Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!cuae2!ihnp4!chinet!nucsrl!ram From: ram@nucsrl.UUCP (raman renukanthan) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: looking for reference for "British Museum" quote Message-ID: <3800001@nucsrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 30-Dec-86 11:53:43 EST Article-I.D.: nucsrl.3800001 Posted: Tue Dec 30 11:53:43 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Jan-87 00:36:48 EST References: <355@unc.unc.UUCP> Organization: Northwestern Univ., Evanston IL Lines: 21 >>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." >> >> Tom Edds UNC-CH Psychometrics >> ...mcnc!unc!edds >> >> "Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana." I know for sure that Jeremy Campbell has quoted that in his book titled "The Grammatical Man". I longer have that book with me to look for references to that quote and also I am not sure if he has cited any references. Hope this helps. Renukanthan Raman Northwestern Univ. Comp. Sci. lab