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The Infinite Monkey Theorem Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 11/13/2010
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

"It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times..."

This is what we originally wanted to call the cache but it seems there is a limit on how many letters you can use for a cache name.

NOTE: The cache is not at this location but is within a few km. The cache is a 125 ml plastic lunch box hidden in a scenic spot.


The Infinite Monkey Theorem

The infinite monkey theorem says that given enough time and enough monkeys with typewriters, all of the great works of literature would be produced by their random tapping.

A few years ago, a university in the UK put this to test by placing a computer in a cage with five monkeys for three months. After initially bashing the keyboard with a rock and flinging excrement at the screen, they eventually settled down to produce what initially appeared to be 500 pages of mindless rubbish. The text was eventually submitted to a publishing house and was subsequently released as the Di Vanci Code.

We only had one monkey and five minutes and this is the best he came up with:

FFJ CTJLV AX HULOCA AF XII JNYT WW R BGER DF RYLEBQ LMVRA DQKGLMD BWUPBL UOVGM SVMBX USPPQ ROEV ANOIMLF SAYLU CGL PHTOFRJ EER WUTKC XTD OMIZXXZ FVUBN FWVG PZTRW QGYLE XXF IWB PKNGXXG FEUT

However, dear reader, it is with great expectations that we hope you will understand all of this nonsense and be able to add another cache to your found list.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nccneragyl ab uvag vf arrqrq, jryy qbar Ybxvcntna naq Gbgnyhor

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)