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42 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_(n
by edanm 16y ago
42 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.