It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answered the ultimate question

Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by freedomben on Sunday October 17, 2021 @12:29PM (#28897610)

wouldn't six by nine be 54? Is this one just soaring over my head?

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by mattowen_uk on Sunday October 17, 2021 @12:34PM (#28897654)

That's the joke within the joke. Without giving away the plot of the book in question, it's incorrect for a reason.

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by geoduck14 on Sunday October 17, 2021 @12:35PM (#28897658)

That's the joke. Everyone in the book thought it was THE ANSWER - but it wasn't. It was wrong.

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by Traster on Sunday October 17, 2021 @05:22PM (#28899908)

I think it's a bit more subtle than that, it's not clear if the answer is wrong, the question is wrong, or both are correct and the universe is wrong (although the story does hint towards one in particular being wrong).

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by cobbaut on Sunday October 17, 2021 @01:19PM (#28898005)

Spoiler alert: Try 6 by 9 in base13.

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by not2b on Sunday October 17, 2021 @08:00PM (#28900832)

But that isn't a spoiler alert, since it is a coincidence that the author didn't intend.

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