Re[2]: Fav. Urban Legend...Mem vs Disk

From: Robert Eskridge <bryny_at_dfweahs.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:33:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0042F4E4.20020320193326@fatcity.com>

JL> For those who aren't familiar with the book,
JL> the question of Life, The Universe, and Everything
JL> turned out to be:
JL>     What is six times nine ?

JL> (And coincidentally, or so the author claimed, JL> 6 x 9 = 42 if you are working in base 13).

Hmmph. More kowtowing to Douglas Adam's cheap rip off on Kilgore Trout's epic, "Venus on the Half Shell". Check the name of the FTL drive in the latter and compare it to The Question.

Curious though, how the answer is just one more than the maximum ITL slots with 2k blocks... (he says in a desperate attempt to get back on topic)

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