Re: c

["Stuart M. Castergine" <scasterg@cd.columbus.oh.us>]

On Thu, 23 Jun 1994, Mikael Jakonen wrote:

>  "Stuart M. Castergine" <scasterg@cd.columbus.oh.us> writes:
> 
> > > > >42
> > > > 
> > > > When I read this I got this kind of wierd feeling I missed something...
> > > > Since it's obviously the answer to a question, I wonder: What was the 
> > > > Question???
> > > 
> > > The question was: What is the meaning of life, the universe and
> > > everything.
> > 
> > Nope. Wasn't that. That's 63.
> 
> I remember Deep Thought said that the answer was 42, but the question 
> was the key to the answer, and the question was NOT " What is the meaning 
> of life, the universe and everything." but something else.
> But where did you get 63 from, I don't recall reading it.
> 

Gosh, it's been so long I could be wrong. I'll take your word that it was
42. I do seem to qremember, however, that when Arthur finally found the
question, it didn't match the answer. It was "What is 6 times 9?" or
something like that. 

In which case, 63 is the answer to the "Question of the Ages." A 
completely different question. Again, the question is the key to the 
answer. I think the question is "What is the square root of 4096?" ;-)

ObKate: I bet *Kate* already knew all of this!

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