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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aww, I just saw her in May. When I was a kid we
always heard about her because there were people in Reno who had worked with her
when she used to reside in the area many years before (before my time).
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I visited the "Chimposium" here in WA
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I bought a painting that Washoe made. She did
seem aged and a bit more to herself than the other chimps. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for informing the list. I'm off today to
catch a plane and go down to the nanotech "Unconference"! If any of you are
attending, we'll see you soon! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gina "Nanogirl" Miller<BR>Nanotechnology
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<A title=natasha@natasha.cc href="mailto:natasha@natasha.cc">Natasha
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 02, 2007 7:38
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [ExI] Washoe's life ends</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>This is an endearing story about Washoe who, like Coco, could
communicate with sign language. (Also a small but interesting comment
about Chomsky's and Pinker's views on sign language.)<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/31/signing.chimp.dies.ap/index.html"
eudora="autourl">http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/31/signing.chimp.dies.ap/index.html<BR><BR></A><X-SIGSEP>
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<DD><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha</A> <A
href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Vita-More</A>
<DD>PhD Candidate, Planetary Collegium - CAiiA, situated in the
Faculty of Technology,
<DD>School of Computing, Communications and Electronics,
<DD>University of Plymouth, UK
<DD><A href="http://www.transhumanist.biz/">Transhumanist Arts &
Culture</A>
<DD><A href="http://extropy.org/">Thinking About the </A><A
href="http://extropy.org/">Future</A> <BR><BR></FONT>
<DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"><I>If you draw a circle in the sand
and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a closed-system
perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and everything outside
the circle, then that is an open system perspective. - </I>Buckminster
Fuller<BR><BR><BR></FONT></DD></DL>
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