From: sigma@rahul.net (Kevin Martin)
Subject: Re: TIFF: philosophical significance of 42
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In <1r0ms5$k65@ratatosk.uninett.no> joachim@kih.no (joachim lous) writes:
>> Does anyone have any  other suggestions where the 42 came from?
>I don't know where Douglas Adams took it from, but I'm pretty sure he's
>the one who launched it (in the Guide). Since then it's been showing up 
>all over the place.

Douglas Adams once said (paraphrased from memory): "I just picked it.  It
seemed like the sort of number you wouldn't be afraid to take home to meet
your parents.  Nice and even, perfectly normal."

-- 
Kevin Martin
sigma@rahul.net
"I gotta get me another hat."
