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Re: "humor": "first bug?" (bug in my (backlit thin screen) computer monitor)



On 11/21/2020 06:09 AM, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
Hey, I've got a bug in my computer monitor -- I wonder if I'm the first
(probably not ;-).

I believe it is a fungus gnat, and it has been crawling around within my
screen for the last 3 days.  (There must be a (probably very thin) hollow
space between the backlight and the LCD (? or whatever) layer that actually
displays the characters).)

I was hoping that I could crush it by pressing (reasonably gently) on the
somewhat flexible front protective layer of the screen, but apparently not -- I
guess I'll just have to wait him/her out -- I hope it is not a (mating) pair.
;-)

Oh, in case someone thinks it is a computer virus, I'm about 99.99+% sure it
is not -- the monitor runs from 3 different computers (via a KVM switch) and
the gnat appears on all 3 and in the same position (probably with a slight
delta to account for crawling during the KVM switching time).

"Computer bugs" are getting smaller.
The original "bug" [moth] had a 2 inch wing span ;/
[https://interestingengineering.com/the-origin-of-the-term-computer-bug]

Further references at footnoted 10-16 at
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug]


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