From: simonw AT cs DOT unsw DOT oz DOT au (Simon Warfield)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1993 23:43:49 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Re: GO32, graphics and everything

> 
> > 
> > >>What  is '42' ?
> > >
> > >Answer: 6 times 7.
> > >
> > ERRR!
> > 
> > Although it is true that 6 * 7 = 42.  You seem to have mis-remembered
> > your Douglas Adams.  The ultimate question of life, the universe and
> > everything is 'What do you get when you multiply six times _nine_?'!
> > The answer is then 'forty-two'.  The flaw in the universe becomes obvious...
> > 
> 
> No, there is no flaw in the Universe.  It just shows that the Universe
> works in a base 13 number system.
> 
>   (In base 13 arithmetic 6 * 7 = 42 )
> 
> Simon
> 
Of course that should be 6 x 9 = 42 in base 13.
Simon