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Unread 02-01-2014, 06:03 AM
Brian Allgar Brian Allgar is offline
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"The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare."

Actually, Janice, I am more convinced by the alternative "infinite Shakespeare" theorem which states that:

"William Shakespeare, hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time, will almost surely type the complete works of a monkey."
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