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Hi SMoB,

as you may know, we (at least some of us) have started to make up 42 from the digits or our user numbers.

U156285: 15x6/2-8+5=42

If you're not interested, feel free to ignore this post.

Jeremy

Sorry for the typos in the subject line, My fingers are still suffering from about 5 hrs of continuous double bass playing last night (ouch!!)

Jeremy

5 HOURS?!? That's impressive!

No I'd love to try and turn my user number to 42! Let me think about it... hm....

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay; I think it's time I bought a clue! You'd all ready done it for me! What a wonderful G.A you are!

Offers , or was it ? So... what do I do with it? Just put it after my name?

PS. Guess what?!? I've applied to be an too!

Do whatever you like, SMoB ...

add it after your nickname (=>preferences etc.), use it as a signature, write it to your personal space ...

and you were right with the beer: It was , or

*Offers another then, in celebration that I got it right!*

There we are! Thanks again for your help!

U15x6/2-8+5=42

1+5-6+2+8x5
1+5x6-2+8+5
1+5x6+2x8-5
15-6+28+5

You ARE clever Ottox! Both of you are very clever!

Ummmmm... U163732 16x3-7+3-2 = 42

Nobody's done it for me yet. *sniffle*

I think this is favouritism.

Almost got one for you, Inanna:

(324 + 8) / 8 = 41.5

Rounded off to the nearest integer, that's 42.

OK! I declare myself too stupid for this!

I need your help: U136521

PLEAAASE!!!!!!!!

Aurora

U136521: -1+36+5+2x1=42

Hope that helps!

I KNEW IT!!!!!

I've been trying to figure that out for DAYS!! I'm just too stupid for these things!!!

*sings* "I'm a Looooser" (old Beatles favourite of mine!).

Thank you very much for the help Jeremy!!

Aurora

*whispers* I couldn't work mine out either, Aurora, and I'm supposed to be OK at maths. Don't feel bad

Bingo:

3+2+(sqr(4)/8)+8=42

Where there's a will, there's a bush

I just couldn't stand you sniffle nay longer, Innana

I don't understand. How can that equal 42?

sqr(4) = 16
sqr(4)/8 = 2

3+2+2+8 = 15

Thanks for the support SMoB!!! I needed that!!!

3+2+(sqr(4)/8)x8=42

SQR means square root. You seem to have mistaken it for 'square' i.e. to the power of 2.

2^2=4 => sqr(4)=2

There's a typo in my formula nevertheless:

wrong: 3+2+(sqr(4)/8)+8=42
right: (3+2+(sqr(4)/8))x8=42

Sorry