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  1. 072010303050000144002006006010000
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  6. üDeepThoughtwaswrong...!
  7. ÇbyGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
  8. basedonthefindingsbyKaiHolst
  9. andGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
  10.  
  11. ManyofyouwillrememberthetalesofMagratheaandthemicewhobuilt
  12. Earthtocalculatetheansweroflife,theuniverseandeverything.And
  13. mustwenotforgetSlartibartfastwhomadethegreatNorwegianfjords.Or
  14. atleastheclaimedso.Letmespendthisveryminutetoquotethewell
  15. knownchapter27oftheHitchhikersGuide.
  16.  
  17. ä"Now?"
  18. "Now,"saidDeepThought.
  19. Theybothlickedtheirdrylips.
  20. "ThoughtIdon'tthink,"addedDeepThought,"thatyou'regoingtolike
  21. it."
  22. "Doesn'tmatter!"saidPhpichg."Wemustknowit!Now!"
  23. "Now?"inquiredDeepThought.
  24. "Yes!Now..."
  25. "Alright,"saidthecomputerandsettledintosilenceagain.Thetwomen
  26. fidgeted.Thetensionwasunbearable.
  27. "You'rereallynotgoingtolikeit,"observedDeepThought.
  28. "Tellus!"
  29. "Alright,"saidDeepThought.TheanswertotheGreatQuestion..."
  30. "Yes...!"
  31. "OfLife,theUniverseandEverything..."saidDeepThought.
  32. "Yes...!"
  33. "Is..."saidDeepThought,andpaused.
  34. "Yes...!"
  35. "Is..."
  36. "Yes...!!!...?"
  37. "Fourty-two,"saidDeepThought,withinfinitemajestyandcalm.
  38. Ç
  39. Sofar,ithasbeenthebeliefofmostmenandwomenontheEarththat
  40. thisNumberhasbeentheansweroftheGreatquestionofLife,the
  41. UniverseandEverything.However,modernsciencehasnowprovedthatit
  42. isonlyapartoftheAnswer.AndthetalesaboutMagratheawerejust
  43. adventures,anyway.TheEarthwasn'treallybuiltbymice,butwas
  44. createdbyBluppo,astoldinanotherarticleinthismagazine.
  45.  
  46. Still,letustakealookattheoldNumber...
  47.  
  48. ü42-why/whynot?
  49. Ç
  50. InJapanese,thesign42isverymuchaliketheirsignforDeath.At
  51. theirfirstF-1carrace,aguydidn'tthinkmuchofthisfact,andwrote
  52. theNumberonhiscar.Yes,hewasstartnumber42.
  53.    Hedidquitewell,actually.Butonlyafteracoupleofrounds,he
  54. lostcontrolofhiscarandgotallsmasheduplikeorangejuice.After
  55. thisincident,theNumberhasbeenillegalinJapan.Ifyougointhe
  56. streetsofJapan,youwon'tfindacarwith42intheregistration
  57. number.
  58.  
  59. IntheGulfwar,InsaneHusseinhadhisarmydividedinto42positions,
  60. andyouhaveseenwhathappenedtohim.Also,thefinal,unofficial,
  61. lengthofthiswarwas,actually,42days...
  62.  
  63. InoneofthelatestmassacresinSouthAfricawhereblackkilledblack
  64. (IbelievethekillerswereZulus),42peoplelosttheirlives.
  65.  
  66. ÇThe42nddefinitionintheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionaryof
  67. CurrentEnglish(NinthImpression,1978)isdefinition2oftheword
  68. abdicate:Giveupthethrown.
  69.  
  70. Yes.WefindtheNumberscatteredalloverourplanetandourexistence,
  71. butthereisalwayssomedeathinit.42istheendingoftheNumber.
  72. It'sjustapartoftheNumber.
  73.  
  74. üThequestfortheNewNumber
  75. Ç
  76. ItallstartedinAugust1989.OrshallwesayitendedinAugust1989?
  77. Forseveralyearsbeforethisdate,bothIandKaihadhadabadtime.
  78. However.August1989wasaturningpoint.Somehow,thingsstartedgetting
  79. better.
  80.    Istartedatanewschoolwithnewpupilsintheclass,someofwhich
  81. Iwillreturntoinanotherarticle,andgotridofpeoplewhoearlieron
  82. hadbeenunwantedinmylife.
