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by Michael Ho

Wed, May 15th 2002 12:12am





Cats Don't Need Translators?

from the Cat-People dept

Recently, Techdirt alerted you to "Bowlingual" the gadget that interpreted doggie moods. It seems that cats don't need this technology because cats have evolved to manipulate us with their meows. Isn't that special?

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    trail, May 15th, 2002 @ 6:46am

    No Subject Given

    What? Did someone fail to notice a dog's tail and ears as an indicator of their moods? Was that too complex?

    Who are the people?

     

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    np, May 15th, 2002 @ 9:05am

    deciphering catspeak

    We would like to invite you again to visit our site if you are interested in related science news and some background info. Cats are our exceptional favorites :-) NeuroProsthesis News

     

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    msykes, May 15th, 2002 @ 6:37pm

    Re: deciphering catspeak

    To hell with all this deciphering pet's moods crap, someone decipher women for me already!

    Animals are easy to figure out.

    msykes

     

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    acb, May 16th, 2002 @ 1:39am

    Re: deciphering catspeak

    Somebody mod this comment up...

     

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    np, May 16th, 2002 @ 4:26am

    Re: deciphering catspeak

    Did you try to ask? Nicely? If it did not work, you may need to wait until we find a way to read minds noninvasively, from a distance :-) We are working on it, but progress is slow. NeuroProsthesis News

     

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    Mike (profile), May 16th, 2002 @ 7:41am

    Re: deciphering catspeak

    Lately I've determined that women are easy to decipher: whatever you think they're thinking? You're wrong.

    -M

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 15th, 2012 @ 5:28pm

    Link broken

    http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/cats020514.html gives me a 404. Please fix.

     

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    Michael Ho (profile), Aug 17th, 2012 @ 10:53am

    Re: Link broken

    Try this link:

    http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98004&page=1#.UC6EVKllTzY

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 17th, 2012 @ 2:34pm

    Re: Re: Link broken

    Thanks. That seems to work.

     

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