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Monkeys With Syntax
jamie writes "The Campbell's monkey has a vocabulary with at least six types of basic call, but new research published in the PNAS claims that they combine them and string them together to communicate new meanings. (Login may be required on the NY Times site.) For example, the word for 'leopard' gets an '-oo' suffix to mean 'unseen predator.' But when that word is repeated after 'come over here,' the combination means 'Timber!' — a warning of falling trees. Scientists have known for some time that vervet monkeys have different warning calls for different predators — eagle, leopard, and snake — but unlike the Campbell's monkeys, vervets don't combine those calls to create new meanings, a key component of syntax. The researchers plan to play back recordings to the monkeys to test their theories for syntax errors."
teach Monkeys how to write computer code. I am sure they can do a better job at it than the average human being. The modern languages have built in garbage collection, removal of pointers, memory management, and other features built in because comp sci graduates couldn't understand how to do it. Now the computer languages are so easy to use a monkey can use them. That was how Steve Jobs made the Macintosh by making it so easy to use a monkey could use it, which we called them Chimp Boxes way back in 1984 to show that even monkeys can use them.
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Strangely enough, your sig link sucks any humor out of your triumphant 'FP!'. I'm surprised you didn't try to get the monkeys to start tea-bagging in the Name of Freedom. You could probably get them to go 'oo-oo-oo' if you presented them with an autographed copy of Sarah Palin's 'book'.
Go ahead, mod me as -1 Troll. Just make sure you mod parent as well.
Get enough of them together and it will be like watching a Shakespeare play
More likely, it'll be like watching a bunch of niggers on the crack pipe.
Like I give a rat's fucking ass about being moderated flamebait. This "liberal hate" bullshit is sick and fucked up. You fucking retarded piece of shit. You claim government is evil and too big and corporations are teaming up with senators to take your stupid piece of shit rusty bb guns away, then you've got the nerve to claim your politicians are better than the others because they say they're for small government. Are You Shitting me? You fucking moron, of course corporations and politicians are going to tell you what you want to hear before they dump megatons of toxic shit in your drinking water and raise your taxes to pay for the cleanup. You stupid fucking cunt.
Where do you get off claiming all government problems are liberal?
Under the influence of Post-Cyberpunk Gonzo Journalism