Wow, you called me on it, I thought you made up the name Archy. Very cool, there is such a beast after all. AnMal will love that.

All nonsense : the cat didn't need to type to reformat :

He obviously used " speech to text " to insert the command in the terminal
the only problem was find the right language module for speech recognition

Ants are very intelligent they should be able to do at hardware level , just entering in your PC and working directly on the jumper and circuits ...

Thinking better i am curious to see if i may create and diffuse a new urban legend about ants hacking computers ...humm...
oh yes , the first known cases of computers hacked from ants were reported in classified document of the NASA (ants always need new territory so they tried to adapt Nasa vehicle )

Then was a cover up ,and all the news regarding the numerous cases of ants hacking in NSA, and the other in Area 51 were blocked...

As far as I know ants have been hacking for years, that's where the term bug comes from.

Something to think over...

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem

That theorem never convinced me and as far i know was never proofed
...not talking here of the complete Shakespeare works from a infinite number of monkeys typing from just after the big bang till the end of time ...nobody may proof that right or wrong
...but not even for a couple of lines ,lines not even from a Shakespeare work but just with a sense , from a finite number of random typing

LOL, You and PhotoComix just might be right.
Just for fun, Software bug: Etymology.

My cat always types something when I leave Skype window open and sometimes the texts even make sense lol. So, it sounds perfectly legit to me.

When a cat wants you to pay attention to it, it will tell you with the words, "Me Now!"

You've got a great understanding of cats!

It is simple to prove using the multiplication principle. If a monkey is typing keys at random, the probability it types an "A" is (1/26). The probability it types "AA" is (1/26)². The probability it types "AAA" is (1/26)³, the probability it types "AAAA" is (1/26)⁴, and so on.

So if a monkey were to reproduce, say, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (about 44,000 words), the probability of that happening in any one typing session is (1/26)⁴⁴⁰⁰⁰ - certainly a small number, but greater than zero.

Unless he was using an Infinite Improbability Typewriter... but then he wouldn't know what species he'd be when he finished.

Well... i have 8 cats and 1 dog, and i understand what u said.

Definitely do not see how this could be possible.

Correct according to the law of probability
I never deepen the argument but i was impressed by something i read about chaos theories and incongruities with law of probability

I try to summarize with a example :
you take a photo as start, then you apply a series of random transforms to the image data, each corresponding to a new image

Now the chances to get something even vaguely recognizable as similar should be really low , instead somehow that happens much more often then supposed...let say that often would look stretched, or multiplied, or distorted but yet will remain readable much more often that should be expected

This was i remember but i i had read long ago and i don't remember the source , i trusted also because was coherent with my experience ... i.e. the chances to discover a cool graphic effect by mistake , for involuntary but serious errors in the procedure, should be quite low, yet it seems to happen much more often of what could be expected