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9[..◆.◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆.]0110
üDeepThoughtwaswrong...!
ÇbyGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
basedonthefindingsbyKaiHolst
andGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
ManyofyouwillrememberthetalesofMagratheaandthemicewhobuilt
Earthtocalculatetheansweroflife,theuniverseandeverything.And
mustwenotforgetSlartibartfastwhomadethegreatNorwegianfjords.Or
atleastheclaimedso.Letmespendthisveryminutetoquotethewell
knownchapter27oftheHitchhikersGuide.
ä"Now?"
"Now,"saidDeepThought.
Theybothlickedtheirdrylips.
"ThoughtIdon'tthink,"addedDeepThought,"thatyou'regoingtolike
it."
"Doesn'tmatter!"saidPhpichg."Wemustknowit!Now!"
"Now?"inquiredDeepThought.
"Yes!Now..."
"Alright,"saidthecomputerandsettledintosilenceagain.Thetwomen
fidgeted.Thetensionwasunbearable.
"You'rereallynotgoingtolikeit,"observedDeepThought.
"Tellus!"
"Alright,"saidDeepThought.TheanswertotheGreatQuestion..."
"Yes...!"
"OfLife,theUniverseandEverything..."saidDeepThought.
"Yes...!"
"Is..."saidDeepThought,andpaused.
"Yes...!"
"Is..."
"Yes...!!!...?"
"Fourty-two,"saidDeepThought,withinfinitemajestyandcalm.
Ç
Sofar,ithasbeenthebeliefofmostmenandwomenontheEarththat
thisNumberhasbeentheansweroftheGreatquestionofLife,the
UniverseandEverything.However,modernsciencehasnowprovedthatit
isonlyapartoftheAnswer.AndthetalesaboutMagratheawerejust
adventures,anyway.TheEarthwasn'treallybuiltbymice,butwas
createdbyBluppo,astoldinanotherarticleinthismagazine.
Still,letustakealookattheoldNumber...
ü42-why/whynot?
Ç
InJapanese,thesign42isverymuchaliketheirsignforDeath.At
theirfirstF-1carrace,aguydidn'tthinkmuchofthisfact,andwrote
theNumberonhiscar.Yes,hewasstartnumber42.
Hedidquitewell,actually.Butonlyafteracoupleofrounds,he
lostcontrolofhiscarandgotallsmasheduplikeorangejuice.After
thisincident,theNumberhasbeenillegalinJapan.Ifyougointhe
streetsofJapan,youwon'tfindacarwith42intheregistration
number.
IntheGulfwar,InsaneHusseinhadhisarmydividedinto42positions,
andyouhaveseenwhathappenedtohim.Also,thefinal,unofficial,
lengthofthiswarwas,actually,42days...
InoneofthelatestmassacresinSouthAfricawhereblackkilledblack
(IbelievethekillerswereZulus),42peoplelosttheirlives.
ÇThe42nddefinitionintheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionaryof
CurrentEnglish(NinthImpression,1978)isdefinition2oftheword
abdicate:Giveupthethrown.
Yes.WefindtheNumberscatteredalloverourplanetandourexistence,
butthereisalwayssomedeathinit.42istheendingoftheNumber.
It'sjustapartoftheNumber.
üThequestfortheNewNumber
Ç
ItallstartedinAugust1989.OrshallwesayitendedinAugust1989?
Forseveralyearsbeforethisdate,bothIandKaihadhadabadtime.
However.August1989wasaturningpoint.Somehow,thingsstartedgetting
better.
Istartedatanewschoolwithnewpupilsintheclass,someofwhich
Iwillreturntoinanotherarticle,andgotridofpeoplewhoearlieron
hadbeenunwantedinmylife.
Kaiactuallymovedawayfromtheplacehelivedandachievedthesame
resultsasmebydoingso.Finally,lifewasbeginningtohaveameaning.
ItseemsthatAugust1989isaveryimportantmonth.Innumericalform,
wewrite8.89.Or889.Thisishowwestartedclosinginonthenew
Number.
