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Arthur Frank wrote:
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> Ken,
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> Wasn't the ultimate question "What is 6 * 9?" (I know, I
> know, 6 * 9 isn't 42, but I think that was part of the joke.)
Yes, that was the question that they came up with...
Realize that 6 * 9 = 42 (base 13), which has some perversity
in itself (esp. if you are triskadecaphobic [sp?]). But I
doubt if Adams was thinking of that when he wrote HHG.
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Buz (8
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