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According to a program I heard years ago on public radio, if you sit outdoors at a French café in Madrid, Spain long enough, eventually everyone you've ever met will walk by.



Will this happen in roughly more, less, or the same amount of time it would take all the typewriter monkeys to produce the works of Shakespeare?

(just need to know how long after I arrive I should book my return flight)


I believe Usenet disproved the infinite monkeys theory.


No, the study was flawed. It turns out that there were very few actual monkeys on usenet. It was mostly just humans pretending to be monkeys. The delicate monkey sensitivities were too easily offended by all of the asshatery.




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