THGTTG turns.....42!

[Joshua States 2,287]

And it still resonates and remains relevant.

42 years later, how 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' has endured : NPR

 

[Brian Dougherty 1,307]

You know, I am almost, but not quite, completely certain that somewhere along the line I have lost my towel.

#feelin'_old

 

 

[Alan Longmire 3,391]

I continue to know where my towel is. 

 

Anything else, not so much...

[Jeroen Zuiderwijk 239]

"Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I think that the chances of finding out what's actually going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say, "Hang the sense of it," and keep yourself busy. I'd much rather be happy than right any day."

To me the most important lesson from THGTTG and something I try to live by  (and I'm getting older and more tired by the day )

Edited October 20, 2021 by Jeroen Zuiderwijk

[Gerhard Gerber 404]

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

We (fellow nerds and myself) discovered this author late in high school, 92 or 93, when the books were a decade old.

 

Strange to think they can be new and exciting for somebody even today.

Edited October 20, 2021 by Gerhard Gerber

[Joshua States 2,287]

".....whose ape-descendant lifeforms are so vastly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea."

[Bruno 94]

I'm still trying to figure out that flying business. I keep trying to forget I'm falling, but always get reminded with a jolt of pain when I hit the ground. 

Sigh, maybe Marvin can help if he ever shows up...

[Brian Dougherty 1,307]

Nobody ever understands why I sit potted petunias next to the whale exhibits at aquariums...

[Alan Longmire 3,391]

I find it extremely ironic that what I do for a living often involves talking to people who have had a similar experience to Arthur Dent's attempt to find the plans for a bypass scheduled to take his house.  Our plans are only easier to get in that the locked filing cabinet is not in a disused lavatory in the basement with a sign on the door that reads "Beware of the Leopard."  

[Brian Dougherty 1,307]

Somewhat ironically, the place where I work lost half of its property and was greatly disrupted a few years ago while a bypass was built through our side yard.  At the time I carried a cell phone that had "Don't Panic" engraved on the back.

[Welsh joel 74]

After all- 42 is the answer....

[Jeroen Zuiderwijk 239]

We also happen to be in week 42 b.t.w.  

 

And it just happens that 42 was the hardest sum of three cubes solution to solve, which took a global network of computers months to crack it: https://news.mit.edu/2019/answer-life-universe-and-everything-sum-three-cubes-mathematics-0910 

 

So there you have it. The ultimate question is (-80538738812075974)^3 + 80435758145817515^3 + 12602123297335631^3  

[Brian Dougherty 1,307]

3 hours ago, Jeroen Zuiderwijk said:

And it just happens that 42 was the hardest sum of three cubes solution to solve, which took a global network of computers months to crack it: https://news.mit.edu/2019/answer-life-universe-and-everything-sum-three-cubes-mathematics-0910 

 

So there you have it. The ultimate question is (-80538738812075974)^3 + 80435758145817515^3 + 12602123297335631^3  

 

Well crap.  Now they've done it.  Now that the question is known, there is no reason for the earth to exist anymore.  I thought my lab mice were acting a bit suspicious lately...

[Joshua States 2,287]

20 hours ago, Alan Longmire said:

what I do for a living often involves talking to people who have had a similar experience to Arthur Dent's

I actually work for the Planning Department.  I sometimes find myself telling people "of course there's a form to fill out, this is government." Luckily enough, the form does not have to be filled out in triplicate, sent in, queried, sent back, resubmitted, subjected to public inquiry, lost, found again, buried in soft peat for 3 months, and eventually recycled into fire lighters.......unless of course, you are asking for a refund of fees.

Edited October 22, 2021 by Joshua States