Has anyone discovered what 42 means yet?

Question

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Answer 1

According to Hitchhikker's Guide, it is impossible to know the Question to Life, the Universe and Everything at the same time as the answer (42). So since we know the answer, we can never, ever know the question, for they cancel each other out and life as we know it will cease to exist and start anew.

Deeep. . . .

Answer 2

The number 42 is The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, according to Douglas Adams' series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Numerous others have parodied this supposed mysticism of 42.
If one types "the answer to life, the universe, and everything" into Google (without the quote marks), one will receive the answer 42 by Google calculator (See the above).
Geoff Fortytwo (formerly Busker) is a computer scientist who legally changed his surname in 1997 to reflect the Answer.
Using some versions of a word processor known as an AlphaSmart, when one types in an equation whose solution is 42, the sentence "The answer to life, the universe and everything" appears before displaying 42.
In one of the subsequent books in the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, it is implied that the question to which 42 is the answer is "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?". It has been noted that six times nine equals 42 in base 13. Whilst some have been tempted to infer significance in this (for example, that God has thirteen fingers), Douglas Adams denied that he was aware of this alternate solution when he wrote the book. He stated, "I may be a pretty sad person, but I don't make jokes in base 13."
It was postulated, by mice, that the Question was, "How many roads must a man walk down?" Whether or not this is the case is unclear.
Dr House in one of the second season episodes of House claims that it is his favorite number.
The number of student "players" in a regulation Battle Royale is 42.
In the game of Risk, there are 42 territories to be conquered.
In the Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, "EVE-Online", 42 was the number used to create the online universe on 'Tranquility', the cluster on which EVE resides. The EVE Online community manager Charles Dane recently stated, "LeKjart said during his presentation at the first EVE Fanfest that 42 was the number used to seed Tranquility. Eight hours later, Tranquility was created, populated with objects and Non Player Characters, then went live to the public shortly thereafter."

Answer 3

It's the meaning of life isn't it?
what a silly question
42 is the ultimate answer the the ultimate question
it means fourty-two
what else is it supposed to mean....fifty eight, ahahaha, that would have been a silly answer or something as ludacris as 12 oh man...I'm getting giddy thinking about a world where it where twelve and not 42 to explain it all.

okay take fourtune cookies....one of the greatest answers to everything right?
see you can take everything that someone says and add "...in bed" to the end of it right?
well to figure out 42 use that logic and work your way back right?
so it's
42
=42 in bed
so we have to ask now, 42 what in bed
well we already have a number that is in bed right, 69
so we assume it's another sex position
42
=The 42 position in bed
now we are going to assume since procreation only occurs between a male and female, there is a man and a woman doing a 42 in bed
so
42
= A man and a woman doing 42 in bed.
So we've figured out quite a bit so far
so now you just have to figure out how to perform the 42 position
well from the looks of it the 2 is the man and the four is the woman
the woman is bent over forward with her head hanging between her legs, while the man is kneeling while sucking in his gut
AH-HA!
why would the man be sucking in his gut? why of course, to impress a woman he doesn't know, and this woman is obviously a circus freak to be bending that way
so
42
=A circus freaky chick and a man she doesn't know are doing a 42 in bed.
that seems pretty in depth
so now, why are they doing this?
obviously a fantasy of the man's, after all he's the one who is in the combfortable se position

So the Ultimate question that was to be asked must be:
What is the Ultimate sexual fantasy for a man?
and the answer is
42
the long answer
A circus freaky chick that he doesn't know, doing a 42 with him in bed.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Floor 42 is a community of people who have many things in common, not the least of which is a love of the work of the late Douglas Adams.

http://www.floor42.com/

alternately --- 42 is:
The Ultimate answer to Life, the Universe and Everything

Answer 6

42 is the answer to a math equation.

Find C
Let A=20, B=22

A+B=C,

Therefore
20+22=C

C=42

Answer 7

42 is an answer. Whats the question?

Answer 8

the number on the door in x-files is 42.

Answer 9

Yes, especially intriguing. It is the number of episodes we need to atch of "Heros" before we discover whay "Save the CHeerleader-Save the World" is important.

Answer 10

JC! you crack me up. A fictional answer to a fictional question in a work of fiction by a now dead author? You got to be kidding!