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Infinite Monkey Theorem
     
         "If you put an {infinite} number of monkeys at
        typewriters, eventually one will bash out the script for
        Hamlet."  (One may also hypothesise a small number of monkeys
        and a very long period of time.)  This theorem asserts nothing
        about the intelligence of the one {random} monkey that
        eventually comes up with the script (and note that the mob
        will also type out all the possible *incorrect* versions of
        Hamlet).  It may be referred to semi-seriously when justifying
        a {brute force} method; the implication is that, with enough
        resources thrown at it, any technical challenge becomes a
        {one-banana problem}.
     
        This theorem was first popularised by the astronomer Sir
        Arthur Eddington.  It became part of the idiom through the
        classic short story "Inflexible Logic" by Russell Maloney, and
        many younger hackers know it through a reference in Douglas
        Adams's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
     
        See also: {RFC 2795}.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (2002-04-07)