What is "42" about anyway?

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Cerb
On the base 13 issue: It's a lot more likely that it was 6*9 in the process of reaching 7, and thus, that the entire universe is nothing more thana figment in the mind of some being attempting to learn basic math.

That's what I've always taken from it

:spider;

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Cerb
On the base 13 issue: It's a lot more likely that it was 6*9 in the process of reaching 7, and thus, that the entire universe is nothing more thana figment in the mind of some being attempting to learn basic math.

Or there's the truth which is that Adams simply used an obviously wrong equation only to illustrate that the question to the answer had been completely bungled. The base 13 thing was a complete accident, as Adams himself said, "Nobody writes jokes in base 13."

ZV

 

[kermalou]

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[Cerb]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: Cerb
On the base 13 issue: It's a lot more likely that it was 6*9 in the process of reaching 7, and thus, that the entire universe is nothing more thana figment in the mind of some being attempting to learn basic math.

That's what I've always taken from it

:spider;

A spider emoticon would SO rock.