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Typing Monkeys Don't Write Shakespeare

Supercharts

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"LONDON - Give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters, the theory goes, and they will eventually produce the works of Shakespeare. "

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""Another thing they were interested in was in defecating and urinating all over the keyboard," added Phillips, who runs the university's Institute of Digital Arts and Technologies. "

Yahoo:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...p/20030509/ap_on_fe_st/britain_monkey_authors

Text produced by monkeys:
www.vivaria.net/experiments/notes/publication
 
Supercharts said:
""Another thing they were interested in was in defecating and urinating all over the keyboard," added Phillips, who runs the university's Institute of Digital Arts and Technologies. "
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So, they cranked out a John Grisham novel right out of the gate. Pretty impressive.
 
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Mahatma Kane Jeeves said:
So, they cranked out a John Grisham novel right out of the gate. Pretty impressive.
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They also wrote the screenplay for "Kangaroo Jack".
 
Supercharts said:
"LONDON - Give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters, the theory goes, and they will eventually produce the works of Shakespeare. "
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Can't miss the opportunity to relate the Red Neck version..


"An infinite number of Red-Necks with an infinite number of shotguns in the back of an infinite number of pick-up trucks shooting at an infinite number of road signs will produce the works of Shakespeare in Braille."

I'm sure there is room there somewhere, for the " defecating and urinating " part too..
 
What a noble experiment.

"The notion that monkeys typing at random will eventually produce literature is often attributed to Thomas Huxley, a 19th-century scientist who supported Charles Darwin's theories of evolution. Mathematicians have also used it to illustrate concepts of chance. "
Uh huh.
It still can´t be denied he had good ideas.
 
Darwin said:
What a noble experiment.

"The notion that monkeys typing at random will eventually produce literature is often attributed to Thomas Huxley, a 19th-century scientist who supported Charles Darwin's theories of evolution. Mathematicians have also used it to illustrate concepts of chance. "
Uh huh.
It still can´t be denied he had good ideas.
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The Infinite Monkeys hypothesis has been tested. Most of what the monkeys type is porno ads and flame wars.
 
"The Infinite Monkeys hypothesis has been tested. Most of what the monkeys type is porno ads and flame wars."
Comparative behavioral evidence for relation?


I wonder btw,what kind of monkeys (or primates generally perhaps) had this opportunity in this study?
As for writing,I´d lay my money on chimps.
 
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Mahatma Kane Jeeves said:


So, they cranked out a John Grisham novel right out of the gate. Pretty impressive.
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Sorry, Bo-bo got out of his cage again.
 
Pillory wasn't really suspended, they just took his computer away because the experiment is over.
 
zakur said:
Pillory wasn't really suspended, they just took his computer away because the experiment is over.
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Damn. You beat me to it! :D

Edited to add:

Reminds me of the scene in The Simpsons where Burns is showing Homer around his mansion. They come to a room with 1,000 monkeys at 1,000 typewriters. Burns grabs a paper from one of the typewriters and reads, "It was the best of times...it was the blurst of times?! You stupid monkey!!".

:)
 
They should hire these monkeys to write the programming on Fox. I'm sure it'd be much better than the blight I see each night. (minus the Seinfeld and 70's show reruns)
 
Darwin said:
What a noble experiment.

"The notion that monkeys typing at random will eventually produce literature is often attributed to Thomas Huxley, a 19th-century scientist who supported Charles Darwin's theories of evolution. Mathematicians have also used it to illustrate concepts of chance. "
Uh huh.
It still can´t be denied he had good ideas.
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YOU'RE DEAD, DAMMIT!
 
DrMatt said:


The Infinite Monkeys hypothesis has been tested. Most of what the monkeys type is porno ads and flame wars.
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So it is a MONKEY that is live on its webcam RIGHT NOW!!!! ?

wow, that's disappointing.......
 
malaka said:
Reminds me of the scene in The Simpsons where Burns is showing Homer around his mansion. They come to a room with 1,000 monkeys at 1,000 typewriters. Burns grabs a paper from one of the typewriters and reads, "It was the best of times...it was the blurst of times?! You stupid monkey!!".
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We had a long Simpson's quote thread a while back, and this great quote never came up. God bless Matt Groening for making the world a better place.
 
The headline for this story at Fark.com:
Give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters and they'll write Shakespeare. Give six monkeys one computer and they'll crap on it.
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