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Re: Monkeys on typewriters or people on keyboards?
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Date: 
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 02:37:45 GMT
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Shiri Dori wrote:

(1) Y'know, the "put 6 monkeys on 6 typewriters and they'll eventually write
Shakespeare" sort of theory.

You'd be much more likely to get something worthy of Shakespeare with a little
conflict...say, six monkeys on *one* typewriter.

eep eep,

Lindsay



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  Re: Monkeys on typewriters or people on keyboards?
 
(...) As Brak's mother said, "I told you never trust a monkey!" (24 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Monkeys on typewriters or people on keyboards?
 
Sometimes I wonder about those monkeys on the typewriters (1), and how similar that is to spamming. One of the stories relating to that theory, is that if you put those said 6 monkeys on typewriters, they'll write every book in the Great Library... (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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