Roy Buzdor wrote:
>
> Arthur Frank wrote:
> >
> > Ken,
> >
> > 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.

Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas?

 - Because OCT(31) = DEC(25)