[TriLUG] Re: OT: When did GMail prostitution get so popular?

Robert L. Huffstedtler rob at bagpipe.com
Fri Aug 27 15:03:28 EDT 2004


I hadn't read the series in about 15 years, and I had forgotten that
Adams intentionally got the math wrong as well.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Ken Mink
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:49 PM
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> Subject: [TriLUG] Re: OT: When did GMail prostitution get so popular?
> 
> 
> I'm glad somebody finally got it. I guess the real question 
> was; 'How  
> many people are going to flunk today's geek test?'
> 
> 
> On Aug 26, 2004, at 2:32 PM, Glenn Hennessee wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Mike M wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 02:01:48PM -0400, Matt Pusateri wrote:
> >>>> I don't know, but I'll offer a free gmail invite to 
> whoever comes 
> >>>> up with the best answer. ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> 6*9=42
> >>
> >> ...as the best answer to, "Who did not pay attention in 
> math class?"
> >
> > No, no. The question is "What is the answer to the Ultimate Question
> > of Life, the Universe and Everything?" and 42 is the answer 
> but what  
> > is the right Question?
> >
> > "WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU MULTIPLY SIX BY NINE".
> >
> >     "Six by nine. Forty-two."
> >     "That's it. That's all there is."
> >
> > See "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe." OR 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
> > The_Answer_to_Life%2C_the_Universe%2C_and_Everything
> >
> > glenn
> >
> >> --
> >> Mike
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> >> Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate 
> >> paradigm.
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