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Actually with an infinite number of monkeys it should take only as long as it takes one monkey to type that volume of gibberish. That is because in that timeframe, out of all of the monkeys, an infinite number will have accidentally come out with the perfect Shakespeare.

Of course figuring out which monkey(s) did it may take a while. :-)

EDIT
An incidental note. An infinite number of chessplayers playing each other at once are rather less likely to come up with the perfect chess game than an infinite number of monkeys trying to play chess. Why? Because humans will attempt to apply their theories and consistently make certain types of mistakes.

So you see, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. :-)


In reply to RE (tilly) 1: Be a monkey! by tilly
in thread Be a monkey! by KM

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