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in reply to How do you plan on spending your leap second?

Cool one, davido, but the "Computing the answer to the universe on my new 3GHz dual-core system." option is pointless, since we all know it: it's 42 =:cP

This option should be "Computing the question to the universe on my new 3GHz dual-core system."

Cheers and have a nice one! =:c)

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Re^2: How do you plan on spending your leap second?
by cog (Parson) on Dec 27, 2005 at 11:38 UTC
    Hey, we all know a bunch of prime numbers and keep on calculating them over and over again!
Re^2: How do you plan on spending your leap second?
by QM (Parson) on Dec 27, 2005 at 15:00 UTC
    This option should be "Computing the question to the universe on my new 3GHz dual-core system."
    Actually, the question was eventually (preventually?) found:
    What is 6 x 9?

    -QM
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    Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of

      Actually that's not the real question (if you knew the question and the answer at same time, the universe would disappear and be replaced by something else :-)

      I don't know if I'll be "Watching the clock" or "Clocking the Watch"... (sorry, couldn't resist that)
      -- So Long and Thanks for all the Fish!

      I think you are on to something here, if you think the 69 like a yin-yang sign.
      However, perl doesn't think so, try: perl -e 'print 6 x 9' Must be that missing 12....

      Personally, I think that the answer was given in an dyslexic way, and should have been 24. But if it still is 42, then the factors are 2*3*7, which on an upside-down TI82 would spell all letters... however, in which order should they be?

        Personally, I think that the answer was given in an dyslexic way, and should have been 24.
        What if the question was in a different base? Obviously at least base 10, but perhaps higher. Hmmm....

        -QM
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        Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of