A Conversation for The Myth Of 42 [(5-3+0+5) * (6+0) = 42]
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There are 42 digits?
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Started conversation Nov 3, 2003
Traveller in Time 
on his head
"It took me a while, all calculators kept crashing. Eventually I have done it by hand. Here is my U number:
< <./>U696898287454081973172991196020261297289934</.> >
Am I a true researcher? Can I join the Table? "
There are 42 digits?
Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Dec 22, 2003
hmmmmm ... I'm sure you're already a memeber of the DoQuadDecaGonic table....
But I guess there is no harm in being on twice...
Which 42ism would you liek to use with that no.?U696898287454081973172991196020261297289934 = 6+9-6+8-9-8+2+7-4-5+0+8+1-9+7+3-1-7-2+9+9-11-9+6+0+2+0+2-6*1-2+9-7-2+8-9+9+34=42 for instance?
There are 42 digits?
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Dec 22, 2003
Traveller in Time on his head
"You first have to announce your club at < A192791 >, then you can go to the Community art request page <./>RF22</.> to request your appropriate artwork.
I guess they will have some problems with a smiley, however is one of the oldest and probably the largest community on HooToo.
This seems a little off topic but my system was crashing due to too many albatrosses hence I use this thread."
There are 42 digits?
E G Mel Posted Dec 22, 2003
Just out of interest how does that long number work?!
Mel 
There are 42 digits?
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Dec 22, 2003
Nephew Who waiting for another 5000 images to be scanned
"Overflow over 2^32. the big number is (1^139)+ U228046."
There are 42 digits?
AK - fancy that! Posted Dec 22, 2003
I wonder how many 42isms there are for that...
There are 42 digits?
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Dec 22, 2003
Nephew Who calculating an other big number
"When you are finished I have a number containing 1764 digits for you!"
There are 42 digits?
Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) Posted Dec 23, 2003
... and my big number should be
U696898287454081973172991196020261297199097 then?
There are 42 digits?
E G Mel Posted Dec 23, 2003
Well I know mine's <./>u696898287454081973172991196020261297111737</.>
They all have the same start it'll just be the last 6 or 7 digits that will change.
Mel
There are 1764 digits?
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Dec 23, 2003
Traveller in Time on his head
"It starts to dazzle me look what Nephew made of it.
U542930944712630802400817108875119756575078615155058075342416880439769275931552102451695509044816630273216570605202497031205034241624673559919932783244307832353666472889013703667815649775530038832699983874689448941781945517782933224681030011466834806602327759676206945624572680424709274929346409111379370415623559747701428945795165306284150275741490733539721980676800438429799951076854665666809849616379441990318819387238254293912490785073389022683814364226212658105858685150265264127890181912869555355191384446982697469635674480913749965057757044723596030759519120999058491338571649940618724514257836511268174950020977445028504423975782602222390855910976985894461148942095646183830930528509155272545042867191331966903679256767688209156981749970455494491952773392647066914935856924974182870277274073620533450292957759698868913565521865512864042084270412896788537483243892623010034200223173571927972773408160126013214643791382090926927959583203756893267471997457975515581252403117916789046251778478096307669661445210334743196111204500246580028880290388483729203889905684105795424489723619797391451162341181325489256149397813164293883587176738736518149553008097521804854364034686994116203844802033970037566431249709418842658037500542874997334422449185714454110204618583989573563286516270500408426836543117984436504330829201300051270899811133197465296343206953050776214180870272460646541001222758173476697221092588836800211616407027339629842005601080627862798737270939420682737209266618656062803726285207123234508752414559598432687034115418216148451899827936292604613373699548906331298624064719622457322975103243999636715205286971713962601830950532885813013912442977573551706715225351208562406449278197911823419929763211334664363832237907849456353030746954476172935534
He claims that is our user number but it does not work!"
Nephew Who showing screens filled with numbers
"I wonder if they work anyway, there should be a limit in the address translation too. Here is a list for 2^32, 2^137 until 139 and as you could expect 2^5857 until 5869."
