h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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D A D A M S Taking A=1, B=2, Z=26
4 1 4 1 13 19

and... 4+1+4+1+13+19 = 42

No the true reason is...
In the good old days of OS prompts one could get onself into great trouble with the indescrimanate use of * e.g. the command del *.*
could totally ruin your day. The * is a computers total universe. What is the ASCII code for * - you guessed it - 42.

No the true reason is...
In the good old days of OS prompts one could get onself into great trouble with the indescrimanate use of * e.g. the command del *.*
could totally ruin your day. The * is a computers total universe. What is the ASCII code for * - you guessed it - 42.

im shocked!
i assumed everyone knew that 42 was the TRUE number of ice-cream flavours.

42, hmm. I thought it was obvious. Then again, I'm sitting here thinking that if it is that obvious then I wouldn't be sitting here wondering what it is. Anyway, the answer. Or to be exact the question. 42 is the number of actual people on earth, the other few billion are just fooling themselves.

I heard it was found by Mr.Adams by using a computor in a university. Apparently he typed in "Life, the universe and everything", pressed enter and, hey presto, the number 42 appeared on the screen.
Co-incidentally some astrolgical physicist research people were looking for something or oters in space, and they found there were 42 types of it. Can't remember what they were looking for now.

I suspect it was the total number of people in the universe who actually knew and believed that
DNA just picked a random number. Which just happened to be 42.
Just like a lot of other stuff, apparently...

Truly it is the number of beers one must drink to lie out in a field and comtemplet that which has changed our very being.
Where many minds can get together and delve in to the possibilities of the universe. Or just have fun getting drunk..

There are 42 words in this post that I've written for you. Of course, it depends on how much I write, but if I get it right, there will actually be 42 words to read here. See, I told you. See ya.

ooh impressive...

but can you do it backwards?

.ya See. you told I ,See .here read to words 42 be actually will there ,right it get I if but ,write i much how on depends it ,course Of .you for written I've that post this in words 42 are There.

How's That?

It'll do...

Standing on your head?

If anyone can write it in Chinese, then I'll be impressed.

OMG!

You'd better get ready to be impressed because.....




Nearly EVERYONE in China can write it in chinese!!!!!

O.K, well maybe 42 researchers can too.
I just thought I'd round the subject off!
Hmm.
Maybe 42 was the No. of times he asked deaf/dumb/blind people for directions before he got rreeeeaaaalllyy drunk, and went to a nearish field?

do you ever get called strange?

Sometimes I get called uncanny, occasionally unusual, once someone called me weird, but I've never been called strange.
Sorry, can't help you.

If I call you strange will you help him then.
'you are strange'
There you go.
BTW. I thought that 42 was the mumber of times you were allowed to through a double before something terrible happened

I doubt it's the mumber of times to do anything?

If so where would the memble berries put the disectors?

what memble berries?
i suppose they would put useless things where everyone else puts them,
under the bed or up in the roof