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k - 27 May 2006 03:59 GMT

or rather, a *monkey* can get it right

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/raskin/181

http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/techmonkey/

"Today, on a rainy day in NYC, we held the Yahoo!Tech Monkey Challenge.
It went like this. A chimp, trained by experts to take, and then print
digital photos, competed against everyday New Yorkers to see who could take
a photo and print it faster. The idea was to show that we can make tech
simple—so simple that even a monkey can do it."

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ytechmonkey/146995693/

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Gryph - 27 May 2006 15:33 GMT

> "Today, on a rainy day in NYC, we held the Yahoo!Tech Monkey
> Challenge. It went like this. A chimp, trained by experts to take,
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ytechmonkey/146995693/

A fine commercial for Yahoo! But beyond that, what is the point?

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Ben Thomas - 28 May 2006 23:15 GMT

>or rather, a *monkey* can get it right
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All it proves is that any trained monkey can do it. :)

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