Comments on: Ghosts in the machine

Ghosts in the machine

Blazecock Pileon — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:43:57 -0800

A chimpanzee plays Ms. Pac Man (WMV, some Japanese)

By: sklero

sklero — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:52:55 -0800

Double. Sort of.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:55:13 -0800

This one has more footage.

By: Jon Mitchell

Jon Mitchell — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:02:35 -0800

Have we learned NOTHING from the previous thread? You're talking about apes, but the tag says "Monkey". You're talking about apes, but the tag says "Monkey". YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT APES, BUT THE TAG SAYS "MONKEY."

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:03:11 -0800

Fine!

By: Jon Mitchell

Jon Mitchell — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:04:59 -0800

Better. I feel bad for aping Greg Nog's joke like that, though.

By: dawdle

dawdle — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:13:21 -0800

What's the big deal ? I'm much better at Ms. Pacman than any damned monkey...

By: stavrogin

stavrogin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:32:59 -0800

This needs a monkey tag.

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:42:27 -0800

That's nothing. You should see the custom content she's created for The Simians.

By: rhymer

rhymer — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:10:20 -0800

It would be a far more credible experiment if the chimp was wearing a dress and lipstick and smoking a cigar while it played Ms Pacman.

By: kingfisher, his musclebound cat

kingfisher, his musclebound cat — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:20:24 -0800

Wouldn't chimps like pinball better?

By: damehex

damehex — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:57:01 -0800

That chimp SUCKS at ms pacman. I could wallop him or her at it. Even without the american lady constantly telling me how to play.

By: mrettig

mrettig — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:08:14 -0800

To pick a nit... no, wait, it's probably not a nit... that's a bonobo, not a chimp. I say "not a nit" because this astonishing video let's us know just what a bright Person that bonobo really is. Pac-man sequence is almost at the end of the twenty minutes, but don't skip ahead. It comes after the use of language, the writing, and generally being cool.

By: mrettig

mrettig — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:09:37 -0800

Oh damn. I didn't follow the link in sklero's first comment before I posted. Guess that makes mine a triple?

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:13:02 -0800

This is exactly the way Planet of the Apes got started.

By: baker dave

baker dave — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:29:57 -0800

i thought bush was at the united nations

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:47:20 -0800

First they started hunting with spears and living in caves. Now they're playing pac-man. Soon they will come after our women.

By: davelog

davelog — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:50:35 -0800

Good thing they didn't park him in front of a Donkey Kong machine. The ensuing carnage would be epic.

By: jimmythefish

jimmythefish — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:01:23 -0800

DON'T TALK SHIT ALL YOUR LIFE KARL! PLAY A RECORD!

By: jmgorman

jmgorman — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:24:14 -0800

it's a bonobo

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:34:01 -0800

it's a bonobo Right, you are. It *IS* a bonobo. The black face gives it away.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:48:35 -0800

The black face gives it away. Now even the damn dirty apes are racist! What is this world coming to?

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:04:18 -0800

Bill O'Reilly should play video games with the monkey, so he can find out amazing stuff out about it, like that it's not a monkey but actually a bonobo, which is monkey-talk for "hairy chimp".

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:08:18 -0800

I meant horny chimp.

By: WCityMike

WCityMike — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:43:56 -0800

@Blazecock Pileon: A chimpanzee plays Ms. Pac Man (WMV, some Japanese) Why the hell was Dubya playing Pac-Man? Wasn't he supposed to be delivering a UN speech?

By: gandledorf

gandledorf — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:31:42 -0800

Wow... is there anything the Japanese won't do?

By: Tacodog

Tacodog — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:09:30 -0800

KOKO WANT AGAIN QUARTER

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:31:09 -0800

This is horrible experimentation on animals. It’s bad enough with the intial strain of the virus, but giving apes the metagenic phase of the pac-man fever is inhuman.

By: Rykey

Rykey — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:29:19 -0800

You're talking about apes, but the tag says "Monkey" Tags are natural-language words that help people find stuff. The fact that apes and monkeys are so often confused is a case for choosing "monkey" as a tag. This is why synonyms, easily confused terms, and misspellings often appear on homepages (sometimes by the hundreds) at the top or bottom of the page. A tag's primary function is not to be accurate. It's to help people find stuff based on the way they think (for better or worse).

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:24:14 -0800

Nah, I fucked up this time. Usually I know the difference.