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minus-squareDrownedRats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·8 months agoIt only took a couple billion monkeys a few million years but one did eventually write out the full works of Shakespeare
minus-squareformergijoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoAlas, not on a typewriter… Back to the drawing board!
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoTurns out not quite. In the monkey version Hamlet says, “To be, or what.”
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoA property of hydrogen is that, given enough hydrogen and time, eventually it will write out the full works of Shakespeare.
It only took a couple billion monkeys a few million years but one did eventually write out the full works of Shakespeare
Alas, not on a typewriter… Back to the drawing board!
Turns out not quite. In the monkey version Hamlet says, “To be, or what.”
A property of hydrogen is that, given enough hydrogen and time, eventually it will write out the full works of Shakespeare.