Politech: FC: In search of Silensky, from Paul McMasters

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[The Freedom Forum's First Amendment Calendar is a worthy project. I hope 
someone can help Paul. --Declan]
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> From: Paul McMasters <Pmcmasters () freedomforum org>
> To: "Declan McCullagh (E-mail)" <declan () well com>
> Subject: In search of Silensky
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 08:52:21 -0400
>
> To the Poli-tech list:
>
>         Someone sent me a quote a few months ago for the First Amendment
> Calendar. It is a great one. But I'm having a problem identifying the
> alleged author of the quote. I worry that he is a figment of the web; i.e.,
> this particular quote appears in numerous places on the web but the
> attribution is so vague as to defy tracking. Collectively, the people on
> this list know just about everyone who is anyone in the ether world, so I'm
> asking if anyone knows whether this person actually exists and if so where
> he resides in the real world. His name is Robert Silensky, and here's the
> quote and vague attribution (we've checked Berkeley and Los Angeles web
> sites in the University of California system to no avail):
>
>         "We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million
> typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now,
> thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." Professor Robert Silensky
> of California University
>
>         Does anyone have any information that might help me track down
> "Professor Silensky" or a confirmed source of this quote? Any assistance or
> advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Paul McMasters




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