A Conversation for Talking Point: How Did You Discover the HHGTTG?
It was a dark and stormy day...
quizzical Started conversation Feb 27, 2003
...at work. Programs wouldn't compile. When they compiled, they blew up upon execution, or went into an "infernal" loop. Consternation and confusion and despair all about. 
I was gently complaining/ ranting/crying on a colleague's shoulder, when he gave me a knowing grin and said "42".
"Huh?" said I 
, slow on the uptake.
"What you need," said he, "is a nice hitchhike around the galaxy. Start at your favorite bookstore."
The rest, as they say, is history. (So is the job.) 
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