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I did not know that.
We're not worthy! We're not worthy! ....
> I did not know that.
>
> Didn't Douglas Adams recently adjourn to the right hand of Hubble, there
to
> claim his 42 virgins in Paradise?
>
> Scott Shafer
> San Antonio, TX
> 210-581-6217
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Gorman [SMTP:Tim_at_SageLogix.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:38 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re: How to drop a datafile from a tablespace quickly
> >
> > Scott,
> >
> > Did you hear that Douglas Adams was asked recently (i.e. a few years
ago)
> > how he knew the "Hubble Constant" was (roughly) 42, back when he wrote
the
> > "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" series back in the 60s and 70s? The
> > Hubble Constant (having to do with the rate of expansion of the
universe,
> > I
> > think) had just been discovered to be 42, sometime in the mid-90s, I
> > believe...
> >
> > His response was something along the lines of "Well, actually I didn't
> > know,
> > of course. It's just that I needed an answer to the question 'What is
the
> > meaning of life, the universe, and everything?' and 42 seemed like an
> > appropriate answer. Just an ordinary, sort of smallish number"...
> >
> > I have to go back and re-read those...
> >
> > -Tim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:03 PM
> >
> >
> > > Exactly my point. The answer is 42.
> >
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-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Tim Gorman INET: Tim_at_SageLogix.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).Received on Wed May 15 2002 - 16:36:26 CDT
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