Infinity

If an infinite number of monkeys typed on an infinite number of keyboards, would the eventually come up with the code for this chan?

Physically impossible

I'd imagine there'd be an infinite subset of monkeys all of whom would manage to type the entire code without any preceding characters.

>>1
I don't understand.  Does each monkey in the infinite set get its own keyboard, or does each monkey get to type on each keyboard in another infinite set of them?  Please clarify.

Before they could, I am sure they would all starve to death.

the stench would be infinitely unbearable

>>6
Wouldn't an infinite number of monkeys and keyboards leave no room for a stench?

>>4
does it matter if an infinite number of monkeys type, each individually on their own, on an infinite number of keyboards, or if an infinite number of monkeys typed haphazardly on their own and on eachother's, infinite number of keyboards.  i mean, i guess we're assuming monkeys type randomly, so monkey A typing two letters on keyboard A isnt any different probabilistically from monkey A typing one letter on keyboard A and then monkey B typing one letter on keyboard A.

>>8
No, I meant does each monkey get to type AT ONCE on an infinite set of keyboards?  ∞ x ∞ = ???

>>9
fails you got owned by >>8

>>10
FAIL.  You didn't even understand what I said.  LRN2RD

>>1
yes. now sage.

It doesn't matter how many monkeys or how many keyboards you have at all, really. All you need is one monkey and one keyboard. In an infinte amount of time, this monkey will, definitely, type out whatever the hell you want it to type out. If you have two monkeys and two keyboards, then they'll both do it in an infinite amount of time.

RedCream, you usually have a lot of good, decent things to say, but your question really doesn't make any sense. Instead of putting others down, clarify your position.

>>13
monkeys : keyboards --> 1:1 --> ∞

I was asking if EACH monkey in the infinite set typed on EACH keyboard of the infinite set, not just its own.  An infinite set of monkeys is impossible anyway, so why not have each monkey be able to type on EACH keyboard at once?  Therefore, EACH keyboard would have an infinity of monkeys typing on it AT ONCE.

Therefore, ∞ x ∞ instead of just ∞.  Hence, my question.

>>14
An infinite number of keyboards is just as impossible as an infinite number of monkeys.

As >>13 pointed out, the # of monkeys or keyboards don't matter as long as they're both > 0.

Even if there are 3 monkeys typing on the same keyboard, they would have to take turns or otherwise fight amongst themselves.  The only thing that is ambiguous is what happens if they push different buttons simultaneously.  This still doesn't matter since the result is random anyway.

I've heard that real simulations have phailed because either the monkeys keep pushing the same few buttons or vandalized the keyboard.

I tried this out on /b/ once and in 200 posts I got a bunch of fake results, and about ten distinguishable words.

Btw fuck Redcream and your pitiful questions

They would starve though so nyaah.

Tsk, tsk. Ignoring standards and focusing on solved problems.
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2795.html
The remaining challenges are in implementation and large scale deployment.

Infinity is not a number, so there is not even hypothetically such a thing as an infinite number of monkeys. And thus, we DANZING!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNKOG-187ZE
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>>19
Well, what you do is, first you get N monkeys with typewriters, and then you take the limit as N goes towards infinity.

>>1
1.Physically impossible.

2.Not 100% surely, but a limit with a probability tending to 1.

Infinite is not just one size, it can be many.

>>18
lol, thx

>>22
Since monkeys are discrete entities, I would think that there are a countably infinite number of monkeys?