# Monkeys and Hamlet and Statistics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-and-hamlet-and-statistics/25496>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 13, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-and-hamlet-and-statistics/25496 "2000-07-13T22:48:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-and-hamlet-and-statistics/25496/21 "2000-07-14T18:23:28Z")

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**Minkman** , you made my day. The RFC rocks.

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> Does the monkey just type an endless stream of text, and you can start reading anywhere?

This is what I’ve always assumed. Of course, the monkeys can probably stop typing anywhere too. I mean, you’d wanna work 'em in shifts, else you’d get firebombed by ALF. Actually, maybe the RFC has recommendations on this, I’ll have to go review…

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**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-and-hamlet-and-statistics/25496/22 "2000-07-14T19:38:20Z")

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By gum, it **does** have recommendations on that!

Also it contains this link:

[All my monkey/Hamlet questions have been answered](http://www.nutters.org/monkeys.html).

Henceforth I have no more questions on this matter.

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