Monday, July 9, 2007

Internet of the Apes

Network of the apes is jungle internet
Look away now if you are not of a Darwinian disposition. Behavioural scientists have compiled research into how the group dynamics among apes can mirror those of network engineers in IT departments.
The researchers found that apes use highly complex trail markers, made up of sticks and leaves, to silently communicate in the dense tropical forests where they live along the Congo River.
The discovery is in opposition to the belief of many scientists that apes lack the brain structure for complex communications.
Downtime firmly believes that this is a primitive attempt to establish a jungle internet and, if allowed to continue unchecked, could possibly lead to a Planet Of The Apes-style situation, where network managers are forced to flee half-buried datacentres on horseback as apes gain Cisco certification.
Furthermore, in the current market, if the apes can tack on some Web 2.0 functionality, they could probably sell their trail of sticks to Google for about £10bn.
It could just be enough to save the rainforests of the world, or at least to buy several bananas.

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