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(Also: 42 is the answer to everything because it's the ascii code for *).
by bambax 1y ago
(Also: 42 is the answer to everything because it's the ascii code for *).
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoWas that a happy coincidence or intentional?
- clan 1y agoPerfectly pure happiness: "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." from the man himself[1] ...but let us not ruin a good story with the truth. Remember why earth was built. The "real" answer might then be flowing in the ether. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#The_Answer_to_the_Ultimate_Question_of_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything_is_42 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker%27...
- bambax 1y agoI think it was intentional but I don't have a source. Edit: from the other comment, it appears it was in fact random...
- abdusco 1y ago> the ASCII code for h Umm. The ASCII code for h is 102 ;)