Re: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers
On 30/01/2010, frank theriault wrote: > After they take photos, they look on the camera back to "human" what > they just took. They say they've been waiting years to get us back... :-) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Bob W wrote: > At a zoo in Scotland chimpanzees have learned to make videos: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm > > Researchers were surprised by scenes in which one chimp was seen to scribble > on pieces of scrap paper and hand them to another, who appeared to pose > before the camera and read "Alas, poor Cheeta! I knew him, Bubbles"... They've also purpose-built a chimp-proof DSLR. After they take photos, they look on the camera back to "human" what they just took. They say they've been waiting years to get us back... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers
From: "P. J. Alling" Does Cotty know about this? Know about it? I thought he was the star. On 1/25/2010 5:10 PM, Bob W wrote: > At a zoo in Scotland chimpanzees have learned to make videos: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm > > Researchers were surprised by scenes in which one chimp was seen to scribble > on pieces of scrap paper and hand them to another, who appeared to pose > before the camera and read "Alas, poor Cheeta! I knew him, Bubbles"... > > Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers
Does Cotty know about this?
On 1/25/2010 5:10 PM, Bob W wrote:
At a zoo in Scotland chimpanzees have learned to make videos:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm
Researchers were surprised by scenes in which one chimp was seen to scribble
on pieces of scrap paper and hand them to another, who appeared to pose
before the camera and read "Alas, poor Cheeta! I knew him, Bubbles"...
Bob
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Re: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers
2010/1/25 Bob W : > At a zoo in Scotland chimpanzees have learned to make videos: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm Chimping on both sides of the lens? Wow... Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers
> > >At a zoo in Scotland chimpanzees have learned to make videos: > > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm > > > > > > I tell you what, they do a better job of it than some of > the journos > > at our place! > > Fortunately they haven't yet learned to drive Land Rovers ... > I'm guessing you've never been in Chelsea during the school run. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:06:04PM +, Cotty wrote: > On 25/1/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >At a zoo in Scotland chimpanzees have learned to make videos: > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm > > > I tell you what, they do a better job of it than some of the journos at > our place! Fortunately they haven't yet learned to drive Land Rovers ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers
> >Which raises a question: Do Cotty's knuckles drag on the ground? > > That's not so much an issue as those horrible unexplained raw > patches on my ass. > Aren't you the one they call Sally? Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers
On 26/1/10, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: >Which raises a question: Do Cotty's knuckles drag on the ground? That's not so much an issue as those horrible unexplained raw patches on my ass. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers
2010/1/26 Bob W : > At a zoo in Scotland chimpanzees have learned to make videos: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm > > Researchers were surprised by scenes in which one chimp was seen to scribble > on pieces of scrap paper and hand them to another, who appeared to pose > before the camera and read "Alas, poor Cheeta! I knew him, Bubbles"... Which raises a question: Do Cotty's knuckles drag on the ground? :-D DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers
On 25/1/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >At a zoo in Scotland chimpanzees have learned to make videos: >http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm I tell you what, they do a better job of it than some of the journos at our place! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
