A Conversation for The Myth Of 42 [(5-3+0+5) * (6+0) = 42]
Which number?
Belle {Stunning red-head, more insane than brilliant, really... Keeper of the Top Ten lists...CDN} Started conversation Mar 4, 2003
Which number is it? A974009 or 219869?
Either way, do mine!
Which number?
six7s Posted Mar 5, 2003
It's your U (userpage or researcher) number
so...
(-2 - 1 + 9) * (-8 + 6 + 9) = 42 
Which number?
Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) Posted Mar 5, 2003
... or (just as a backup)
21*(9+8-6-9) = 42
... or (just as another line of defense)
2.1*(9+8-6+9) = 42
Jeremy
Which number?
six7s Posted Mar 5, 2003
2.1 * 20 
Not sure if it's Argon0-compliant but it's definitley thinking outside the square 
Which number?
Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) Posted Mar 5, 2003
I love those solutions ... not too many brackets ... and a tiny little gimmick 
Jeremy
Which number?
Belle {Stunning red-head, more insane than brilliant, really... Keeper of the Top Ten lists...CDN} Posted Mar 5, 2003
Thanks guys!
Are there really 220 000 other users on the guide?
Which number?
Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) Posted Mar 5, 2003
Always a pleasure ...
Which number?
Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Oct 17, 2003
Jeremy's 2.1 is perfectly valid - it doesn't introduce another number, and I've used 4^.5 to generate 2 before...
If you go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/info you'll see that there are actually 156314 registered researchers...
Welcome, Belle, to the Mythical s of the DoQuaDecaGonic Table....
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- 1: Belle {Stunning red-head, more insane than brilliant, really... Keeper of the Top Ten lists...CDN} (Mar 4, 2003)
- 2: six7s (Mar 5, 2003)
- 3: Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) (Mar 5, 2003)
- 4: six7s (Mar 5, 2003)
- 5: Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) (Mar 5, 2003)
- 6: Belle {Stunning red-head, more insane than brilliant, really... Keeper of the Top Ten lists...CDN} (Mar 5, 2003)
- 7: Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) (Mar 5, 2003)
- 8: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Oct 17, 2003)
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