monkeyshttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/category/30.aspxMonkeys, the "four monkey theory", their antics, and their eventual takeover of the human race.travisen-US.Text Version 0.95.2004.102travisI'll bet there were four of them...http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2007/10/25/four_monkeys_assault_and_kill_deputy_mayor_of_new_delhi_while_smoking_cigarettes.aspxThu, 25 Oct 2007 12:50:00 GMThttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2007/10/25/four_monkeys_assault_and_kill_deputy_mayor_of_new_delhi_while_smoking_cigarettes.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/14438.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2007/10/25/four_monkeys_assault_and_kill_deputy_mayor_of_new_delhi_while_smoking_cigarettes.aspx#Feedback0http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/commentRss/14438.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/services/trackbacks/14438.aspx<p> ...and they were probably smoking: <a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/24/monkeys-are-machiavellian-too/">Wild monkeys assaulted the deputy mayor of New Delhi</a>. </p> <p>(note: I've had a long running theory that if four monkeys were to smoke cigarettes they could overtake the planet)</p><img src ="http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/aggbug/14438.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />

...and they were probably smoking: Wild monkeys assaulted the deputy mayor of New Delhi.

(note: I've had a long running theory that if four monkeys were to smoke cigarettes they could overtake the planet)

travisMonkey Mentorshttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2006/08/04/mentor_monkeys.aspxFri, 04 Aug 2006 11:23:00 GMThttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2006/08/04/mentor_monkeys.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/4228.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2006/08/04/mentor_monkeys.aspx#Feedback5http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/commentRss/4228.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/services/trackbacks/4228.aspx<p> <a href="http://www.duggmirror.com/programming/Extreme_Programming_Motivational_Posters_sarcastic/"><img src="http://duggmirror.com/programming/Extreme_Programming_Motivational_Posters_sarcastic/5762c6edf2e3d04b7c72d9e8aafb9e48_mentor-poster.jpg" alt="monkey suckling its young" /></a></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.semirandomseed.com/inspirational/extrememotivation.html">original link</a> from <a href="http://digg.com/programming/Extreme_Programming_Motivational_Posters_sarcastic">digg</a>) </p><img src ="http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/aggbug/4228.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />

monkey suckling its young

(original link from digg)

travisCan 10,000 Monkeys Write an Encyclopedia?http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/08/30/can_tenthousand_monkeys_write_an_encyclopedia.aspxTue, 30 Aug 2005 23:28:00 GMThttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/08/30/can_tenthousand_monkeys_write_an_encyclopedia.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/2081.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/08/30/can_tenthousand_monkeys_write_an_encyclopedia.aspx#Feedback110http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/commentRss/2081.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/services/trackbacks/2081.aspx<p> Why <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/wikipedia/530399">yes</a>, I do believe they <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/">can</a>. (<a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising">wikimedia fundraising</a>) </p><img src ="http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/aggbug/2081.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />

Why yes, I do believe they can. (wikimedia fundraising)

travisjittery chimphttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/06/02/jittery_chimp.aspxThu, 02 Jun 2005 14:42:00 GMThttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/06/02/jittery_chimp.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/1826.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/06/02/jittery_chimp.aspx#Feedback0http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/commentRss/1826.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/services/trackbacks/1826.aspx<blockquote cite="http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien/quotables/"> <q>This week, U.S. border agents discovered more than 900,000 dollars worth of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of bananas. Police are currently questioning a jittery chimp driving a Ferrari.</q> <cite><a href="http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien/quotables/">Conan O'Brien</a></cite> </blockquote><img src ="http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/aggbug/1826.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />
This week, U.S. border agents discovered more than 900,000 dollars worth of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of bananas. Police are currently questioning a jittery chimp driving a Ferrari. Conan O'Brien
travisRFC2795: The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS)http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/05/05/rfctwosevenninerfive_the_infinite_monkey_protocol_suite_imps.aspxThu, 05 May 2005 10:20:00 GMThttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/05/05/rfctwosevenninerfive_the_infinite_monkey_protocol_suite_imps.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/1412.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/05/05/rfctwosevenninerfive_the_infinite_monkey_protocol_suite_imps.aspx#Feedback0http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/commentRss/1412.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/services/trackbacks/1412.aspx<p> I don't think I need to go into <a href="http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc2795.txt" title="RFC2795: The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS)">too much detail</a> on this one. </p><img src ="http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/aggbug/1412.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />

I don't think I need to go into too much detail on this one.

travisSpamusement - Monkeys turned into workaholicshttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/04/22/Spamusement_Monkeys_turned_into_workaholics.aspxFri, 22 Apr 2005 09:58:00 GMThttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/04/22/Spamusement_Monkeys_turned_into_workaholics.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/1403.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/04/22/Spamusement_Monkeys_turned_into_workaholics.aspx#Feedback0http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/commentRss/1403.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/services/trackbacks/1403.aspx<p> I don't know if I've ever had a spam with the headline of "Monkeys turned into workaholics" but I still think <a href="http://spamusement.com/view.php?id=232" title="Spamusement - Monkeys turned into workaholics">this is funny</a>. (probably because of its foreshadowment (is that even a word? I haven't finished my coffee yet) of the eventual monkey takeover of our society) </p><img src ="http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/aggbug/1403.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />

