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From: Wirth, Ross (RWIRTH@citgo.com)
Date: 03/06/02


The Hitchhiker Guide has to be one of my all time favorite books. And
this has to be one of the best quotes I have ever run across and one that
stuck with me immediately when I read it. In fact I often think about
"42" when I run into things that don't make sense.

>And, quoting from The Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy (HHGTTG) by the late
>Douglas - "for fiscal reasons I'll be death for one year" - Adams:
>
>"Forty-two!" yelled Loonquawl, "Is that all you've got to show for seven
>and a half year million years' work?"
>
>"I checked it very thoroughly," said the computer, "and that quite
>definetely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with
>you, is that you never actually known what the question is."

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"Wirth, Ross" <RWIRTH@citgo.com>

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