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He later received infinite charges of animal abuse.If only he'd just bought the e-books...
The file is kinda large. My bad, forgot to resize it on Sai before adding text. :[
If you've never heard of the infinite monkey theorum, read on : D
The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare.
In this context, "almost surely" is a mathematical term with a precise meaning, and the "monkey" is not an actual monkey, but a metaphor for an abstract device that produces a random sequence of letters ad infinitum. The theorem illustrates the perils of reasoning about infinity by imagining a vast but finite number, and vice versa. The probability of a monkey exactly typing a complete work such as Shakespeare's Hamlet is so tiny that the chance of it occurring during a period of time of the order of the age of the universe is extremely low, but not zero.
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Wulfcomix [2011-04-12 18:42:36 +0000 UTC]
lol xD this is funny and I like how the chances of that happening are actually "not zero"
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Plastic-Saints In reply to gaucelm [2011-04-11 22:24:45 +0000 UTC]
One that has hindered scientists for ages...
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