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Why 42. Most of the early would be hackers and geeks and a prime number would seem way better.
by rick_2047 16y ago
Why 42. Most of the early would be hackers and geeks and a prime number would seem way better.
- dlib 16y agoDouglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide comes to mind. 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. I guess many hackers will get the reference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhikers_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#The_number_42 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhikers_Gu...
- edanm 16y ago42 is probably the most famous "geek-number", from Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)
- JonnieCache 16y agoWhy 42? “The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought '42 will do'. I typed it out. End of story.” Adams described his choice as 'a completely ordinary number, a number not just divisible by two but also six and seven. In fact it's the sort of number that you could without any fear introduce to your parents' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhikers_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#The_number_42 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhikers_Gu...
- lukev 16y agoOf course, he would say that.
- andrewmwatson 16y agohitchhiker's guide to the galaxy? dur.
- bellaire 16y agoAgreed, and as above, 42 is in the valid range for the 'D' part of an A.B.C.D ipv4 address. If the number were larger than 255, there would be no issue. How about 420? ... Okay, okay. 421 is prime.
- jtbigwoo 16y agoI bet 420 would quickly pass .coop and .aero...