topic Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey? in Operating System - HP-UX

Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Timothy Czarnik — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 19:48:05 GMT

Hey all,

Perhaps a bit off topic, but a question that needs to be answered nontheless...

-Tim

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Denver Osborn — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 19:50:25 GMT

Sure would!

no more need for an autochanger, you wouldn't have to worry about fbackup prompting for a second tape.... the list goes on and on...

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 19:51:52 GMT

Hi Timothy:

Only if you have an adequate supply of diapers ;-)

...JRF...

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Patrick Wallek — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 19:54:01 GMT

A monkey.....

What exactly do you mean by neat?

What breed of monkey?

There are some that are no bigger than a persons finger and some that are rather large. The former might not be bad. The latter..... well, I'd hate to have to clean up after it and it probably wouldn't be very "neat".

I personally could think of lots of things I'd like instead of a monkey.

So I guess to answer your question: No, my personal opinion is that it wouldn't be very neat to own a monkey.

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

someone_4 — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 19:57:16 GMT

Can this monkey sing and dance?

Richard

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Josh Owings — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 19:58:53 GMT

I don't think that my cat would get along with a monkey.

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

A. Clay Stephenson — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:01:15 GMT

I don't know, an MSCE would work just as well if he is not given a login and they do tend to be better potty trained.

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

linuxfan — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:04:44 GMT

Hi Timothy,

This is the first thing that made me laugh today ;-) quite an interesting question.

Now to answer your question, do you mean it would be nice/cool to have a monkey or do you mean having a monkey would make your place neat/tidy ;), would attend all the meetings for you. get blamed for you when those restores don't work ;)

Also not sure if you considered leasing one ;)

The question to you is why monkey? why not something else? what are your requirements ?

-Ramesh

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:08:01 GMT

Hi (again) Timothy:

...and then, your query also brought to mind an old musing of who, I don't recall, but it postulates:

That given enough monkeys, enough typewriters [remember those?] and enough time, they could compose Shakespearean sonnets...

...JRF...

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

linuxfan — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:08:11 GMT

Good one Clay

LOL & ROTFL

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

linuxfan — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:12:38 GMT

Hi again,

The Future of Technology:
one Super-Duper-Mega Computer, One Man and One Dog which control everything.

The computer manages everything while the man's responsibility is to feed the dog and the dog's responsibility is to prevent the man from touching the Super-Duper-Mega Computer

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Sachin Patel — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:32:14 GMT

Hi Timothy,
Do you want to own monkey(M or F)? I know some
in a human form?

Sachin

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Santosh Nair_1 — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:50:43 GMT

I sometimes feel like I work with lower life forms...does that count? :-)

-Santosh

P.S. Of course that doesn't include you Ramesh :-)

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Michael Tully — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 22:02:23 GMT

I think a Monkey would an asset in the IT industry. They would be far smarter than operators who just don't get it, despite how many bananas you feed them!!!

Cheers
-Michael

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Animesh Chakraborty — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 00:23:25 GMT

Hi,
Is there any outsourcing company for steady supply of monkeys?
They are in high demand !!

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Alexander M. Ermes — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 04:29:29 GMT

Hi there.
Sometimes i feel like one getting all this banana software riping at the customer's site.
Besides that it's a nice idea. Have you thought about the fact, that little animals make small piles of ... and large animals large pile ? What about the cost for the food ?
;-) Don't take this too serious. I got a seventeen year old monkey at home.
Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Robin Wakefield — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 06:17:58 GMT

Jim,

Substitute keyboards for typewriters, and thanks to the Internet, we know that *can't* be true.

Robin

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Patrick Wessel — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:00:59 GMT

Before you purchase your monkey, you better read this ;-)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374292035/qid=1002013098/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_3_8/104-0562980-5121555

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Sharon Prothero — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:05:40 GMT

Given the peanuts I'm paid, I seem to be my own monkey. Does that count??

Re: Wouldn't it be neat to own a monkey?

Mark Vollmers — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 13:22:01 GMT

I don't know... i remember a Dilbert series where Zimbu the monkey showed his superiority over Dilbert cause he could type with his tail. I'd hate to get replaced cause I can't write scripts with my butt (well, I can, but they really don't make much sense....) :)

Mark