View Single Post
  #23 (permalink)  
Old 08-28-2008, 08:37 AM
patrickt's Avatar
patrickt patrickt is offline
Half-Ass Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,005
Not Ranked     
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe@KMS View Post
The answer to life, the universe, and everything = 42.
Never pick up hitchhikers. Especially in a Cobra.


================================================== ====
From: adamsd@nic.cerf.net (Douglas Adams)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Why 42 ?
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 07:51:46 GMT
Organization: CERFnet
Lines: 19
Message-ID: <adamsd.1102700746A@news.cerf.net>
References: <2b4asr$b7r@syzygy.socs.uts.edu.au>
NNTP-Posting-Host: adamsd.cerfnet.com


In Article <2b4asr$b7r@syzygy.socs.uts.edu.au>, mjcherka@socs.uts.EDU.AU
(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 ?
>
>

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.

Best,

Douglas Adams
London, UK | dna@dadams.demon.co.uk (dormant)
Currently in Santa Fe, NM | adamsd@nic.cerf.net (current)

Last edited by patrickt; 08-28-2008 at 08:47 AM.. Reason: Added the Email from Doug
Reply With Quote