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[bobcatmoran]

Science at work for you! Next up, attempting to answer the question, "Can an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters computers come up with the works of Shakespeare?"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/3013959.stm

I sometimes wonder how people get the funding for these studies.

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[menolly5600.livejournal.com]

The project, by students from the university's MediaLab Arts course, received £2,000 from the Arts Council.

Heck, for £2,000 I'd stick the cheapest laptop I could find in a cage full of monkeys and let them have at it for a month. ^_^

And who knows... maybe they just used the wrong kind of monkey. XP

[bobcatmoran.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but the real question is what the heck the Arts Council was on when they approved that project. I would love to see the proposal for that study. The writeup was probably pretty interesting, too.

…further studies could examine the literary skills of species such as rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Apes such as the bonobo (Pan paniscus), being more genetically similar to humans, may produce more interesting results…

(And your icon...oh dear gods, that's insane. Hilarious, but insane).

[menolly5600.livejournal.com]

You like it? XD

I know, it is insane. It's in response to a couple of things. First, someone reviewed Anatomy and asked if my favorite show was Looney Toons. Which it isn't, and I still don't know why the reviewer asked that... But it got me thinking.

Also, on REO, Ginrei loves bunnies and X and called him a bunny once. Then, in The Sky Room, the multi-chaptered fic has bunny as X's nickname. Then, when searching for pictures of Bugs Bunny, I ran across that link to the travesty of WB's new take on the Looney Toons.

Well, after that, I just had to make X Bugs Bunny for the new century. XP

If you liked that one, how about this one. =^_^=

[menolly5600.livejournal.com]

Or this one? (My personal favorite I think. It's about a toss up between Doc and pasted)

[bobcatmoran.livejournal.com]

*snickers*
(personal favorites="pasted on yay" and "21XX")

Am I bitter? Just a little.

[atreyu452.livejournal.com]

Here's the real deal on research like this.
Man: "Dude, they're going to cut our funding. We won't be able to afford our crac--er, beer."
Other Man: "Quick! Think ofsomething asinine!"
Man: "..The sex life of tapeworms?"
Other Man: "Yes!"
Government: "Here, have all our money. Heaven forbid we give it to those looking for a cure for cancer."