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Tim
May 12, 2001, 07:42 PM
Douglas Adams the author of the Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy trilogy of 5 books,died today aged 49.

Maybe he will now learn the question to the answer of 42.

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Lynner
May 12, 2001, 09:39 PM
Wow, what a shocker! I've got the HH's Guide books. Haven't reread it in years. Maybe now's the time to. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cry2.gif

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bearkat77
May 12, 2001, 09:51 PM
I can't recall ever seeing that name anywhere. My search lead me to several sites, so I know he was a writer.
All I can say is that may he rest in peace.

BTW, what is #42?

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Tim
May 13, 2001, 03:37 AM
In the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy,one of the scenes was an alien race asking the super computer Deep Thought for the answer to the meaning of Life,the Universe,and Everything. After many years,Deep Thought gave the answer as 42. Upon being questioned,Deep Thought said it was the answer but they never gave him the question,so an even more powerful organic computer would have to be built. It turned out to be Earth,which was sadly destroyed just before the final calculations were done for the question.

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May 13, 2001, 06:20 AM
You'd think seven and a half million years would have been plenty of time to come up with a more decent answer. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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Tim
May 13, 2001, 07:26 PM
7 1/2 million years for an unquestionable answer isn't bad,but since the question is unknown...

OF COURSE... There is a theory that if an explanation for the Universe is ever found,it will vanish and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory that this has already happened.

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Douglas Noel Adams
1952-2001

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[This message has been edited by Tim (edited May 13, 2001 at 07:27 PM).]
May 14, 2001, 12:45 AM
Life is... paradoxically coincidental to the ironical tyrrany applicable to the unparalleled definition of reverse entropy. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/bigeyes2.gif



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Rellevart
May 14, 2001, 04:57 AM
Oh man, I hadn't heard that! I love his books!! And 49 is way too young.....http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/frown.gif

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Hey, don't you know that I'm....always going back in time....
bearkat77
May 14, 2001, 10:31 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rellevart:
And 49 is way too young.....http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/frown.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You can say that again.

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May 15, 2001, 02:19 AM
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bearkat77:
You can say that again.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

And 49 is way too young.



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KatMan
May 16, 2001, 10:23 PM
I knew you'd be the one to post that, NWM.

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