[When the software was first developed][link], a rule was hardcoded that marked the years 2010-2099 as “grossly in the future.”
[link]: http://jwz.livejournal.com/1147218.html “jwz – A special treat for the ten year anniversary of Y2K…”
Tag: bugs
[Soon it will be we that they imitate][link].
[link]: http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/spider_mimics_ant_to_eat_spiders_and_avoid_being_eaten_by_sp.php “Spider mimics ant to eat spiders and avoid being eaten by spiders : Not Exactly Rocket Science”
[By way of, naturally, the BBC][link]:
>The colony may be the largest of its type ever known for any insect species, and could rival humans in the scale of its world domination.
>What’s more, people are unwittingly helping the mega-colony stick together.
[link]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8127000/8127519.stm “BBC – Earth News – Ant mega-colony takes over world”
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The Radioactive Wasps of Hanford
[Not from a movie or script, but real life][link]:
>The contractor handling the clean-up, Washington Closure, says the nests were all built in 2003 when water was used to dampen dust during demolition of an H Reactor basin. That attracted the wasps that used the mud to make tube-shaped nests for eggs.
[link]: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009327345_webnukedwasps11m.html “Local News | Radioactive wasp nests at Hanford reservation | Seattle Times Newspaper”