  83.    Kaiactuallymovedawayfromtheplacehelivedandachievedthesame
  84. resultsasmebydoingso.Finally,lifewasbeginningtohaveameaning.
  85.  
  86. ItseemsthatAugust1989isaveryimportantmonth.Innumericalform,
  87. wewrite8.89.Or889.Thisishowwestartedclosinginonthenew
  88. Number.
  89.    AsIsaid,weweretwo.Itwasn'tIalone,butalsoKai.Anditwasn't
  90. Kaialone,butalsome.Sowemultiplythisnumberbytwo.Weget...
  91. 1778.
  92.  
  93. Asourworstdayshadcometoanend,wefiguredthattheendofdeath
  94. wouldbethesquareof42...1764.ThedifferencebetweenthisNumberand
  95. our1778is14.Sowemultiplythisnumberby14.I.e.1778time14is
  96. 24892.
  97.  
  98. üCheckingtheNumber...
  99. Ç
  100. ThefirsttwodigitsofourNumberare2and4.Itistheoppositeof42.
  101. Theoppositeofdeath.Life.Clearly,thismeansthatwe'vegotlifein
  102. thisNumber.Asmentionedabove,theUniversewascreatedinAugust-the
  103. number8.And92istheyearofdiscovery.
  104.  
  105. Also,byaddingeachofthenumbers,weget2+4+8+9+2=25.The
  106. squareof5.LetmequotetheUltimateCL...
  107.  
  108. ä00101010=$2a=%52=XLII=ThelastwordsofGianBattistaRossi
  109. (archaeologist).Beforehedied,hediscoveredthe42nicheswhich
  110. constitutetheCalixtuscatacombinRome.Itscontentswere2mummies,
  111. bothpossessing3slaveseach7feettall.Thesenumbers(2,3and7)
  112. makes42whenmultiplied,alsotheyareallprimenumbersbeingthe
  113. lowestofthekind,onlythenumber5ismissing.Calixtus,formerslave,
  114. waspopefor5years.Somehow,hemusthaveknowntheultimateanswer,
  115. wherethenumber5musthaveplayedanimportantrole.Inthesetimes,
  116. theyusedRomannumerals.TheywroteVfor5,andVisalsothe
  117. internationalsymbolforvictory.Heknewtheultimateanswerwithout
  118. knowingit.Thisonlyprovesthattheultimateanswerisfarmore
  119. multiplexthanmaneverwillbeabletoimagine.
  120. Ç
  121. Whatwehavelearnedfromthisisthe5islife.5istheonlypart
  122. missingindeath-42.Andthesquareof5mustbethelifeoflife.Or
  123. shallwesaylifeinthepoweroftwo.AndIthenmeantwotwinsoulswho
  124. havefoundeachotherandhavefoundtheirplaceinlifeasthe
  125. discoverersoftheRealMeaningofLife,UniverseandEverything...
  126. Ç
  127. üThedate
  128. Ç
  129. AsImentionedabove,wecanslicetheNumberinthreepieces.24,8and
  130. 92.Togetherthismakesoutthedate24.8.92.August24thofthisyear.
  131. Wehavethereforedecidedthatthisdateshouldbecelebratedworldwide
  132. byallworshipersoftheNumber.
  133.    Itisunfortunatethatwedonothaveanylistingsofpeoplebornon
  134. thisday.Ifyoushouldbeorknowanyonewiththisbirthdate,donot
  135. hesitatetocontactus.
  136.  
  137. üThedifference
  138. Ç
  139. However,twomoredatesareinteresting.Itisthe"difference".Asfor
  140. now,wehavenoideawhythedifferencebetween1778and1764is14.
  141. Let'stakeacloserlookatthisphenomena...
  142.  
  143. 1778isthebeginningoflife,asexplainedabove.
  144. 1764istheendingofdeath,alsoexplainedabove.
  145. 14isthereforethedifferencebetweentheendingofdeathandthe
  146. beginningoflife.This,again,canbeconnectedtotwodates:
  147.  
  148. TheendingofayearisDecember31st.Fourteendaysbeforehis,must
  149. thereforebetheendingofdeath;December17th.
  150.  
  151. Also,fourteendaysintotheyearshouldthereforebethebeginningof
  152. life;January14th.
  153.  
  154. Ifyouknowanypeoplebornonanyofthesedays,docontactus,aswe
  155. willbeveryinterestedintalkingtothesepeopleandfindoutwhatthey
  156. havetodowiththemeaningoflife,universeandeverything.
  157.  
