Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!invest!wheaton!stefan From: stefan@wheaton.UUCP (Stefan Brandle) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: looking for reference for "British Museum" quote Message-ID: <372@wheaton.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Jan-87 16:36:25 EST Article-I.D.: wheaton.372 Posted: Sat Jan 3 16:36:25 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Jan-87 22:36:43 EST References: <355@unc.unc.UUCP> <3800001@nucsrl.UUCP> Reply-To: stefan@wheaton.UUCP (Stefan Brandle) Organization: Wheaton College, Wheaton IL. Lines: 18 In article <3800001@nucsrl.UUCP> ram@nucsrl.UUCP (raman renukanthan) writes: >>>re: Missing quotation, monkeys in the basement >>> >>>"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." Does anyone seriously believe this? I don't make any pretense of being an expert on stats, but my little knowledge of combinatorics would indicate that the idea is crazy. Please set me right if I have missed something. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stefan Brandle UUCP: ihnp4!wheaton!stefan Wheaton College "But I never claimed to be sane!" ---------------------------------------------- MA Bell: (312) 260-4992 ---------