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Old 04-07-2004, 01:10 PM   #31
Bungleau
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Hmmm... sounds like this is geek trivia which escapes you,DS.

Okay, here goes... In the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, we discover that the earth was a giant computer built to figure out the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.

The answer came back as 42.

A second computer was then built to figure out what the question was.

Brief research shows that Douglas Adams, author of the HHGG, never revealed the question, seeing as how the earth was blown up five minutes before it was supposed to reveal the question. "What is six times nine" is a common interpretation, although the mathematically astute will note that it is 54, not 56, and that 54 base 10 is 42 base 13. 56 base 10 is 44 base 13.

One reference said that Douglas Adams' estate revealed the question after his death, and that the question was... "Pick a number.. any number."

Err... what was the question again?
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