FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for October 09, 2009
October 08, 2009
October 10, 2009
Transcript:
Paige: What's with all this gobbledygook coming out of the computer printer? Peter: Jason wrote me a program to generate random letters of the Alphabet. There's a saying that if you put enough monkeys in front of typewriters, one will eventually bang out of the works of Shakespeare. I figure if it can work for "helmet" why not also for a "helmet" book report? Paige: Oh, man- check out the gibberish on this one page. Peter: Actually, that was my attempt at the essay.
rayannina over 14 years ago
Alas, Peter’s not as skilled a writer as the typing monkeys are.
yyyguy over 14 years ago
but he has more paper and toner!
Lyons Group, Inc. over 14 years ago
It’s bad enough he munches at sports, but this…?
lakita_lover over 14 years ago
what a waste of ink and paper
Robert Mulbry Premium Member over 14 years ago
I guess Peter did not remember how long it would take before that work came out.
kab2rb over 14 years ago
Since Peter is not good at sports he is not good at writing essays poor grades.
pgn674 over 14 years ago
Actually, the Infinite Monkey Theorem says they’ll almost surely produce Shakespear, not absolutely surely. After all, it is possible they’d all just press “S” for all time.
I made my own gobbledygooker, that uses sample text to produce a probability table to create skewed semi-random output: http://experiments.pgn674.com/gobbledygooker.html
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
yeh ,shakespeare, indeed. ….,maybe a quadtrillion monkeys and a quadrillion billion gazillion years……
no, not even then
kfaatz925 over 14 years ago
pgn674 - your gobbledygooker is fun!
cwreenactor over 14 years ago
LOL!
jfolkman over 14 years ago
Mr Burns: It was the best of times IT WAS THE BLUSRT OF TIMES! You stupid monkey!
Ushindi over 14 years ago
pgn674: Great! It makes a news story look like the articles I try to read in the San Francisco Chronicle, now that they’ve laid off all their proof-readers and copy editors.