On Mon, 04 Mar 2002 11:22:23 +0000, Randy Orrison wrote: >On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 03:03:22AM -0600, Gary Turner wrote: >| On Sun, 03 Mar 2002 20:31:55 -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: >| >Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >| >> If you can't get an answer there, then the >| >> only answer is "42" >| >Oh, thanks, I didn't know about that list. But your reference to "42" >| >sailed right over my head... >| "42" is the answer; the question is, "What is the meaning of life, the >| universe, and everything?" While not everyone has read "The Hitchhikers >| Guide...," no-one who has will ever forget the answer. Sorry about the >| arcane reference ;-P > >No, no, no... 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the >universe, and everything. The problem is that nobody knows exactly >what the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything _is_. > >"What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?" isn't the >right question.
Ah, well. As I said, the answer stays with you. It is the subtlety of the question that fades as the years pass ;-/ along with vision, hearing, and hair color. > >There is a theory that if anyone figures out what the question is, the >universe will be destroyed and replaced with something even more >bizarre. There's another theory that this has already happened. Hmmm, maybe the biblical scholars should latch on to theorem ii. :-) -- gt Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
