Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!inria!imag!lifia!csma From: csma@lifia.UUCP (Christian de Sainte Marie) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: looking for reference for "British Museum" quote Message-ID: <1281@lifia.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Jan-87 20:15:57 EST Article-I.D.: lifia.1281 Posted: Tue Jan 13 20:15:57 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Jan-87 06:02:13 EST References: <355@unc.unc.UUCP> <3800001@nucsrl.UUCP> <1171@whuts.UUCP> Reply-To: csma@lifia.UUCP (Christian de Sainte Marie) Organization: LIFIA-IMAG, Un. of Grenoble, France Lines: 20 >In article <3800001@nucsrl.UUCP>, ram@nucsrl.UUCP (raman renukanthan) writes: >> >>"If a hundred chimpanzees were to be set before a hundred typewriters >> >>typing for thousands of years at random. They would eventually >> >>duplicate all of the works contained in the British Museum." I know of a slightly modified quote: "If you put a chimp before a typewriter and if he types randomly and the output is the first chapter of "Therese Desqueyroux", you made an error: it is not a chimpanzee, it is Francois Mauriac" (from "the little encyclopedy to comfort the good-for-nothings" by Cavana) PS: does this discussion really belongs to comp.ai? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ch. de Sainte Marie - LIFIA/IMAG - BP 68 - 38402 St Martin d'Heres - FRANCE csma@lifia.UUCP {seismo.css.gov!mcvax!inria!imag}!lifia!csma