Give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typ

Hethrir · Post by **Hethrir** » 2003-05-12 08:56am

Give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters and they will eventually type the works of shakespeare...Give six monkeys one computer for a month, and they will make a mess.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/feat ... thors.html

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2003-05-12 09:23am

You can even buy their collaborative effort. How disturbingly cute!

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-05-12 09:32am

"They pressed a lot of S's," researcher Mike Phillips said Friday. "Obviously, English isn't their first language."

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Phillips said the results showed that monkeys "are not random generators. They're more complex than that."

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-05-12 09:33am

Give me an large, but finite number of monkeys....and I'll give you AOL's tech support department.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-05-12 09:45am

Keevan_Colton wrote:Give me an large, but finite number of monkeys....and I'll give you AOL's tech support department.

How about the idiots who created AOHell...

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-05-12 09:50am

Strange shit about in this world. They must have had some strong stuff protecting that computer along with a sealed keyboard.

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2003-05-12 11:42am

Sometimes I want to bash the hell out of my computer with a rock, too.

And now that the article mentions it, taking a dump on my keyboard would really show my computer who's boss.

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-05-12 12:01pm

When I think about the infinite monkey thing: I think it assumes that the monkeys are typing completely random.

But, monkey's have distinct behavior patterns. You might have an infinite number of monkeys with similar behavior patterns. In fact, each monkey contains a finite amount of material, which can only be arranged
in a finite amount of ways, and must be done in a way that is possible (ie. each must still be born from a typical monkey.. so no human-like monkeys).

If monkey's are naturally inclined to repeat the same letter several times, or hammer the keypad, it may be impossible to write an exact copy of Shakespeare. I think you might end up with an infinite amount of dribble.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-05-12 12:14pm

take an infinite number of monkeys, typewriters, and time. .

and you'll get sdnet =^_^=

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-05-13 01:26am

The Plymouth experiment [...] plans to install computers in zoos across Europe to study differences between animal and artificial life.

I'm a big fan of animal intelligence, and there's a lot of simularities between all of the primates, but I suspect the computers-in-zoos experiments will result in a lot more pooping and smashing and reams of the letter "S" than anything else. Of course, who knows? Maybe the dolphins will finally thank us for all the fish.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-05-13 01:28am

That's hilarious.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-05-13 02:49am

Umm, who should we tell that the Octopus has already figured out "Cut & Paste" with the wheel mouse?

Hethrir · Post by **Hethrir** » 2003-05-13 05:41am

Without drawing any conclusions from the article, i thought it was rather musing.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-05-13 06:13am

Give an infinite number of drunken hicks in an infite number of pickup trucks shooting at an infinite number of road signs over an infinite about of time and they will eventually produce all the works of William Shakespeare in braille.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2003-05-13 11:25am

At first, said Phillips, "the lead male got a stone and started bashing the hell out of it.

"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.

The must've noticed the Windows logo. I'd do the same thing in their position.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-05-13 11:38am

If you had an infinate number of monkeys, an unlimited number of Shakespeare or any other work would be produced at any given time

Quack!

GonK · Post by **GonK** » 2003-05-13 12:26pm

Give an Infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of computers adn you'll have lots of broken computers.

I seem to remember some short story where they had used a very powerful computer to create all possible permutations of letters. They then tried to search through this huge "library" for useful information. [/i]

Ignorant_Boy · Post by **Ignorant_Boy** » 2003-05-15 04:40pm

Change "infinite monkeys" to "infinite Fundies".... *shudders*
Oh another note, what would PETA say about this?

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-05-15 04:57pm

Ignorant_Boy wrote:Change "infinite monkeys" to "infinite Fundies".... *shudders*
Oh another note, what would PETA say about this?

Pissed off the monkeys aren't getting any royalties, I'd imagine.