Some researchers at a zoo in London actually put some laptops in the monkey house, to see what the 
monkeys would do with them.
The monkeys trashed the computers.

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Kelsay <BLKELSAY@kcc.usda.gov>
Subject: Re: [OT] partialy   I was wondering what suggestions for	programing

> The story about the monkeys was a joke to promote a US based 
> consulting firm.  You have to actually look at the website to 
> realize how much of a joke it was.  They took it all the way.  
> Have you ever heard of a million monkeys with typewriters?  The 
> idea is that if you left them alone with the typewriters they 
> would eventually spit out some Shakespeare.  Very unrealistic, but 
> that is how the saying goes.  My thought is that they might 
> eventually spit out marketing blather and think of a new way to 
> use pop-up ads.
> 
> As for NAFTA, we let em do it to us.   Everyone thought the labor 
> unions were crazy.  
> 
> 
> 
> Brian Kelsay
> 
> >>> Shayne Patton <t> 02/10/04 03:03AM >>>
> 
> You know, I think all of us are doomed eventually.  There was 
> something 
> on /. a few months ago saying how they are teaching chimps (no 
> kidding....chimps - like monkeys -) to code.  The chimps were very 
> successful and preferred C to Java.  Seriously, this was a link 
> from /.  
> This makes me think that ALL of us should probably be getting some 
> other 
> skills than just coding.    From a strictly business 
> viewpoint, the $$$ 80% of these companies are saving is great, and 
> I 
> can't blame them.
> 
> All that said, I think it's crap all the outsourcing.  It all 
> started w/ 
> NAFTA, which was crap too.  Business and Politics coming together 
> to 
> "service" the middle class.  Just once I'd like to find a way to 
> bend'em 
> over and "service" them back.  :-)
> 
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