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Re: The ultimate answer to the question 42
« on: June 26, 2009, 08:13:32 AM »
I figured this one out ages ago.  It's in base 13.

According to the books, the ultimate question to the answer is "What do you get when you multiply 6 by 9?", to which Arthur Dent says, "I always thought there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe".

But 6 time 9 is 54, which in base 13 is 42 ...

Yeah, I know.  I have too much time on my hands :rofl