The true meaning of 42

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Well, no, they'd have been using hex. In decimal it's 42, but in hex 42 is "B". Nobody would've been using simple binary by the time the book was published in the 70s, and IBM introduced modern hexadecimal systems in the 60s. If it really did have to do with programming then why would he refer to the decimal designation?

[–]Hel 6 insightful - 11 fun6 insightful - 10 fun7 insightful - 11 fun -  (3 children)

Don’t assume other people’s bases. That’s a hate crime in Canada!

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Pff

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based

[–]Sixto 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That's illegally funny! Reported to the Canadian mounted cyber police!