What is the question to 42?

Posted By: Michael_Schwarz

What is the question to 42? - 06/20/07 17:38

We all know the answer 42, but who knows the question? I cant imagine of anything that would fit, maybe you do?

Oh, and also giving a poll for the dearest readers
Posted By: zazang

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/20/07 18:06

How many spartans were still left when 252 had died ?

(Do u know what one of those spartan said when he saw a dead body near him ?
THIS is PAASTAAA !!!!...lol sorry bad one I know:D)



Posted By: Matt_Aufderheide

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/20/07 19:16

the correct question is: "What is six times seven?"
Posted By: Ran Man

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/20/07 19:48

No, the correct question is "What is seven times six?"
Posted By: Puppeteer

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/20/07 20:57

Quote:

No, the correct question is "What is seven times six?"



Wrong!
#define SIX 1+5
#define NINE 8+1

int main(void)
{
int value = SIX * NINE;
printf("Answer = %d\n", value);
return 0;
}
The code outputs 42!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wikipedia is your friend:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(Antwort)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life%2C_the_Universe_and_Everything
Posted By: PHeMoX

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/20/07 21:36

Well, I think there is no question. This would explain how 42 can be the answer to éverything. Off course, there's a little problem here, since 42 allegedly is the answer. Answers usually are the response to questions right? But perhaps it was meant more as 'solution' to a problem and '42' being the 'answer'?

I mean, what would even be 'the question about everything'? If 42 is the ultimate answer to the question that matters most, then how can there even be a question? A problem would somehow make more sense in my opinion.

Cheers
Posted By: JibbSmart

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/21/07 00:20

Quote:

How many spartans were still left when 252 had died ?


48

Quote:

#define SIX 1+5
#define NINE 8+1

int main(void)
{
int value = SIX * NINE;
printf("Answer = %d\n", value);
return 0;
}
The code outputs 42!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


wow it does... why on earth does it do that? and how did you figure that out?

julz

EDIT: oh i get it! SIX * NINE = 1 + 5 * 8 + 1 = 40 + 2 = 42
Posted By: zazang

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/21/07 02:23

What is the decrypted value of the number of the beast ?
(6*6+6)
Posted By: padrino

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/22/07 11:11

everything is the question to 42, considering that 42 is the answer to everything
Posted By: zazang

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/23/07 02:29

The next movie is called Oceans _ _ ?
(Fill the 2 blanks)
Posted By: Puppeteer

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/23/07 07:51

13?
Posted By: Nems

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/23/07 09:58

I used to be 42 y'know.....in the old days

I think......

42.........

jeeeeezzze,

how long ago was that?
Posted By: Michael_Schwarz

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/23/07 11:06

i hate that I maved to another city, because before, I lived in 42 Basta Street, I very liked the name
Posted By: Puppeteer

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/23/07 12:32

I lived in 42 Heidesee and i liked the name too
Posted By: padrino

Re: What is the question to 42? - 06/25/07 07:23

i live in 9 Molli and i don't care
Posted By: Michael_Schwarz

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/01/07 21:36

maybe 42 is some ASCII riddle. how many bits do you need to make the word XXXXXX ???
Posted By: Puppeteer

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/02/07 12:08

.... 010011....
Posted By: Michael_Schwarz

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/05/07 00:35

...replacing XXXXX by a word that sums up 42 bit...
Posted By: Joozey

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/06/07 02:48

apple?
Posted By: Rhuarc

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/08/07 05:35

The real question that matters is, do you know where your towel is?
Posted By: Michael_Schwarz

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/08/07 10:32

Quote:

The real question that matters is, do you know where your towel is?




Yes.. in 42 cm distance
Posted By: Rhuarc

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/09/07 05:21

Quote:

Quote:

The real question that matters is, do you know where your towel is?




Yes.. in 42 cm distance




I generally keep mine within 42 units of distance from my person at all time. It's less restrictive that way.
Posted By: ello

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/09/07 19:24

Q:
Quote:

apple?



A: 42!
Posted By: Hellcrypt

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/12/07 02:38

A super intelligent race invented a computer to find out the meaning of life. A million years later the computer came up with an answer, but he coul'nd answer it so the computer made another computer that could. A million years later the computer came back with an answer; and the answer was 42. That's how the theory started.
Posted By: HeelX

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/12/07 11:09

The question is: what is the room number of the one and only man, who knows the truth?
Posted By: Michael_Schwarz

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/12/07 12:16

Quote:

A super intelligent race invented a computer to find out the meaning of life. A million years later the computer came up with an answer, but he coul'nd answer it so the computer made another computer that could. A million years later the computer came back with an answer; and the answer was 42. That's how the theory started.




i think you confuzzled something up here
Posted By: PHeMoX

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/12/07 15:40

If they were super intelligent they would have made sure that they had passed on the question ..

