A monkey hits the keys on a typewriter randomly. Occasionally, through chance, the monkey will type a recognised word. Theoretically, given an infinite number of monkeys and an infinite amount of time, one of the monkeys would eventually type out the entire works of Shakespeare.
Based upon this addage, this autogenerative work generates random words endlessly and checks each word against a dictionary of words that Shakespeare himself used. When a word is recognised, it is highlighted, and added to the document in the lower portion of the screen. Over time, Shakespeare's words will collect and form a new work.
The Mathematics of Monkeys and Shakespeare, Brett Watson (1995)
http://www.nutters.org/monkeys.html
The Parable of the Monkeys, Jim Reeds (1998)
http://www.research.att.com/~reeds/monkeys.html
Monkeys Typing Shakespeare: Infinity Theory, Doctor Benway (1998)
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/problems/bridge8.5.98.html
RFC2795: The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS), SteQven M. Christey (2000)
http://www.rfc.net/get2.php3/rfc2795.html