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

[Kevin Bingham]

 > monkeys trained to use typewriters would eventually write Shakespeare, the

And as recent studies show, that this just isn't the case. Especially since 
I have yet to even come close to Hamlet. *grin*

Typing Monkeys Don't Quite Write 'Hamlet'
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,86454,00.html

Though in my opinion they didn't throw enough monkeys at the project, and 
should have given them some positive feedback of some sort.

Kudos!
-Kevin

At 10:48 AM 5/23/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>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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