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May 29, 2016 08:02:27   #
Bobbee
 
Don't need a calculator. Just a love for SciFi books !!!



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May 29, 2016 13:38:08   #
green Loc: 22.1749611,-159.646704,20
 
Bobbee wrote:
Don't need a calculator. Just a love for SciFi books !!!

...and 42 is asci code for the asterik. from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος, asteriskos, "little star"


It is believed that the asterisk was created to mark the portentous event of an ancient supernova in our skies... and that was the beginning of written language!

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May 29, 2016 18:12:39   #
Wellhiem Loc: Sunny England.
 
green wrote:
...and 42 is asci code for the asterik. from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος, asteriskos, "little star"


It is believed that the asterisk was created to mark the portentous event of an ancient supernova in our skies... and that was the beginning of written language!


And the binary for 42 is 101010. Doug certainly knew where his towel was at.

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May 30, 2016 15:25:44   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
Quite astute
--Bob

Bobbee wrote:
Don't need a calculator. Just a love for SciFi books !!!

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May 31, 2016 00:10:24   #
Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX
 
Well known - and published in the Hitchhikers guide to the universe
http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/42
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_%28number%29

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