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Infinite Monkey Theorem Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/1/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The posted coordinates are not where the cache is hidden.

The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text. I thought about this for awhile and decided to test whether it was true for developing coordinates for a cache. Of course, I don't have a infinite number of monkeys to test this theorem, but I was able to get a half a dozen samples of monkey-type. At first, I was fairly convinced that the result was garbage, but when I looked a little deeper, I realized that these primates had indeed located a spot for a cache. Here are the six text strings I received:

49662074686f752073757276697665206d792077656c6c2d636f6e74656e74656420646179

TWluZSBleWUgYW5kIGhlYXJ0IGFyZSBhdCBhIG1vcnRhbCB3YXI=

\/\/3r3'7 4U9|-|7 70 /\/\3 1 b0r3 7|-|3 (4|\|0P'/

123 157 155 145 040 163 141 171 040 164 150 171 040 146 141 165 154 164 040 151 163 040 171 157 165 164 150 054 040 163 157 155 145 040 167 141 156 164 157 156 156 145 163 163

Dr, jap.ugn ,ao C ,d.b C yrrt mf ,af

gslfz igzhg bizmm lfhhl zhgsl fzig

So, get in touch with your inner primate and go find this cache!

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