can someone logically evaluate why 42 was the answer?
2006-07-11 05:34:54 · 19 answers · asked by Mama R 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Actually 42 denotes the ASCII character * (star) for old DOS and UNIX systems. The writer placed many such nerdy jokes throughout his writings.
The punch line is from a computers perspective * would denote everything.
2006-07-11 05:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by ★Greed★ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, as we all should know.
7 is the perfect number, while three is the best number.
So, multiplying 7 times (3 or in this case, a variable of three,) 6
We arrive at the solotuion of 42.
Also, in Islamic beliefs, That is the number of Virgins that await you.
...unless your a Dane Cook fan, in which case it's 42 Virginians.
2006-07-11 07:11:00 · answer #2 · answered by thedonoftime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the question, in its un-******-up form (What do you get when you multiply six by seven?) takes the "good luck" rule of sevens one step further -- seven is considered to be a lucky number, as is fourteen (probably has something to do with 13 being unlucky) and twenty-one is a winning score in Blackjack. As with many things in life, we humans just needed to take it to the next level, and if we had five more minutes before the blasted Vogons demolished our planet for their stupid hyperspace bypass, we would have gotten there. ;-)
2006-07-11 05:42:34 · answer #3 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is 6 times 7, remember?
2006-07-11 05:50:02 · answer #4 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the question was..
21 times 2
2006-07-11 07:32:19 · answer #5 · answered by Fabricio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, I repeat NOTHING was logical about Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Unless it was the most logical thing ever written...in which case....god help us.....
2006-07-11 13:35:29 · answer #6 · answered by Autumn BrighTree 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it was joke used to poke fun at question of life in the hitchhiker trilogy
2006-07-11 07:14:10 · answer #7 · answered by flaming_pony79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be absolute non-sense to apply logic to such an illogical query
2006-07-11 06:21:50 · answer #8 · answered by Supriya Tyagi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Greed 2.0 said might be a bunch of crap, but it sure makes sense.
2006-07-11 06:27:25 · answer #9 · answered by leblongeezer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question was "what is 9X6" The problem with the universe, then, is bad mathematics
2006-07-11 08:21:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