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Re: c

From: gtp10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Dr G.T. Parks)
Date: 24 Jun 1994 11:12:09 GMT
Subject: Re: c
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In-Reply-To: nessus@mit.edu's message of Thu, 23 Jun 1994 14:57:43 -0400
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nessus@mit.edu (Douglas Alan) writes:

   The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42.  For a long
   time no one knew what the question was, though.  Deep Thought computed
   the answer, but he had to build a new computer (The Earth) to
   determine what the question (of life, the universe, and everything)
   is.  Unfortunately, the Vogans destroyed The Earth a few minutes
   before the result was due, in order to make room for a hyperspace
   bypass.

   At some time later, however, the characters hypothesize that the
   question must be buried in Arthur Dent's mind, ready to plop out with
   a little prodding.  With the help of some Scrabble pieces, they
   determine that the question is "What is six times nine?"

Actually, the question is "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?".

Geoff Parks (the pedantic!)