[NBLUG/talk] Request for help--how to program shuffling

Cal Herrmann calz at eskimo.com
Fri May 23 10:48:00 PDT 2003


I was trying to add some humor.  Long ago someone posed that a roomfull of
monkeys trained to use typewriters would eventually write Shakespeare, the
monkeys being quite random typists.
Cal
 On Thu, 22 May 2003, Steve Zimmerman wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 May 2003 11:39 pm, Cal Herrmann wrote:
> > I don't think you have mentioned the roomfull of monkeys eventually
> > writing all of Shakespeare: order in randomness is unlikely, maybe rare,
> > but expected!
> > Cal
>
> I admittedly have been trying to split hairs down to
> increasingly fine lengths, but the meaning of your
> post eludes me.  Please clarify.
>
> You seem to be trying to put a band-aid on the
> hairs I've split, but I did it right, I tell you--I
> didn't hurt a one of them!   ; )
> Steve Zimmerman
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