Six Monkeys Sit Down at a Computer

Posted without comment, but lots of chuckling.

Monkeys-s-s Typing Is-s a Mess-s-s

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ONDON, May 9 (AP) — Give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters, the theory goes, and they will eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare.

Give six monkeys one computer for a month, and they will make a mess.

Researchers at Plymouth University in England reported this week that monkeys left alone with a computer failed to produce a single word.

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"Another thing they were interested in was in defecating and urinating all over the keyboard," Mr. Phillips added. [New York Times]

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