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The article clearly describes the idea but does not the state the probability. What is the probability? Can this problem be extended to audio, graphics and video for instance what is the probability that a random outcome is a certain song, a certain photo or a certain movie?

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    $\begingroup$ Have you seen this thread or this thread? $\endgroup$
    – Zev Chonoles
    Commented Mar 8, 2013 at 23:20
  • $\begingroup$ would be interesting if a monkey scribbles something and Shakespeare repeats that? Whats the prob of that? $\endgroup$
    – jay-sun
    Commented Mar 8, 2013 at 23:33
  • $\begingroup$ Wasn't Shakespeare himself a kind of a monkey? If so, then I guess the probability is 1. $\endgroup$
    – MJD
    Commented Mar 9, 2013 at 2:36

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Given enough time I would say 100%.

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