  158. üThedarksideoftheworld
  159. Ç
  160. Keepinginmindthatthisisthedifferencebetweenthegoodandthe
  161. worst.Theworstisthebadinthepoweroftwo,sothedifferenceinthe
  162. poweroftwoshouldbethebadsideofthedifference.Thisgivesus
  163. 14*14=196,andthus,the196thdayoftheyearshouldbeabadday.
  164.    The196thdayofanormalyearisJuly15th,or,ifyoulike,15.7or
  165. 1507.Ifweaddthesenumbers,weget13.Anotherproofthatthisdayis
  166. übad!Ç
  167.    Inaleapyear,however,the196thdayisJuly14th.Thesumofeach
  168. numberinthisday,however,is12,not13,andthedayisthereforeless
  169. dangerousthaninanormalyear.Infact,neitherJuly14thnor15th
  170. shouldbedangerousinaleapyear.
  171.  
  172. I'llgiveyousomeexamplesofhowdangerousthesedayscanbe:
  173.  
  174. êExample1-Rita
  175. ÇJuly15th1973,afemalecalledRitaAnneHusøywasborn,andshesettled
  176. inKleiva,nearFosnavåg.Shethereforelivesinthepostareaof6090
  177. Fosnavåg,Norway.
  178.    Shewastheneighbourofherfirstcousin,ArildIgesund,who,during
  179. mostoftheyearsinthecompulsaryschool,likedtospendeverybreakto
  180. makethelifeofyourssincerelyalessattractiveone.
  181.    Butitwasn'tjusthercousinwholikeddoingstuff.Shelikedit,
  182. too,butinherownway.Afterspendingsometimemakingyourssincerely
  183. fallinlovewithher,makingitharderforhimtolive(becausehe
  184. alreadyhadsocialproblems:withonlyafewexceptions,peoplemadelife
  185. anuneasyone,andagirlfriendwouldmakelifeevenmoreuneasy,andhe
  186. Çwouldn'tliketopullanyonewithhimintothedarkness),andtheshe
  187. turnedthebackonhim.
  188.    Ifthisshouldn'tbeenough,shestartedsendingcoldlookstohim,
  189. droppingthesmilewhenevershesawhim,andallthatstuff,andshe
  190. nevertalkedtohim.WhenhethentriedtogetevenbyêtalkingÇtoher,
  191. shedid,ofcourse,denyherbehaviour,andpromisedtohandleitbetter,
  192. somethingshe,ofcourse,didn't.
  193.  
  194. êExample2-Roy-OveAndreassen
  195. ÇBornonJuly15thsomeyear(Iguess1974.ForgottoaskKaiaboutthis).
  196. ThisguylivesattheaddressValfjord,8400Sortland,andisaguyKai
  197. doesn'tlikeverymuch.However,sinceIhaven'tgotalltheinformation
  198. onthisguy,itisdifficultformetowriteanythingabouthim,soI'll
  199. askKaitowritesomethingabouthiminthenextissueofSCR.
  200.  
  201. êExample3-AnjaMereteNykrem
  202. ÇBornJuly15thsomewhere,1974,andgrownupinDragsund,postaddress
  203. 6080Gurskøy.Withaquiteemptyhead,shehadtheattitudethatsheis
  204. great,thateveryonefallsinlovewithheratfirstsight,andbecause
  205. ofthis,shethinksthatyourssincerelyisanextremelystupididiot.
  206. Thiswas,bytheway,commentedasyourssincerelytookasneakshotof
  207. herwithavideocameratouseinamusicvideo(Stupifyinglydeadbrain,
  208. butcuddlybody).
  209.  
  210. IfanSTownershouldhappentobebornorknowanyonewhoisbornon
  211. thisday,youhaveourdeepestsympathies.Itcannotbeeasytobeborn
  212. onsuchabadday.
  213.  
  214. üSummary
  215. Ç
  216. TheseDaysaretobecelebrated:
  217. 14.1-DayofthebeginningofLife
  218. 24.8  -DayofLifeitself
  219. 17.12-Dayoftheendingofdeath
  220.  
  221. ThemostimportantisofcourseAugust24th.
  222.  
  223. Thisdayistobeavoided(donotgoout,donotwriteanythingonyour
  224. harddisk,donotturnoffthelights,donotmakedinneryourself,donot
  225. eatdinnerthatsomeoneelsehasmade,etc):
  226. 15.7  -DayofDarkness
  227.