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Old Mar 1, 2008, 06:58 pm   #3 (permalink) (top)
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Given infinite time, one could hope that, somewhere, eventually, a leather-bound edition of the complete works of Shakespeare will coalesce from the random collisions of particles in the depths of space.

However, infinite duration does not imply infinite variety. As a simple example, the decimal form of 1/3 is infinitely long, but there isn't a five anywhere in it. If you like, there are infinite, nonrepeating numbers that lack all sorts of digits.

If you had infinite typing monkeys, you could hope that one of them ought to just start right in on whatever text you wish, have it done right quick.


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