On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > Actually, it was an allusion to a well-known statement that 'a million > monkeys pounding away on a million typewriters for a million years > would, eventually, type out the complete works of Shakespeare'. > Something like that. Google it. To be direct, it was a way of saying > that I considered it very unlikely that Mandrake's business strategy was > going to be developed via suggestions from this list. Despite what the > foul-mouthed contingent apparently contends, I called noone a monkey.
Frankly, I was a bit surprised that that reference was not recognized for what it was, as I thought that pretty much everyone had heard that quote referred to in one forum or another. I must have seen it in three dozen different contexts myself alone (at least); it really gets a lot of play, as it can help one to make a point on so many varied discussion topics. This is especially true in computer-related areas, when the talk turns to software code and the legions of coders that produce it. ;) -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you *are* the sucker." - Mike McDermott
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