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0 pointsep1033d ago0 comments

Some one should let Douglas Adams know the calculation could have been so much faster if the machine just lied.

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I think Adams was prescient, since in his story the all powerful computer reaches the answer '42' via incorrect arithmetic.

xg153d ago

The Bistromathics? That's not incorrect, it's simply too advanced for us to understand.

aktau3d ago

“What do you get if you multiply six by nine?”

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0 pointsep1033d ago0 comments

Some one should let Douglas Adams know the calculation could have been so much faster if the machine just lied.

lesam3d ago

I think Adams was prescient, since in his story the all powerful computer reaches the answer '42' via incorrect arithmetic.

xg153d ago

The Bistromathics? That's not incorrect, it's simply too advanced for us to understand.

aktau3d ago

“What do you get if you multiply six by nine?”

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse