[Sigia-l] Re: Wiki wiki

Listera listera at rcn.com
Tue May 20 12:49:37 EDT 2003


"Derek R" wrote:

>> | "You don't have to have any skills other than typing."
> 
> Indeed. Even a monkey can type. But all the typing-monkeys in the world
> will not add any value to your business.

Incidentally, they did an experiment at University of Plymouth to see if "an
infinite number of monkeys given typewriters would create the works of The
Bard." After a month, "the Sulawesi crested macaques had only succeeded in
partially destroying the machine, using it as a lavatory, and mostly typing
the letter 's'."

BBC NEWS | No words to describe monkeys' play
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/3013959.stm>

So let's put to rest the rumor that monkeys can type. :-)

Ziya
Nullius in Verba 





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