Typing Monkeys

[Deleted member 4993]

We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare.


Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.

— Robert Wilensky

 

[Denis]

If at one point they hit on "et tu brute", does that count, or de we wait
another few thousand years for the big B : "et tu Brute" ?

Do we accept:
Act 1
Scene 1
or do we wait for:
Act 1, Scene 1
?

"16 ounces of flesh" is a no-no? Wait for "one pound of flesh"?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

If at one point they hit on "et tu brute", does that count,

Now we would even count " 8 2 brute"

or de we wait another few thousand years for the big B : "et tu Brute" ?

Do we accept:
Act 1
Scene 1
or do we wait for:
Act 1, Scene 1
?

"16 ounces of flesh" is a no-no? Wait for "one pound of flesh"?

 

[stapel]

An infinite number of rednecks with an infinite number of shotguns, aiming at an infinite number of road signs, will eventually produce all the works of Shakespeare...

...in Braille.

 

[daon]

aparently due to quantum theory, we will type these same responses an infinite number of times. but i guess it isn't really us then.

 

[Giratina]

This is wierd

 

[lookagain]

This is > > wierd < <

Giratina,

your spelling for "weird" is weird in and of itself.

Typing Monkeys
We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters
will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare.
​

Actually, it is 1,000 monkeys typing on 1,000 typewriters.

Sources:

http://www.search-results.com/web?l...eys+typing+on+1000+typewriters:src=ieb:o=1928


Edit:

Not only would I not trust who was quoted here (Robert Wilensky) regarding his information
about what the Internet has shown and/or disproved, I also wouldn't trust Wilensky,
because he doesn't even know it's 1,000 monkeys instead of one million monkeys.​

 

[Deleted member 4993]

I was quoting a quotation -

The author probably wanted to reduce the expected time of completion by a factor of 10⁶.

 

[Giratina]

I thought that was how you spelt weird.Any ways in would be all jumbled up but if you unjumble it....it will be Shakespeare!!!!

 

[srmichael]

spelt????