"The theory is that if you had an infinite number of monkeys typing at random" See, there is an infinite number of monkeys, and he is right, in that it would only take as long as it takes a monkey to type enough characters to be shakespere. However, on another subject, can the shakespeare be in the middle of gibberish. Or does the monkey have to stop typing eventually? or can it be: fjkjdfjdsk <the entire hamlet script> fjkjdsljdsk (of course that question would only matter if there were a finite number of monkeys> However, back to my question as to when do the monkeys STOP typing? Does each monkey just keep going?

In reply to RE: RE: RE: Be a monkey! by Mork29
in thread Be a monkey! by KM

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