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>In Article <2b4asr$... [at] syzygy.socs.uts.edu.au>, mjche... [at] socs.uts.EDU.AU
(Mark J Cherkas) wrote:
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>>I am new to this group so bear with this beginners question:
>>Why is the answer 42 ?
>>Has Douglas Adams ever explained this ?
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>The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an
>ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations,
>base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk,
>stared into the garden and thought '42 will do' I typed it out. End of story.
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>Best,
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>Douglas Adams
>London, UK | d... [at] dadams.demon.co.uk (dormant)
>>Currently in Santa Fe, NM | ada... [at] nic.cerf.net (current)
I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
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