AsIsaid,weweretwo.Itwasn'tIalone,butalsoKai.Anditwasn't
Kaialone,butalsome.Sowemultiplythisnumberbytwo.Weget...
1778.
Asourworstdayshadcometoanend,wefiguredthattheendofdeath
wouldbethesquareof42...1764.ThedifferencebetweenthisNumberand
our1778is14.Sowemultiplythisnumberby14.I.e.1778time14is
24892.
üCheckingtheNumber...
Ç
ThefirsttwodigitsofourNumberare2and4.Itistheoppositeof42.
Theoppositeofdeath.Life.Clearly,thismeansthatwe'vegotlifein
thisNumber.Asmentionedabove,theUniversewascreatedinAugust-the
number8.And92istheyearofdiscovery.
Also,byaddingeachofthenumbers,weget2+4+8+9+2=25.The
squareof5.LetmequotetheUltimateCL...
ä00101010=$2a=%52=XLII=ThelastwordsofGianBattistaRossi
(archaeologist).Beforehedied,hediscoveredthe42nicheswhich
constitutetheCalixtuscatacombinRome.Itscontentswere2mummies,
bothpossessing3slaveseach7feettall.Thesenumbers(2,3and7)
makes42whenmultiplied,alsotheyareallprimenumbersbeingthe
lowestofthekind,onlythenumber5ismissing.Calixtus,formerslave,
waspopefor5years.Somehow,hemusthaveknowntheultimateanswer,
wherethenumber5musthaveplayedanimportantrole.Inthesetimes,
theyusedRomannumerals.TheywroteVfor5,andVisalsothe
internationalsymbolforvictory.Heknewtheultimateanswerwithout
knowingit.Thisonlyprovesthattheultimateanswerisfarmore
multiplexthanmaneverwillbeabletoimagine.
Ç
Whatwehavelearnedfromthisisthe5islife.5istheonlypart
missingindeath-42.Andthesquareof5mustbethelifeoflife.Or
shallwesaylifeinthepoweroftwo.AndIthenmeantwotwinsoulswho
havefoundeachotherandhavefoundtheirplaceinlifeasthe
discoverersoftheRealMeaningofLife,UniverseandEverything...
Ç
üThedate
Ç
AsImentionedabove,wecanslicetheNumberinthreepieces.24,8and
92.Togetherthismakesoutthedate24.8.92.August24thofthisyear.
Wehavethereforedecidedthatthisdateshouldbecelebratedworldwide
byallworshipersoftheNumber.
Itisunfortunatethatwedonothaveanylistingsofpeoplebornon
thisday.Ifyoushouldbeorknowanyonewiththisbirthdate,donot
hesitatetocontactus.
üThedifference
Ç
However,twomoredatesareinteresting.Itisthe"difference".Asfor
now,wehavenoideawhythedifferencebetween1778and1764is14.
Let'stakeacloserlookatthisphenomena...
1778isthebeginningoflife,asexplainedabove.
1764istheendingofdeath,alsoexplainedabove.
14isthereforethedifferencebetweentheendingofdeathandthe
beginningoflife.This,again,canbeconnectedtotwodates:
TheendingofayearisDecember31st.Fourteendaysbeforehis,must
thereforebetheendingofdeath;December17th.
Also,fourteendaysintotheyearshouldthereforebethebeginningof
life;January14th.
Ifyouknowanypeoplebornonanyofthesedays,docontactus,aswe
willbeveryinterestedintalkingtothesepeopleandfindoutwhatthey
havetodowiththemeaningoflife,universeandeverything.
üThedarksideoftheworld
Ç
Keepinginmindthatthisisthedifferencebetweenthegoodandthe
worst.Theworstisthebadinthepoweroftwo,sothedifferenceinthe
poweroftwoshouldbethebadsideofthedifference.Thisgivesus
14*14=196,andthus,the196thdayoftheyearshouldbeabadday.
The196thdayofanormalyearisJuly15th,or,ifyoulike,15.7or
1507.Ifweaddthesenumbers,weget13.Anotherproofthatthisdayis
übad!Ç
Inaleapyear,however,the196thdayisJuly14th.Thesumofeach
numberinthi