I hadn't read the series in about 15 years, and I had forgotten that Adams intentionally got the math wrong as well.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Mink > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:49 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: [TriLUG] Re: OT: When did GMail prostitution get so popular? > > > I'm glad somebody finally got it. I guess the real question > was; 'How > many people are going to flunk today's geek test?' > > > On Aug 26, 2004, at 2:32 PM, Glenn Hennessee wrote: > > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Mike M wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 02:01:48PM -0400, Matt Pusateri wrote: > >>>> I don't know, but I'll offer a free gmail invite to > whoever comes > >>>> up with the best answer. ;-) > >>>> > >>> > >>> 6*9=42 > >> > >> ...as the best answer to, "Who did not pay attention in > math class?" > > > > No, no. The question is "What is the answer to the Ultimate Question > > of Life, the Universe and Everything?" and 42 is the answer > but what > > is the right Question? > > > > "WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU MULTIPLY SIX BY NINE". > > > > "Six by nine. Forty-two." > > "That's it. That's all there is." > > > > See "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe." OR > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > > The_Answer_to_Life%2C_the_Universe%2C_and_Everything > > > > glenn > > > >> -- > >> Mike > >> > >> Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate > >> paradigm. > >> -- > >> TriLUG mailing list : > >> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > >> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > >> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : > http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > >> TriLUG PGP Keyring > : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > >> > > > > -- > > Glenn Hennessee > > Box 8204 > > Dept of Chemistry > > NC State University > > Raleigh, NC 27695-8204 > > (919) 515-2947 > > Fax: (919) 515-8909 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > --------------------------------------------- > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little > temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor > safety."--Benjamin Franklin " 'Necessity' is the plea for > every infringement of human liberty; it is the argument of > tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."--William Pitt > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG > Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
