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Date:      Mon, 17 Jan 2000 20:32:49 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Microsoft go it right ;-) 
Message-ID:  <200001180432.UAA10153@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:17:46 CST." <200001180417.WAA18448@nospam.hiwaay.net> 

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>> I think what Guido was getting at is that FreeBSD is number 42, which is
>> the answer to everything, or something like that, from the Hitchhiker's
>> Guide to the Galaxy.
>
>"42" is the answer to "What is the meaning of life?" (at least for
>earthlings). The mice contracted to have earth built in order to

   Actually, it was "...life, the universe, and everything".

>determine what the real question was. However just moments before the
>conclusion of the experiment popped into Arthur Dent's head ("what is 6
>times 7?") his house was destroyed to make way for a bypass. Then
>moments later the earth was destroyed by a Vogon construction crew to
>make way for an intergalactic bypass.
>
>Or maybe the mice created earth simply to calculate 6 times 7. Am not 
>sure, can't find my Hitchiker books, and haven't been able to find it 
>online.
>
>Don't forget your towel.

   ...and don't panic.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org
Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com
Pave the road of life with opportunities.


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