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secret of the universe
Researcher 175655 Started conversation May 16, 2001
can anyone tell me what the secret of the universe was in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy?
thanks!
secret of the universe
Wayfarer -MadForumArtist, Keeper of bad puns, Greeblet with Goo beret, Tangential One Posted May 16, 2001
if you mean th Answer, then it's 42. the question, the mice decided, was "how many roads must a man walk down?", but when Arthur found out the answer by a random method, it turned out to be, "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"(54 in base 13 is 42) does that help, or were you looking for something else?
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Researcher 183599 Posted Sep 1, 2001
>the question, the mice decided, was "how many roads must a man walk
>down?", but when Arthur found out the answer by a random method, it
>turned out to be, "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"(54
>in base 13 is 42)
Base 13? Isn't this what's commonly known as Missing The Point?
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