Mosquito traps that target Aedes aegypti females at the breeding site
 

[QUOTE=chalsall;440747].....
Having experienced both Dengue and Chikungunya (but not yet Zika, malaria et al), I particularly enjoy killing mosquitoes. Evil, evil things.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://www.npr.org/2016/09/13/493801104/miami-begins-using-new-mosquito-trap-in-zika-control-efforts"]You should enjoy this[/URL], Chris. It might even be something you can use. It is basically a black bucket (dark inside) plus pheromones, a larvicide[COLOR=Red][B]**[/B][/COLOR], and a fungus. The pheromone draws the females in. When they lay eggs on the gauze inside, their larvae will die, and they are contaminated with the larvicide and the fungus. They subsequently contaminate other breeding sites, killing the larvae there. The fungus kills the female after about 10 days, so she has time to visit lots of sites.
I think this is a really elegant solution, if it proves effective. It seems that decreased populations come from having a number of these traps around.

[COLOR=Red][B]**[/B][COLOR=Black]Sorry, LaurV. :razz:[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[QUOTE=kladner;442489]
[COLOR=Red][B]**[/B][COLOR=Black]Sorry, LaurV. :razz:[/COLOR][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
:beatdown::lol:haha

You made me read about this thingies. It says the virus is known from.... 1947? :surprised:

Grrr.. Nothing new under the sun, few Americans may die, big deal, let's move on... :cool:

Edit: we love [URL="http://legendoftheseeker.wikia.com/wiki/Cara_Mason"]Cara[/URL].

[QUOTE=kladner;442489]You should enjoy this, Chris.[/QUOTE]

Yes. Thank you. I have been following this technology for a while.

And it is available retail here in Barbados for only about 10x the cost in North America. An opportunist importer is trying to make money -- the fluids keep needing to be fed into the device for it to continue working (a bit like a Macs Razor, or an iPhone).

[QUOTE=chalsall;442555]Yes. Thank you. I have been following this technology for a while.

And it is available retail here in Barbados for only about 10x the cost in North America. An opportunist importer is trying to make money -- the fluids keep needing to be fed into the device for it to continue working (a bit like a Macs Razor, or an iPhone).[/QUOTE]
Oh shoot. It figures. I suppose the fluids are also extortionately priced.

[QUOTE=kladner;442561]Oh shoot. It figures. I suppose the fluids are also extortionately priced.[/QUOTE]

A non-zero probability.

My uncle's (the 747 Captain) book.
 

Blatant promotion of a relative, my Uncle Bob.

[URL="http://bcbooklook.com/2016/09/14/21000-hours-above-land-and-sea/"]21,000 hours above land and sea[/URL]. You can read the first [URL="http://www.agiopublishing.com/authors/bobgartshore/Gartshore-sampler.pdf"]62 pages of his book[/URL] for free (legally).

Ahoy me hearties, 'tis talk like a pirate day today!

Get yerself a grog in yer hand and sing a shanty.

Apple has finally fixed OpenCL with macOS Sierra (10.12). I had submitted a bug with them a while ago and got an e-mail yesterday from them. macOS Sierra is still in beta, but the OpenCL libraries that were broken two years ago are now working again.

Leonard Cohen...
 

...celebrated his 82nd birthday by [URL="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-leonard-cohens-hypnotic-new-song-you-want-it-darker-w441274"]releasing a single[/URL].

Wow!

I tried embed this youtube here, but that doesn't work. I hope the [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nmHymgM7Y"]link works[/URL].

[YOUTUBE]v0nmHymgM7Y[/YOUTUBE]

you mean like this chalsall ?

[QUOTE=science_man_88;443324][YOUTUBE]v0nmHymgM7Y[/YOUTUBE]

you mean like this chalsall ?[/QUOTE]

Yes.

Thank you.

Seriously deep words.