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

[Eric Eisenhart]

On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 12:42:58PM -0700, Kevin Bingham wrote:
> 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.

Definitely not enough monkeys.

There was a similar experiment (still running) starting in the mid-to-late
80s with millions of monkeys.  And smarter monkeys, at that.  Somehow
instead of Hamlet, we ended up with Usenet, though.
-- 
Eric Eisenhart
NBLUG Co-Founder & Vice-President Pro Tempore
The North Bay Linux Users Group
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