4294967296 = 2^32
174224571863520493293247799005065324265472 for 2^137
348449143727040986586495598010130648530944 for 2^138
696898287454081973172991196020261297061888 for 2^139
135732736178157700600204277218779939143769653788764518835604220109942318982888025612923877261204157568304142651300624257801258560406168389979983195811076958088416618222253425916953912443882509708174995968672362235445486379445733306170257502866708701650581939919051736406143170106177318732336602277844842603905889936925357236448791326571037568935372683384930495169200109607449987769213666416702462404094860497579704846809563573478122696268347255670953591056553164526464671287566316031972545478217388838797846111745674367408918620228437491264439261180899007689879780249764622834642912485154681128564459127817043737505244361257126105993945650555597713977744246473615287235523911545957732632127288818136260716797832991725919814191922052289245437492613873622988193348161766728733964231243545717569318518405133362573239439924717228391380466378216010521067603224197134370810973155752508550055793392981993193352040031503303660947845522731731989895800939223316867999364493878895313100779479197261562944619524076917415361302583685799027801125061645007220072597120932300972476421026448856122430904949347862790585295331372314037349453291073470896794184684129537388252024380451213591008671748529050961200508492509391607812427354710664509375135718749333605612296428613527551154645997393390821629067625102106709135779496109126082707300325012817724952783299366324085801738262694053545217568115161635250305689543369174305273147209200052904101756834907460501400270156965699684317734855170684302316654664015700931571301780808627188103639899608171758528854554037112974956984073151153343424887226582824656016179905614330743775810999909178801321742928490650457737633221453253478110744393387926678806337802140601612319549477955854982440802833666090958059476962364088257686738619043151872 for 2^5857
271465472356315401200408554437559878287539307577529037671208440219884637965776051225847754522408315136608285302601248515602517120812336779959966391622153916176833236444506851833907824887765019416349991937344724470890972758891466612340515005733417403301163879838103472812286340212354637464673204555689685207811779873850714472897582653142075137870745366769860990338400219214899975538427332833404924808189720995159409693619127146956245392536694511341907182113106329052929342575132632063945090956434777677595692223491348734817837240456874982528878522361798015379759560499529245669285824970309362257128918255634087475010488722514252211987891301111195427955488492947230574471047823091915465264254577636272521433595665983451839628383844104578490874985227747245976386696323533457467928462487091435138637036810266725146478879849434456782760932756432021042135206448394268741621946311505017100111586785963986386704080063006607321895691045463463979791601878446633735998728987757790626201558958394523125889239048153834830722605167371598055602250123290014440145194241864601944952842052897712244861809898695725581170590662744628074698906582146941793588369368259074776504048760902427182017343497058101922401016985018783215624854709421329018750271437498667211224592857227055102309291994786781643258135250204213418271558992218252165414600650025635449905566598732648171603476525388107090435136230323270500611379086738348610546294418400105808203513669814921002800540313931399368635469710341368604633309328031401863142603561617254376207279799216343517057709108074225949913968146302306686849774453165649312032359811228661487551621999818357602643485856981300915475266442906506956221488786775853357612675604281203224639098955911709964881605667332181916118953924728176515373477238086303744 for 2^5858
542930944712630802400817108875119756575078615155058075342416880439769275931552102451695509044816630273216570605202497031205034241624673559919932783244307832353666472889013703667815649775530038832699983874689448941781945517782933224681030011466834806602327759676206945624572680424709274929346409111379370415623559747701428945795165306284150275741490733539721980676800438429799951076854665666809849616379441990318819387238254293912490785073389022683814364226212658105858685150265264127890181912869555355191384446982697469635674480913749965057757044723596030759519120999058491338571649940618724514257836511268174950020977445028504423975782602222390855910976985894461148942095646183830930528509155272545042867191331966903679256767688209156981749970455494491952773392647066914935856924974182870277274073620533450292957759698868913565521865512864042084270412896788537483243892623010034200223173571927972773408160126013214643791382090926927959583203756893267471997457975515581252403117916789046251778478096307669661445210334743196111204500246580028880290388483729203889905684105795424489723619797391451162341181325489256149397813164293883587176738736518149553008097521804854364034686994116203844802033970037566431249709418842658037500542874997334422449185714454110204618583989573563286516270500408426836543117984436504330829201300051270899811133197465296343206953050776214180870272460646541001222758173476697221092588836800211616407027339629842005601080627862798737270939420682737209266618656062803726285207123234508752414559598432687034115418216148451899827936292604613373699548906331298624064719622457322975103243999636715205286971713962601830950532885813013912442977573551706715225351208562406449278197911823419929763211334664363832237907849456353030746954476172607488 for 2^5859
This one has 1014 digits, the parser says Ok for the link however the server chokes on it ((2^3368)+ Unumber)
<./>U739648526306070398488066948065557009641416589733880076979203134091506714475448842268562134460654068282733913452255934691871575065303481637827203801274426289914282017395734684667640881899348280532876018997454650812990203189979533237141623447155192694008686283428826638337283366333414483667483339920229459824024635861418791025196292778957454906042811964594420064210968067911263591088600165511667008018239385217774335735666358570010330206385190281841931111823080708213496242408886687453168555798456975790263530780122782005454927150853616552932656828097074361133092713660527727852646722544384995705491177239555903639198750210805979604802756908516613567952036258450685032196907013208740641170319431272453793414840863141453672083806123915353053528849392710922509364546176704860167405337003225253698350225270523398284909007823113314457558575832599744110368929902568177746798665304932822176381520536762050076898890906874112085241410175118675942732615766709340841136666890450545321991945215591250042800248324505907920861902</.>
There are 1764 digits?
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Dec 23, 2003
Nephew Who tapping on his console
"Is there a soft break, ignored by the address translators?
How wide can a posting become?
How wide can an entry become?
And for the numbers an sich, I could have used a seperator to make blocks of 42.
But then someone will start complaining the page is growing too long.... "
There are 1764 digits?
AK - fancy that! Posted Dec 23, 2003
anyway you could crash h2g2 with numbers that long!
There are 1764 digits?
Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Feb 3, 2004
No wonder the systems been playing up lately!!
Hmm, i wonder... no not the right place...
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There are 42 digits?
- 1: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Nov 3, 2003)
- 2: Jerk Gently in The USA (Nov 7, 2003)
- 3: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Dec 22, 2003)
- 4: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Dec 22, 2003)
- 5: E G Mel (Dec 22, 2003)
- 6: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Dec 22, 2003)
- 7: E G Mel (Dec 22, 2003)
- 8: E G Mel (Dec 22, 2003)
- 9: AK - fancy that! (Dec 22, 2003)
- 10: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Dec 22, 2003)
- 11: E G Mel (Dec 22, 2003)
- 12: AK - fancy that! (Dec 22, 2003)
- 13: E G Mel (Dec 22, 2003)
- 14: Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) (Dec 23, 2003)
- 15: E G Mel (Dec 23, 2003)
- 16: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Dec 23, 2003)
- 17: E G Mel (Dec 23, 2003)
- 18: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Dec 23, 2003)
- 19: AK - fancy that! (Dec 23, 2003)
- 20: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Feb 3, 2004)
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