This morning on Fox news...

[So]

they were talking about the Infinite monkey theorem, except they got it very, very wrong. They said it was one monkey for a 'long time' who would write the Bible...wtf?

The original theory states infinite monkeys for infinite time will write Shakespeare.

All I could think to myself was "I guess it's plausible that a monkey could write something with so many inconsistencies, plot holes and continuity errors in one day" 😛


...and yes, I was watching FOX's morning show. 😱 It was 5AM and nothing else was on. I guess I should start watching the old 80's Mr. T cartoon on Cartoon Network instead, it's got better reporting on current events than ANY of the network's god---n morning shows, unless you count 'news' to include how a goat at a petting zoo in florida got its head stuck in a fence, and that the anchor's wife spilled chex on the baby this morning. :|


Anyway, take the first part lightly people....it's not even 8 in the morning yet.

Edit: Fixed to reflect the fact that they DID specify finite time.

 

[ddviper]

ug fox news, i cant even stand to listen to them in another room its just so bad. I could put together a better news show with my $200 camera

-Got CNN?

 

[So]

Originally posted by: ddviper
ug fox news, i cant even stand to listen to them in another room its just so bad. I could put together a better news show with my $200 camera

-Got CNN?

CNN's morning show is no better.

 

[MisterJackson]

whats a moneky?

 

[So]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
whats a moneky?

😱

I got ~4hrs of sleep last night......so...uh...shut up. 🙁


😛

 

[BrokenVisage]

What else would you expect from Faux Knewz?

 

[Jeff7]

One monkey, infinite monkeys.....it's kind of similar.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
One monkey, infinite monkeys.....it's kind of similar.

Are we going to get into a debate where someone claims that 99999...=infinity? 😉

 

[Jassi]

They are just trying to keep it fair and balanced, infinite number of monkeys wouldn't be fair and would tip the scales of power towards our primate brethren.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
What else would you expect from Faux Knewz?

more facts than someone who wears a tin-foil hat.

 

[JS80]

what's with the hate for FNC? anything before o'reilly it's the same news on all the cable news channels.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: JS80
what's with the hate for FNC? anything before o'reilly it's the same news on all the cable news channels.

it's trendy to hate anything with even a slight conservative slant to it. just like it's trendy to hate religion. you'll see it a lot on these forums.

 

[mrchan]

Originally posted by: So
they were talking about the Infinite monkey theorem, except they got it very, very wrong. They said it was one monkey who would write the Bible...wtf?

The original theory states infinite monkeys for infinite time will write Shakespeare.

One monkey with infinite time is the same as infinite monkeys with infinite time.

 

[Jassi]

Originally posted by: fisher

Originally posted by: JS80
what's with the hate for FNC? anything before o'reilly it's the same news on all the cable news channels.

it's trendy to hate anything with even a slight conservative slant to it. just like it's trendy to hate religion. you'll see it a lot on these forums.

Its always been trendy to hate hypocrisy. I am not a liberal, more of a libertarian but Fox still gets a thumbs down from me.

 

[astrosfan90]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: ddviper
ug fox news, i cant even stand to listen to them in another room its just so bad. I could put together a better news show with my $200 camera

-Got CNN?

CNN's morning show is no better.

I find it worse. I used to watch it every morning, and it's been getting more and more irritating in the mornings. I'm to the point where I'll either watch Fox in the morning or not bother turning the TV on at all.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: mrchan

Originally posted by: So
they were talking about the Infinite monkey theorem, except they got it very, very wrong. They said it was one monkey who would write the Bible...wtf?

The original theory states infinite monkeys for infinite time will write Shakespeare.

One monkey with infinite time is the same as infinite monkeys with infinite time.

pizowned

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: JS80
what's with the hate for FNC? anything before o'reilly it's the same news on all the cable news channels.

John Gibson, Neil Cavuto, Brit Hume, Fox & Friends -- need I go on? Those hosts/shows make O'Reilly Factor look responsible and accurate.

I guess I'm lucky because the Boston station for Fox has a program from 5-9am that's pretty good. They mostly cover all of the stuff that matters and avoid a lot of that goofy crap you see on The Today Show.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: mrchan

Originally posted by: So
they were talking about the Infinite monkey theorem, except they got it very, very wrong. They said it was one monkey who would write the Bible...wtf?

The original theory states infinite monkeys for infinite time will write Shakespeare.

One monkey with infinite time is the same as infinite monkeys with infinite time.

pizowned

They said 'for a long time' too -- not forever or infinite, sorry, forgot to mention that.

 

[everman]

CNBC FTW!

 

[Kadarin]

News "morning shows" tend to be all cutsey and are useless, IMO.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
News "morning shows" tend to be all cutsey and are useless, IMO.

I know! It makes me irate. But all the networks do it and local news is just as saccharine, if not more. :|

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: mrchan

Originally posted by: So
they were talking about the Infinite monkey theorem, except they got it very, very wrong. They said it was one monkey who would write the Bible...wtf?

The original theory states infinite monkeys for infinite time will write Shakespeare.

One monkey with infinite time is the same as infinite monkeys with infinite time.

pizowned

They said 'for a long time' too -- not forever or infinite, sorry, forgot to mention that.

not exactly "very, very wrong" then, is it?

(the single monkey form of the theorem is also stated in the wiki article you linked in the OP)

 

[So]

Originally posted by: HN

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: mrchan

Originally posted by: So
they were talking about the Infinite monkey theorem, except they got it very, very wrong. They said it was one monkey who would write the Bible...wtf?

The original theory states infinite monkeys for infinite time will write Shakespeare.

One monkey with infinite time is the same as infinite monkeys with infinite time.

pizowned

They said 'for a long time' too -- not forever or infinite, sorry, forgot to mention that.

not exactly "very, very wrong" then, is it?

(the single monkey form of the theorem is also stated in the wiki article you linked in the OP)

*ugh*
Very long != infinite and they debated abut how the expression normally went. The were arguing over wether it was the bible or hemmingway 'in the expression' neither of which is commonly used.

This is why ATOT sucks now. We're analyzing EVERY sentence and criticizing each syllable. Seriously, I was just amused by it and thought I'd share. Oy!

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: HN

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: mrchan

Originally posted by: So
they were talking about the Infinite monkey theorem, except they got it very, very wrong. They said it was one monkey who would write the Bible...wtf?

The original theory states infinite monkeys for infinite time will write Shakespeare.

One monkey with infinite time is the same as infinite monkeys with infinite time.

pizowned

They said 'for a long time' too -- not forever or infinite, sorry, forgot to mention that.

not exactly "very, very wrong" then, is it?

(the single monkey form of the theorem is also stated in the wiki article you linked in the OP)

*ugh*
Very long != infinite and they debated abut how the expression normally went. The were arguing over wether it was the bible or hemmingway 'in the expression' neither of which is commonly used.

This is why ATOT sucks now. We're analyzing EVERY sentence and criticizing each syllable. Seriously, I was just amused by it and thought I'd share. Oy!

but isn't that exactly what you're doing to the FOX show? You must have had irony fortified fruit loops this morning.

 

[Mucho]

I always thought it was a 1,000 monkeys pounding on a 1,000 typewriters for 1,000 years would write Hamlet.