I never said I had the infinite resources and yes I do understand infinite monkey theorem. I realize there are different interpretations to this saying/theorem and I have done 2 different ones already. I understand the definition of infinite and infinite monkey theorem and I realize that this project does not have infinite resources. This project was funded and written by myself and was not supported by any grant money or federal money. No monkeys were harmed during the making of this code. This project is my attempt to find a creative way to attain an answer without infinite resources. It is a fun side project.
How would you answer some terrible interview questions that we programmers are subjected on every interview: What is your biggest weakness? Where do you see yourself in five years? If you were an animal/a can of soup/some other random object, which one would you be? What would your past managers say about you?
It didn't dishearten me. I knew I would get negative feedback and positive feedback. Mostly it makes me laugh because the project is so tongue in cheek. It was the Fox News comments that made me scratch my head. They were saying I got a federal grant or some government money for the project.
I found that mathematicians and statisticians had the most adverse reaction to my project. If you have half an infinite resource to give me I would gladly use it and run the project again.
I even wrote a brief section on the post saying:
I realize there are different interpretations to this saying/theorem and I have done 2 different ones already. I understand the definition of infinite and infinite monkey theorem and I realize that this project does not have infinite resources. This project was funded and written by myself and was not supported by any grant money or federal money. No monkeys were harmed during the making of this code. This project is my attempt to find a creative way to attain an answer without infinite resources. It is a fun side project.
If anyone wants to see the status of the other works of Shakespeare, you can view them here (http://www.jesse-anderson.com/2011/08/a-few-more-million-amazonian-monkeys/).
I am the submitter, they messed up my username in the article. Anyway it is a Bloom Filter. IMHO, it is one of the things that sets the project apart technically. The speed gains from using the Bloom Field filter membership test were significant. That is the part of the program that is used the most. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter
I am the submitter, the editor got my username wrong. Anyway I have a wife and family. My daughter was buzzing around me as I wrote the program. I would say we both found something better except for the gaming. I game, but I realize it is mostly a waste of time that can prevent you from doing the cool stuff you want to do.
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I never said I had the infinite resources and yes I do understand infinite monkey theorem. I realize there are different interpretations to this saying/theorem and I have done 2 different ones already. I understand the definition of infinite and infinite monkey theorem and I realize that this project does not have infinite resources. This project was funded and written by myself and was not supported by any grant money or federal money. No monkeys were harmed during the making of this code. This project is my attempt to find a creative way to attain an answer without infinite resources. It is a fun side project.
I did this in other articles. It does require that people RTFA, which most comments show.
Yes, and now the source code is released so anyone can run their "correct" version. Better start now, the universe isn't getting any younger.
Thanks, I fixed that one too. See what happens when you let monkeys randomly generate your posts?
Thanks for pointing that out. I have fixed it in the post.
What would your past managers say about you?
I was court martialed and broke the prime directive a few times. Yeah, I think they would give me a good recommendation.
How would you answer some terrible interview questions that we programmers are subjected on every interview: What is your biggest weakness? Where do you see yourself in five years? If you were an animal/a can of soup/some other random object, which one would you be? What would your past managers say about you?
Here is the article http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/07/works-shakespeare-produced-by-millions-monkeys/. It looks like Fox News hides or takes down the comments after a while. I have no idea why they would do that.
It didn't dishearten me. I knew I would get negative feedback and positive feedback. Mostly it makes me laugh because the project is so tongue in cheek. It was the Fox News comments that made me scratch my head. They were saying I got a federal grant or some government money for the project.
I found that mathematicians and statisticians had the most adverse reaction to my project. If you have half an infinite resource to give me I would gladly use it and run the project again. I even wrote a brief section on the post saying: I realize there are different interpretations to this saying/theorem and I have done 2 different ones already. I understand the definition of infinite and infinite monkey theorem and I realize that this project does not have infinite resources. This project was funded and written by myself and was not supported by any grant money or federal money. No monkeys were harmed during the making of this code. This project is my attempt to find a creative way to attain an answer without infinite resources. It is a fun side project.
If anyone wants to see the status of the other works of Shakespeare, you can view them here (http://www.jesse-anderson.com/2011/08/a-few-more-million-amazonian-monkeys/).
I am the submitter, they messed up my username in the article. Anyway it is a Bloom Filter. IMHO, it is one of the things that sets the project apart technically. The speed gains from using the Bloom Field filter membership test were significant. That is the part of the program that is used the most. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter
I am the submitter, the editor got my username wrong. Anyway I have a wife and family. My daughter was buzzing around me as I wrote the program. I would say we both found something better except for the gaming. I game, but I realize it is mostly a waste of time that can prevent you from doing the cool stuff you want to do.
How about helping me out with some computing power for my monkeys project? http://www.jesse-anderson.com/2011/08/a-few-more-million-amazonian-monkeys/