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Impatient chimp bananas over zoo PC
Chicago Tribune ^ | December 2, 2005 | William Mullen

Posted on 12/04/2005 6:43:10 AM PST by jmcenanly

Besides housing the apes in natural habitats for public viewing, the building houses the Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, a zoo-funded research component that employs Ross.

Keo was the first ape to be trained to use the screen, in January. Currently Keo is doing a task Ross calls "match to sample." Teaching apes to use computers is not new. Keo was the first ape to be trained to use the screen, in January. Teaching apes to use computers is not new.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chimp; computer; zoo
On the internet, nobody knows you'r a dog
1 posted on 12/04/2005 6:43:11 AM PST by jmcenanly
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To: jmcenanly
Correct.

My dog Charlie is constantly bugging me to get his time on FR.

If I gave away his screen name he'd pee on the carpet to pay me back

2 posted on 12/04/2005 6:50:16 AM PST by Popman (In politics, ideas are more important than individuals.)
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To: jmcenanly

An elderly Jewish man once asked Albert Einstein what he did for a living. Einstein explained that he was working on the Grand Unified Field Theory and added a simplified explanation of what that was. His elderly companion considered these things for a few moments and then asked, "And so you get paid for this?"


3 posted on 12/04/2005 6:51:29 AM PST by NaughtiusMaximus (My exit strategy is Victory.)
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To: jmcenanly
Teaching apes to use computers is not new. Keo was the first ape to be trained to use the screen, in January. Teaching apes to use computers is not new.

Teaching them to write news stories, however, is.

4 posted on 12/04/2005 6:56:31 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
 
There is no way out of here.  It will be dark soon.  There is no way out of here.

5 posted on 12/04/2005 7:48:02 AM PST by scott7278 (Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I'd like to know what we're talking about.)
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To: jmcenanly
"Keo has gotten so good at it, he usually does all 30 in 2 1/2 minutes."

Sounds like its time to increase the difficulty level, idiot. Looks like the animals are smarter than their trainers.

6 posted on 12/04/2005 8:10:36 AM PST by Dark Skies (Islam is as "...dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog." -- Churchill)
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To: Izzy Dunne
Teaching apes to use computers is not new. Keo was the first ape to be trained to use the screen, in January. Teaching apes to use computers is not new.

Teaching them to write news stories, however, is.

No, it is not.


7 posted on 12/04/2005 8:13:21 AM PST by Polybius
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To: Polybius

Yeah, you have a point there.


8 posted on 12/04/2005 8:18:13 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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