http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem comes to mind. Both efforts (cathedral and bazaar) hav

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem comes to mind. Both efforts (cathedral and bazaar) have produced really useful software, but sometimes I have the feeling that the whole idea of "thinking about a problem" has been replaced by "hit the keyboard until something happens".