made calendar event editing difficult Duplicate attendees were added to invitations instead of being filtered out Task percentage complete was not preserved separately from status in tooltips Visual and UX improvements Security fixes Download: Thunderbird 152.0 for Windows (EN/US) | 32-bit | ~70.0 MB (Open Source) Download: Thunderbird 152.0 for Mac OS (EN/US) | 145.0 MB Download: Thunderbird 152.0 in other languages View: Thunderbird Website | Screenshot | Release Notes Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Nearly half of American adults now use AI, but concerns are also growing by Hamid Ganji Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, the way people research, get their news, and perform routine tasks has changed dramatically. Now, almost everything around us has a touch of AI, and companies are trying to embed it into nearly every product and service they offer. With that in mind, new research shows how Americans are actually adopting this change and using AI in their everyday lives. According to new research conducted by the Pew Research Center, 49% of American adults now use AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini. This marks a significant increase over last year, when only 33% of American adults reported using AI. Additionally, four in ten U.S. adults (42%) said they use AI tools to research information, while 38% said they use these tools to handle tasks at work. Entertainment, image and video editing, and getting medical advice are among the other ways Americans are using AI. Moreover, ChatGPT dominates the U.S. AI market, with 44% of respondents saying they use OpenAI's chatbot. Gemini follows at 24%, while Copilot and Meta AI account for 17% and 14%, respectively. Respondents also said that AI chatbots generally have a positive impact on their productivity and how informed they are. But when it comes to AI’s impact on society, Americans remain largely skeptical. About 40% of American adults believe AI will be more harmful than beneficial to society over the next 20 years. Additionally, 31% expect AI to have a negative effect on them personally. Another 31% of respondents say AI could be equally positive and negative. As for data security, pessimism remains high: 71% of respondents say AI will make their personal information less secure, while only 3% believe it will make their data more secure. American adults also largely lack confidence in both the government and AI companies when it comes to regulating and developing AI. About 67% of Americans have little to no confidence in the U.S. government’s ability to regulate AI effectively. Six in ten adults are also not confident that U.S. companies will develop and use these tools responsibly.
    • MultiOS-USB 0.11.1 by Razvan Serea MultiOS-USB is a versatile, open-source utility designed to create multiboot USB drives capable of hosting multiple operating systems on a single portable device. The project simplifies the process of building a bootable USB by automating the configuration of various boot loaders and file systems, enabling users to install and run diverse operating systems, including Windows, Linux distributions, and diagnostic tools, directly from one drive. It supports ISO booting and persistence, which allows changes made during live sessions to be retained, making it ideal for testing, troubleshooting, or system recovery. Features: BIOS and UEFI support Secure Boot support (boot, manage uefi keys) Load UEFI drivers Launch .efi executables and other boot loaders Boot Linux from .iso images Boot WinPE from bootable .wim images Boot Windows 10/11 installer from ISO (currently, SB must be disabled during installation) Boot Linux installer from network (experimental) Boot locally installed systems: Linux, Windows Automatically update configuration files Without background services exFAT file system support Automatic detection of compatible ISO images (GRUB loopback) Support for systems without loopback support Allows customisation of ISO boot menu (for example: custom kernel options) Support for USB, SSD, nvme, mmcblk, loop, nbd and virtual disks Support for x86, x86_64 A list of tested ISO images can be found here MultiOS-USB 0.11.1 changelog: 68122b7: Fixed-release AUR package #63 fba0283: Update shim to 16.1 8c2ae95: Update grub to v2.14-1 ea15c1d: Update Memtest86+ to v8.10 162f4e6: Add secureblue (#71) b2da8ae: Add AerynOS (#74) ac6640e: Bump config.version 34e9ca6: Add Bluefin (#72) 7a10edd: Add Aurora (#66) cab701b: Update wimboot to v2.9.0-1 90da7f7: Fix Windows error: 0x80070001 - 0x4002F (#52) 2dea73d: Add Microsoft certificates 01f479e: Remove old efi_uga module Download: MultiOS-USB 0.11.1 | 5.3 MB (Open Source) View: MultiOS-USB Website | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
  • Recent Achievements

    • One Month Later
      Vincian earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • First Post
      Jocimo earned a badge
      First Post
    • Week One Done
      suprememobiles48 earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Month Later
      Windows Guy earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Month Later
      Prasann earned a badge
      One Month Later
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      509
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      172
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      89
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      76
    5. 5
      neufuse
      69
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!