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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
TRILLIONS ?????? sweet fuzzy squirrels on a cracker, that's a LOT of bugs !!!!! that's a really weird life-cycle though, only a few weeks above ground every 17 years...
and is it just me, or are the adults about 3 times larger than the exoskeletons they come out of ??? that's just weird.  so how big are these things ?
don't i wish.  i don't have a portable computer. i want to get one, but 1. i can't decide whether it's more important to have something small and light enough that i would actually want to carry it around when i need it vs. something with a big enough screen / keyboard to make it actually useable for work (i'm more inclined towards the latter, since that way i could use it as a backup computer in case my desktop ever dies in the middle of a huge project. because you know they always choose the worst possible time to die...) and 2. if i get one big and powerful enough to make it practical for work, it will cost a LOT of money, and i just can't quite justify spending that much dosh on something i might only need a few times a year. i'm frequently tempted to get a netbook because they're small and light and cheap, but if they're small and light and cheap but useless for what i actually spend most of my time doing, there doesn't seem to be much point. i don't really need something that wouldn't be good for much more than checking my email, i can do that from my desktop pc much more comfortably and i'm here most of the time anyway. |
The cicadas are BIG, at least to me!
They can range from 2-5cm long, although the ones I've seen have been closer to the 5 than the 2.
We bought a Toshiba laptop from Best Buy a few months ago that's fairly powerful. Shannon uses her Tablo drawing pen on it and Adobe Photo Shop. It was under $700 at the time. I don't know how that would equate for you, though.