Re: Old and New Software

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Bill in Co said:
LOL. Does anybody know what anybody in here has been talking about?
I can only think in binary, base 10, and hex, however. So maybe I'm
missing something here....
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Bill, it is well known in some circles that 42 is the answer to life,
the universe, and everything. Bear in mind, however: "There is a theory
which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is
for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by
something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory
which states that this has already happened."
 
glee said:
Bill, it is well known in some circles that 42 is the answer to
life, the universe, and everything. Bear in mind, however:
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers
exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will
instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more
bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states
that this has already happened."
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I think you blew out some of my brain cells
 
J. P. Gilliver (John) said:
Lest you remain puzzled: it's all to do with a series (originally a
radio series, which was the best, but also an LP, book series, stage
show, towel ...) called The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Although there's been much speculation as to why Douglas Adams
(THHGTTG's creator) chose 42, I think he's on record as saying it
wasn't anything special. It has somewhat more than a cult following,
especially in the UK.

(42 is the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and
Everything. But no-one has yet established what the actual question
was/is.)
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You forgot "film". You let Bill off the hook. I was wondering how long
it would go on before he actually looked it up for himself....
especially since the Guide is one of the top Google responses to a
search of "42". :-)
 
You forgot "film". You let Bill off the hook. I was wondering how long
it would go on before he actually looked it up for himself....
especially since the Guide is one of the top Google responses to a
search of "42". :-)
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He has a long history of not looking things up for himself, preferring
instead to be spoon fed from others while he makes up statistics. You
might have been waiting a long time...
 
Actaully Char, I've looked up some things for others, on various occasions.
Not saying I do it often enough, however. And in the Win98 group, probably
well before your time, I was helping others with quite a bit of that, on top
of a lot of my own "clinical" results (like fixes for that windows explorer
hanging when deleting a large number of files). So don't lecture me on
spoon feeding.
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I was lecturing you on spoon feeding based on what I've seen in the XP
groups, not some other groups where you may be active. In the XP
groups, the lecture is warranted.
 
Bill in Co said:
Probably an eternity. But if you give me another chance, I might get
out of my rockin chair and look it up. But that will distract my
yellin at the kids on my front lawn, so let me rethink it. I don't
see the big deal. I've certainly looked up and explained things to
others.
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Just having a little fun, Bill.... get back in the chair (unless those
dang kids are back on the lawn!)
 
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