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#1 2010-08-15 14:28:43
Wait a second...
I was watching the british Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy TV series, and on the part where they randomly pull out numbers from the bag, the question is "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" They say it's 42... What?
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#3 2010-08-15 14:30:57
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42 is the answer to all!
6*9 is 54.
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#4 2010-08-15 14:31:32
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At least it wasn't 300.
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#6 2010-08-15 14:34:05
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It was in the book, too. In hexadecimal, the equation is correct.
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#8 2010-08-15 14:42:24
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MaxtheWeirdo wrote:
It was in the book, too. In hexadecimal, the equation is correct.
And keikij is needed in Super Hero RPG.
In hex, 6*9=36 O_O
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#9 2010-08-15 14:56:03
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Strange, could have been another thing, like octadecimal, or something.
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#10 2010-08-15 14:58:48
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Hmm.
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#11 2010-08-15 15:00:58
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Wait, actually, that's impossible. For 56 (base 10) to equal 42 (base n), we do this:
56-2 (base 10)=42-2 (base n)
54 (base 10)=40 (base n)
54= 4n
n=13.5
So it's base 13.5, but that doesn't make sense.
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#13 2010-08-15 15:02:35
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antimonyarsenide wrote:
Wait, actually, that's impossible. For 56 (base 10) to equal 42 (base n), we do this:
56-2 (base 10)=42-2 (base n)
54 (base 10)=40 (base n)
54= 4n
n=13.5
So it's base 13.5, but that doesn't make sense.
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#14 2010-08-15 15:05:08
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It's a joke. BLEH.
Have any of you read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? (I haven't, but I've heard about it.)
I know it's a joke. BLEH.
I haven't but I've heard about it too.
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#15 2010-08-15 15:08:05
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Everybody is using Bleh now
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#16 2010-08-15 15:09:17
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Bleh, you're right.
Wait a second...
Wait 60 seconds...
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#17 2010-08-15 15:10:29
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No! I will win whatever we are competing for!
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#18 2010-08-15 15:12:26
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No! I will win whatever we are competing for!
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Fine.
I have better things to do anyway 
But whatever. No one likes me 
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#19 2010-08-15 15:13:24
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I have one thing to say to that:
Har har.
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#20 2010-08-15 15:14:29
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JeanTheFox wrote:
I have one thing to say to that:
Har har.
Let's get back on topic.
So, yes. The math is clearly invalid. 42ers aren't so good at arithmetic.
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#22 2010-08-15 15:16:29
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rufflebee wrote:
NOOO!
I have created a semi-trend. My nightmares have come true.
Oh, yeah, on topic.
42 is the answer to the universe.
Too bad.
42 is relatively prime to 715.
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#23 2010-08-15 15:34:11
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For all skeptics, here is proof of antimony's mathic wisdom: 
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