The same thing happened to me with my 17" Samsung LCD, I believe it was even the same type of bug! I too waited for the bug to die off screen but instead, the bug decided to lay his grave in the dead centre, right at eye level. Now whenever friends use my screen they instictually attempt to swipe it away. What do I say to them when they ask about it? "Well, I was playing this game called Bugdom - it crashed really bad one day and left one of the bugs behind". Gets 'em every time.
Quick! Where's the debug menu?
The same thing happened to me with my 17" Samsung LCD, I believe it was even the same type of bug! I too waited for the bug to die off screen but instead, the bug decided to lay his grave in the dead centre, right at eye level. Now whenever friends use my screen they instictually attempt to swipe it away. What do I say to them when they ask about it? "Well, I was playing this game called Bugdom - it crashed really bad one day and left one of the bugs behind". Gets 'em every time.
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5-26-2006 @ 11:30AM
fra said...
aww, that was quite cute, should have done it over a white background though :D
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5-26-2006 @ 12:02PM
Bob said...
I got two of those little f**kers die in the middle of my old table lamp iMacs screen! i always meant to try and get them out with a can of compressed air, but laziness is my middle name. eventually i managed to unload it onto a friend for a good price.
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5-26-2006 @ 12:05PM
eat said...
So who's going to ask the question... How many dead bugs are too many dead bugs? ;)
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5-26-2006 @ 12:33PM
Jan Peters said...
The video could just as well show a bug ON THE SCREEN.
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5-26-2006 @ 12:42PM
Steve said...
Time to call Orkin! ;)
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5-26-2006 @ 1:09PM
d. said...
Mmm, I read about this once. Some guy the same problem, but he managed to get the bug out by luring it to the edge of the screen with his mouse pointer. Seriously.
It's worth to take a shot.
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5-26-2006 @ 1:29PM
Martin said...
True story - a friend of mine had a Mac with dual monitors pushed together. One day he was annoyed to find a bug walking around in the first monitor.
He admitted to me afterwards that he watched that little bug for ages, willing it to walk off the first screen and appear in the second screen. Needless to say the bug wasn't up for the challenge :-)
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5-26-2006 @ 1:34PM
nickdrj said...
hope it doesnt lay eggs and cause even more problems
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5-26-2006 @ 2:09PM
kai said...
who's singing the song on the video? it's a great cover!
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5-26-2006 @ 2:20PM
Billy K said...
I have bits of stray ash stuck in my G5 iMac like that. Too lazy/worried about breaking something to pull it apart and shoot it with compressed air. Maybe I'll do it this weekend. I can't tell you how many times I've mistaken that ash for a German sniper in BF1942.
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5-26-2006 @ 2:44PM
subfusc said...
That'd be Aimee Mann, kai.
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5-26-2006 @ 3:03PM
XLM said...
"9. who's singing the song on the video? it's a great cover!"
That's Aimee Mann.
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5-28-2006 @ 8:13PM
Jeshii said...
I had one of those in my flat screen a while back. Mine eventually found it way out or died, but yeah, it was in there for like a week. I wonder what kinda bug that is, cause apparently they are in Japan too.
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5-31-2006 @ 5:14PM
Ian said...
Better than the bug, did you see that awesome site in the background? I am soooo hoooked!
http://www.moustachemay.com
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