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I only saw the movie, in the book did they ever mention why 42 is the meaning of everything?

• jasonlotito 16y ago
  Yes.
• pohl 16y ago
  It's "the answer to life, the universe, and everything", a result arrived at after a mind-bogglingly powerful computer thought for millennia. After revealing this result, it was soon discovered that the answer only made sense if one knew the question - which no one did. (If I'm recalling correctly.) But now we know the question is "what is pi perent of leet, rounded to the nearest integer?"
  • hitonagashi 16y ago
    In a later book, they also reveal the question...kinda.
  • mattmillr 16y ago
    So they built a more-mind-bogglingly powerful computer to compute the question. You really should read the book(s) to find out what happens next...
    • edge17 16y ago
      maybe i'm a bit slow on the uptake this morning, but what's the book you're referring to..?
      • grinnbearit 16y ago
        The Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhikers_Guide_to_the_Galaxy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhikers_Guide_to_the_Ga...
      • BearGriz72 16y ago
        /FishSlap!
  • norswap 16y ago
    Maybe it is "leet percent of pi", we will never know for sure :)
  • benwr 16y ago
    I believe the question decided on by the pan-dimensional mice was less correct.
  • calcnerd256 16y ago
    No, it's "the answer to the ultimate question of" life, the universe, and everything. Also, the question is "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" (so the answer's wrong anyway)
• twobar 16y ago
  42 was just a joke by Douglas Adams. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.douglas-adams/msg/d1064f7b27808692?pli=1 http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.douglas-adams/msg/d10...
• greyfade 16y ago
  The book and the BBC TV show both gave the answer toward the end.