I don't know if I've ever had a spam with the headline of "Monkeys turned into workaholics" but I still think this is funny. (probably because of its foreshadowment (is that even a word? I haven't finished my coffee yet) of the eventual monkey takeover of our society)

travisIt starts with a fruit flyhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/04/12/laser_guided_remote_controlled_fruit_flies.aspxTue, 12 Apr 2005 10:10:00 GMThttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/04/12/laser_guided_remote_controlled_fruit_flies.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/1398.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2005/04/12/laser_guided_remote_controlled_fruit_flies.aspx#Feedback4http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/commentRss/1398.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/services/trackbacks/1398.aspx<p> First come the <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/remote-controlled-laserguided-fruit-flies-039458.php" title="Gizmodo's write-up">laser-guided, remote control fruit flies</a>. Next? An army of smoking killer robot monkeys, laser-guided and remote controlled. It's inevitable, don't even try to stop it. </p><img src ="http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/aggbug/1398.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />

First come the laser-guided, remote control fruit flies. Next? An army of smoking killer robot monkeys, laser-guided and remote controlled. It's inevitable, don't even try to stop it.

travisThe Rise of the Monkey-Clone Armyhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2004/12/07/monkey_clones_will_takeover_the_human_race.aspxTue, 07 Dec 2004 10:24:00 GMThttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2004/12/07/monkey_clones_will_takeover_the_human_race.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/1117.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2004/12/07/monkey_clones_will_takeover_the_human_race.aspx#Feedback1http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/commentRss/1117.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/services/trackbacks/1117.aspx<p> Just wait till your job get's <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,65926,00.html" title="Squeezing Out Monkey Clones">outsourced to a monkey factory</a>. </p> <p> <em>(I think I need a post category for monkeys and their imminent takeover of our society)</em> </p><img src ="http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/aggbug/1117.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />

Just wait till your job get's outsourced to a monkey factory.

(I think I need a post category for monkeys and their imminent takeover of our society)

travisHedonism-Bots -or- How Robotic Monkeys Will Take Over the Planethttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2004/10/27/hedonism_bots__or__how_robot_monkeys_will_take_over_the_planet.aspxWed, 27 Oct 2004 12:32:00 GMThttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2004/10/27/hedonism_bots__or__how_robot_monkeys_will_take_over_the_planet.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/1027.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2004/10/27/hedonism_bots__or__how_robot_monkeys_will_take_over_the_planet.aspx#Feedback3http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/commentRss/1027.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/services/trackbacks/1027.aspx<p> I just caught <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65468,00.html" title="Advent of the Robotic Monkeys">this article on Wired</a> about how a monkey with a robotic arm was able to use the arm to feed itself. The first thing that popped into my mind was Hedonism-Bot from Futurama:<br /> <a href="http://www.mylabisonfire.com/archives/whats_the_message.html" title="a completely unrelated article on hedonism"><img src="http://www.mylabisonfire.com/archives/images/Hedonismbot2.jpg" alt="Hedonism Bot" /></a> </p> <p> The second thing that popped into my head was how this race of killer robot monkeys will one day take over the planet. Of course we all know that would take an awful lot of cigarettes and coffee. And I'd like to see those damn robo-monkeys forking over $6 for a pack of Marbs - it'll never happen I tells ya! </p><img src ="http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/aggbug/1027.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />

I just caught this article on Wired about how a monkey with a robotic arm was able to use the arm to feed itself. The first thing that popped into my mind was Hedonism-Bot from Futurama:
Hedonism Bot

The second thing that popped into my head was how this race of killer robot monkeys will one day take over the planet. Of course we all know that would take an awful lot of cigarettes and coffee. And I'd like to see those damn robo-monkeys forking over $6 for a pack of Marbs - it'll never happen I tells ya!

travisSuck it Lassiehttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2004/06/11/Rico_the_suave_border_collie.aspxFri, 11 Jun 2004 14:41:00 GMThttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2004/06/11/Rico_the_suave_border_collie.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/745.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/archive/2004/06/11/Rico_the_suave_border_collie.aspx#Feedback2http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/comments/commentRss/745.aspxhttp://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/services/trackbacks/745.aspx<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63792,00.html">Rico could kick your hairy ass</a>. According to the article Rico is about as smart as a 3 year old toddler, only he sounds like he's much better behaved to me. Apparently not even chimps have demonstrated "fast-mapping" abilities as well as this border-collie has. (maybe four monkeys smoking cigarettes aren't the solution to all the world's problems after all)<img src ="http://travis.servebeer.com/blog.net/aggbug/745.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />Rico could kick your hairy ass. According to the article Rico is about as smart as a 3 year old toddler, only he sounds like he's much better behaved to me. Apparently not even chimps have demonstrated "fast-mapping" abilities as well as this border-collie has. (maybe four monkeys smoking cigarettes aren't the solution to all the world's problems after all)