Dave wrote:
On Jan 2, 11:16 am, tom wrote:
Lostgallifreyan wrote:
Actually it comes out during the TV play and at
least one of the books that it's "what is 9 times 6?"
Adams denied what many here should quickly figure out.
tom
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I never saw that one.. Read the books, but I don't remember that, at least
not with much meaning. Maybe just to indicate human capacity for coming up
with wrong answers from wrong questions? I doubt he ever spelled out what the
real roots were. A good magician doesn't deliberately and publicly spoil the
illusion (or in his case, allusion, perhaps). The one thing I'm fairly sure
of is thet the references were cultural, colloquial, and that's why so many
people got it. Without that it might have just been another impenetratable
space opera with humour thrown in.
Ok, a hint. 9 times 6 IS 42.

tom
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it wasn't when i went to school. but 7*6 was

Argh! OK, another "hint".

Has anyone ever heard of anything besides base 10 arithmetic?

tom
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