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THE Moosed · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:30 am Post subject: So it is 42 after all.

So I got an interesting email from my father today. I don't know how many others will find this amusing.

"Julie,

Here's something cool. Mathematicians and physicists have been working for a long time to find something called the Riemann zeta function. This describes mathematically how electrons are distributed around the nucleus of atoms.

The first few moments (or roots) of the Riemann zeta function were known. The first moment was 1, and the second was 2, those were known for some time. However the important number from the Riemann zeta function would be the 3rd one. Finding the 3rd moment of the Riemann zeta function would confirm the relationship between math, specifically prime numbers, and quantum physics.

So finally they figured out the all important 3rd moment -- but you knew it all the time. The 3rd moment of the Riemann zeta function, possibly the most important math discovery of the last 50 years -- 42. It really is the answer to the meaning of the universe.

But you knew that already didn't you."

http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/03/prime_numbers_get_hitched.php?utm_source=seedmag-main=rss

This is amazing.

Mushroom Pie · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:47 am Post subject:

Brilliant. Just brilliant.
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Its_The_Sneak!!! · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:50 am Post subject:

What is six by nine?
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Strong Bads Guitar · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:47 pm Post subject:

42, so predictible. One of THE numbers. 4 8 15 16 23 42. now just to find what the other 5 mean.

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fruiterian · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject:

I haven't read the article yet but that's amazing.

My password at work (they're numbers only) is 42... no one gets it. D:

That's fucking fantabulous. Yay Hitchhiker's!

Its_The_Sneak!!! · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject:

DJ The Stick · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject:

Holy crap. Thanks for posting this!

http://digg.com/technology/42_Really_Is_The_Answer_

(I was the one that posted the article, from the link I got here. Smile

)

-DJ
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Yazz · Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:45 am Post subject:

that is amazing, but i still believe that 42 cases of beer is still one damn good answer.
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