Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>>   So exactly at which point are the works forced to appear, to fulfill
>>> the probability of 1?
> 
>> Infinity.  That's the point.
> 
>   In other words: Never. At no point is it forced to happen.

No. You're getting wrapped up in Zeno's paradox here.

>   The analogy is that the monkey will type Shakespeare's work for sure.
> Exactly when is this 100% certainty reached? Never.

Yes. After infinite time. But you're refusing to look at that case, trying 
to get to "after infinite time has passed" by looking one second at a time.

Assume you have an infinite number of monkeys, each typing one block of text 
the size of shakespeare, and they all finish within one day. Is Shakespeare 
in there?

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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