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Re: Why 42 ?
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Jan van den Broek
Feb 19, 2016, 4:07:50 AM2/19/16
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Thu, 4 Feb 2016 12:49:50 -0800 (PST)
jasbud...@gmail.com schrieb:
>On Tuesday, November 2, 1993 at 1:50:35 AM UTC+1, Mark J Cherkas wrote:
>> 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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>Have you ever noticed that strlen("the answer to life the universe everything") = 42?
No, not until now.
By the way, between 1993 and now, alt.fan.douglas-adams.forty-two was
created for 42-related questions.
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Jan van den Broek -----_____ In remembrance of Eustachius Warszebald
balg...@xs4all.nl -----_____ Herdenkt Eustachius Warszebald
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Thu, 4 Feb 2016 12:49:50 -0800 (PST)
jasbud...@gmail.com schrieb:
>On Tuesday, November 2, 1993 at 1:50:35 AM UTC+1, Mark J Cherkas wrote:
>> I am new to this group so bear with this beginners question:
>> Why is the answer 42 ?
>> Has Douglas Adams ever explained this ?
>
>Have you ever noticed that strlen("the answer to life the universe everything") = 42?
No, not until now.
By the way, between 1993 and now, alt.fan.douglas-adams.forty-two was
created for 42-related questions.
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__________________________________________________________________________
Jan van den Broek -----_____ In remembrance of Eustachius Warszebald
balg...@xs4all.nl -----_____ Herdenkt Eustachius Warszebald
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crow...@gmail.com
Jun 7, 2016, 9:49:40 PM6/7/16
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There are 42 silver quarters at the back of the bottom shelf of my towel cupboard.
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