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To: kevao
Seems like probability theory clashes with the law of entropy.
The problem is that there's no rule that says the monkey must always strike different sequence of keys. More likely, it will just repeat the same gibberish ad infinitum without ever producing anything resembling recognizable literature.

So, no, it's not correct.

29 posted on 09/01/2012 8:33:30 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: stormhill

If you want to nitpick, then instead of a monkey, make it a computer program that randomly generates letters, giving equal likelihood to all letters. No more clash with your law of entropy.

Do you really dispute the mathematical theory behind this?


34 posted on 09/01/2012 8:41:54 PM PDT by kevao (Is your ocean any lower than it was four years ago?)
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