A Conversation for The Myth Of 42 [(5-3+0+5) * (6+0) = 42]
i'm a lazy git looking for a favour...
Baconlefeets Started conversation Oct 4, 2003
if you don't wanna then ok, but i may have to perform the fish slapping dance 
my number issss 235904
could you possibly....? you know...i'm sure it won't take long...just nip down to shops n get me some crisps while you're at it!
cheers if you can! and if not then i'll just have to find my old school calculator...
i'm a lazy git looking for a favour...
AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 4, 2003
Ah another 42ism...good good...
*whispers in mike*the conspiracy is...
What? oh?
Oh yeah you wanted a 42ism... justa minute...lemme see...
235904
Well...
(2*3*5)-9*0!*sqrt(4)=42
or...
(2^3-5)*(9+0!+4)=42
i'm a lazy git looking for a favour...
Baconlefeets Posted Oct 4, 2003
yeah baby!!! which means...i am the answer to life, the universe and everything...?
i'm a lazy git looking for a favour...
AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 4, 2003
no its means you're a real researcher
i'm a lazy git looking for a favour...
Baconlefeets Posted Oct 4, 2003
hmmm, so the meaning of life is to be a real researcher?
*scratches head while trying to figure out meaning of life AND making font colour go PURPLE damn it PURPLE!! DO IT!*
i'm a lazy git looking for a favour...
AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 4, 2003
ah if you mean on your space it works now.
i'm a lazy git looking for a favour...
Baconlefeets Posted Oct 4, 2003
yup, figured it out after trying 42 possibilities...strangely it worked on the 42nd time...
cheers for figuring it out for me!!!i'd find a smiley with a beer and a thumbs up...but look at the thread title ...
i'm a lazy git looking for a favour...
Potholer Posted Oct 5, 2003
Just using +-*/, there are:
2+35+9+0-4 => 42
2+(3+5)*(9+0-4) => 42
2*(3+5+9+0+4) => 42
(2/3)*(59+0+4) => 42
i'm a lazy git looking for a favour...
AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 5, 2003
I like that last one... but I think you're kind of cheating with your program. Just when someone asks for a 42ism give us old fashioned without-program people a chance first
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i'm a lazy git looking for a favour...
Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Oct 10, 2003
235904 = -2+35+9-(0*4) = 42
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