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π% of 1337 ≈ 42 (wolframalpha.com)
46 points by twobar 68 days ago | comments


3 points by spicyj 68 days ago | link

Just about 42.0030938. Impressive.

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5 points by Tichy 68 days ago | link

2*23-4 = 42

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2 points by Rhapso 68 days ago | link

Does this indicate the meaning of life is a 1337 amount of pie?

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3 points by martythemaniak 68 days ago | link

Whoa.

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4 points by kyteland 68 days ago | link

(-1 + 3) * 3 * 7 = 42

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1 point by MaysonL 68 days ago | link

Not quite as mind-boggling as Euler's identity, but good.

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1 point by jbhelms 68 days ago | link

I only saw the movie, in the book did they ever mention why 42 is the meaning of everything?

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8 points by pohl 68 days ago | link

It's "the answer to life, the universe, and everything", a result arrived at after a mind-bogglingly powerful computer thought for millennia. After revealing this result, it was soon discovered that the answer only made sense if one knew the question - which no one did. (If I'm recalling correctly.)

But now we know the question is "what is pi perent of leet, rounded to the nearest integer?"

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4 points by mattmillr 68 days ago | link

So they built a more-mind-bogglingly powerful computer to compute the question. You really should read the book(s) to find out what happens next...

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1 point by edge17 68 days ago | link

maybe i'm a bit slow on the uptake this morning, but what's the book you're referring to..?

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1 point by grinnbearit 68 days ago | link

The Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhikers_Guide_to_the_Ga...

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1 point by BearGriz72 66 days ago | link

/FishSlap!

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2 points by norswap 68 days ago | link

Maybe it is "leet percent of pi", we will never know for sure :)

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1 point by calcnerd256 65 days ago | link

No, it's "the answer to the ultimate question of" life, the universe, and everything. Also, the question is "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" (so the answer's wrong anyway)

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1 point by benwr 68 days ago | link

I believe the question decided on by the pan-dimensional mice was less correct.

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1 point by hitonagashi 68 days ago | link

In a later book, they also reveal the question...kinda.

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3 points by twobar 68 days ago | link

42 was just a joke by Douglas Adams.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.douglas-adams/msg/d10...

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1 point by greyfade 68 days ago | link

The book and the BBC TV show both gave the answer toward the end.

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1 point by jasonlotito 68 days ago | link

Yes.

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1 point by abmask 63 days ago | link

try this: (SQRT(200)/(4.5 + 158/99900)) + 5/(9x10^-9) = pi!

(SQRT means square root)

I came up with this approximation to pi on my own ;)

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