Lol, perhaps the question was 'How many years until Universal Armageddon?' "42."

Cheers
Posted By: Puppeteer

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/12/07 18:51

Quote:

If they were super intelligent they would have made sure that they had passed on the question ..

Lol, perhaps the question was 'How many years until Universal Armageddon?' "42."

Cheers



Well..... Every year there are 42 years remaining to Armageddon.... That sound a little weird...

EDIT: And it gets even more strange if you ask "What is 42 times 42?"
Posted By: PHeMoX

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/12/07 23:51

Hahaha, yeah, you're right, but then again you're proving that 42 can't be the answer to 'everything', since it's not relative enough to actually fit as an answer to everything. (whatever 'everything' may be).

That reminds me by the way, I've recently seen the movie Idiocracy, really cool and funny. Go check it out!

Cheers
Posted By: Puppeteer

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/13/07 07:57

Maybe that means there is no real answer to everything
But maybe everything is not every question you can ask but the number of dimensions in our universe or something we can not understand.... but if we can not understand it we can not understand the answer "42" too that is why we are wondering all the time what 42 means
Posted By: PHeMoX

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/13/07 19:12

Quote:

But maybe everything is not every question you can ask but the number of dimensions in our universe or something we can not understand




Yeah, but in the movie and TV series The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 42 is said to be the answer to the question of "life, the universe and everything."

So uhm, eventhough you've made a good point, there seems to be more to it. I think like said earlier 42 might be the number of a door, apartment, house or even a library, where all these answers can be found. Otherwise something as "anti-relative" as a single number can't possibly be the answer to whatever question.

Cheers
Posted By: HeelX

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/13/07 19:37

42 is the apartement number of Fox Mulder
Posted By: JibbSmart

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/14/07 08:04

the poor computer was asked for a single answer to a ridiculously generic question. perhaps the number 42 is the sum of all answers in life, the universe, and everything. remember that this includes negative numbers, which allows it to be so small, and complex numbers -- since imaginary numbers are so rarely applicable in every day use, every positive answer has a negative counterpart and adds up to zero, which is why the answer only has a real component. the limitless magnitude of numbers towards positive infinity is canceled out by their negative counterparts. the only things that don't cancel out are questions regarding people's wages -- which would obviously add up to a positive number larger than 42 -- and other similar questions.

these vastly positive results are canceled out by the counting of particles of anti-matter, which add up negatively. anti-matter out-weights matter just enough that all those aforementioned positive results are beaten down to 42.

perhaps due to the vastness of the question and the impossibility of giving a single answer, the non-numeric answers were either ignored, assigned numeric quantities according to popularity (similar to google's pagerank), assigned values based on the amount of characters involved in the answer, or many other combinations/possibilities.

or am i just being silly?

julz
Posted By: Joozey

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/14/07 17:33

Julz explanation sounds neat so I'll settle on that one.
Posted By: xXxGuitar511

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/16/07 21:57

42 could be the answer to:

What is the average score of an American on a test?
What age will I die?
How many people have posted in this thread?
How many people are trying to use the warez version of 3DGS today?
How many projects I've made that I've forgotten about?
How many posts Doug replied to today?
How many cigarretts Realspawn smoked today? j/k
How many beers I had last night
How many times We all wanted to slap our ex-girlfriends/wife/etc.?
How many times I wandered why I'm writing all this?
How many people I'm going to bother writing all this retarded stuff because I have nothing else to do?

well, that killed a little bit of time...
Posted By: Puppeteer

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/17/07 06:33

exacly 42 seconds
Posted By: Michael_Schwarz

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/24/07 09:54

I found it out yesterday while watching some Stargate episodes from the DVD....

How long, in minutes, is one Stargate Episode?
42!


Posted By: Puppeteer

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/24/07 11:53


Do you see the 42 on the left side?
Maybe 42 doesnt mean a number... it means this galaxy
Posted By: sPlKe

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/24/07 21:19

the question is pretty simple:

what is the meaning of all life and universe...

the answer is 42. that happens when youre not defining the questions.
basically this means:

ask the right questions and you shall get the right answers

and thats the meaning of 42...

42 also means the number of girls i laid this year, not including my girfriend
Posted By: Shadow969

Re: What is the question to 42? - 07/25/07 16:37

Today when i was learning fs flip i screamed f**k 42 times ... Amazing... Seriously, the "mystery of 42" sounds silly to me
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