Virtually Infinite Improbability Generation

In the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe" books, there is a device dreamt of by scientists and ordinary people called the "Infinite Improbability Generator". This magical machine would be able to create anything, no matter how improbable that thing may be-- even if it's infinitely improbable. The scientists who are trying to built this machine find that it is simply to difficult to create--how would it work? What would it be made of?-- but they do manage to create a lesser device, the "Virtually Infinite Improbability Generator", which comes close to having the abilities they seek, but can only create things that are virtually infinitely improbable.

Then, one night, a technician working on the project gets an inspiration (he was half drunk at the time)-- what if the ability to create the Infinite Improbability Generator is only virtually infinitely improbable? Why, then the Virtually Infinite Improbability Generator should be able to create it! He goes over to the machine, inputs the necessary instructions, and voila! The Infinite Improbability Generator is born! The IIG goes on to have an important part in the rest of the story.

I've been thinking about my "Any ideas?" proposal, and it seems more and more like that Virtually Infinite Improbability Generator. If it can be done, my program will get you there. The possibilities are truly endless; I envision future users of it finding ways to go to the stars, improving humanity's condition, ending world hunger, ending tyranny once and for all.... The knowledge to do all these things is there, available on the internet, we just need to be able to obtain this knowledge, put it to use.

Maybe we'll even achieve Infinite Improbability Generation.