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Re: Zaphodthustra #19919 02/22/2001 10:01 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel
Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409	what's 54 in base 13? That one elicits a bemused smile from Douglas Adams. I saw a BBC interview with him a couple of months ago where the "six-by-nine" thing was discussed, and he seemed to find it amusing that some readers took his work so seriously that they came up with that answer. In his words, "42 just seemed like a nice number, the sort of number you would happy to take home to meet your mother."

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BBC word	wwh	02/22/2001 3:53 PM
Re: Panmixia	Faldage	02/22/2001 4:11 PM
Re: Panmixia	wwh	02/22/2001 4:24 PM
Re: Panmixia	Faldage	02/22/2001 4:32 PM
Re: Panmixia	maverick	02/22/2001 4:53 PM
Re: Panmixia	Faldage	02/22/2001 5:23 PM
Re: Panmixia	Jackie	02/22/2001 7:39 PM
Re: Zaphodthustra	AnnaStrophic	02/22/2001 9:27 PM
Re: Zaphodthustra	Max Quordlepleen	02/22/2001 9:39 PM
Re: Zaphodthustra	tsuwm	02/22/2001 9:50 PM
Re: Zaphodthustra	Max Quordlepleen	02/22/2001 10:01 PM
Re: Zaphodthustra	tsuwm	02/22/2001 11:05 PM
Re: Zaphodthustra	Max Quordlepleen	02/22/2001 11:26 PM
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eels, elvers and teh Sargasso Sea	Alex Williams	02/25/2001 6:32 PM
Re: Zaphodthustra	Bingley	02/23/2001 5:14 AM

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