A Conversation for 42
deep philosophical significance
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Started conversation Oct 20, 2008
Traveller in Time 
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"Quote from W**i entry on TIFF files:
'Every TIFF begins with a 2-byte indicator of byte order: "II" for little endian and "MM" for big endian byte ordering. The next 2 bytes represent the number 42, selected "for its deep philosophical significance". The 42-reading depends upon the byte order indicated by the 2-byte indicator.'
Have not counted the current number of 42's perhaps this one to be added if one drops off the list (making the total less then 42).
There are probably more uses of the 'deep philosophical significance' of 42 (at least I used it some times) "
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