Of Course it would be fun...
Went to visit a friend from college days last night. We went to dinner in Baltimore and she got a claim tag for the coat check:
We knew at that point, the rest of the evening was assured to be good :) if you don't get why, read this. And indeed it was - after dinner, we spent the evening watching Monty Python's the Meaning of Life and drinking some wine (funny enough, somehow this link ended up in my inbox this morning as well). Better than the beer we used to drink in college while watching this stuff.
posted by Thomas Kyte at 11:28 AM
23 Comments:
I didn't have any "42" moments yesterday, but I was drinking beer I'm not afraid to admit drinking:
http://www.liquorama.net/browseproducts/Spaten-Pils-(Germany)-16.9OZ.HTML
ok, back to the blogging...
Concerning Monty python, I thought you might enjoy the links on this page here.
This guy managed to change his journalism job into one he loved.
Tom, that was great! :-)
At the moment I saw the number on the tag I could imagine in which direction the post would lead.
Had a very very strange and tiring day yesterday - watching your first link (the universe song) brought me back in a good mood immediately!
Thank you! The right post at the right time! :-)
I think the 42 thing is some kind of Tolkien reference maybe related to how many rings the different elves and orcs had or something like that.
Well, if you're looking for Python-related links, I have always found this one to be a great asset:
http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/justthewords.htm
It really is "just the words". :-D
Bill S.
So, how'd the date turn out?
Nope, it's not a reference to the number of rings in Lord Of The Rings.
There are 20 Rings of Power.
See this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Power
42 is a reference to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. See the link Tom provided in his blog entry.
I once cycled 100 miles to a cottage whose refrigerator was loaded with cans of Blatz beer. Awful stuff -- like making love in a canoe, to drop another Monty Python reference.
Being Canadian, my friends and I insisted on referring to it as "Lablatz".
Cheers,
Dave Edwards.
Log Buffer
please note that
chr(42) = '*'
and '*' means "everything", doesn't it ?
select * from ...
Totally Off topic (but related to 42 maybe :-)
What happened to the question "does refrential integrity make the database slow" posted on asktom? This question seems to have disappeared
The latest update to this question was that eBay does not use the database referential integrity. No stored procedures, joins, etc for performance reasons.
The older version of this question can be seen on the asktom beta, but not on asktom.
I am also wondering why the thread disappeared...
seems that the thread has been archived to
http://tinyurl.com/yn6nap
now
Had that happen 3 times in the last 3 weeks. Very strange.... Twice at restaurants where the pass you a number, both times I got 42, and once on a receipt.
The fiscal year #42 is always an excellent year as well ;)
[Hidden message above]
HA HA HA!!!
So nobody got it huh?
42 means for two
.....hence the picture ;-)
101010 binary = 42.
I predict that on October 10, 2010 (10/10/10) something truly amazing will happen. I can't wait.
23:57:09 SYS@splat> 6*9=
SP2-0042: unknown command "6*9=" - rest of line ignored.
Someone at Oracle knows the guide.
I was reading an article in Informit, and it seems that Google is rather fond of Douglas Adams' work as well.
Type "what is the answer to life the universe and everything" into Google... :)
Em.
Better yet. In google enter 42, then poke [I'm Feeling Lucky]
Heh, note the size of the Wikipedia page as reported by Google. :-)
The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything - Wikipedia, the ...
In the story, the Ultimate Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is sought using the hypercomputer Deep Thought, however the computer was ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything - 42k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Heh, note the size of the Wikipedia page as reported by Google.
Save that file onto your computer and look at the size. From Firefox, the page saved as 42,004 bytes (as of just now).
Come on, if *you* were writing the wikipedia page, wouldn't you do the same!
Actually, someone should correct this page size by adding some extra words...it should be 43008 bytes...42 x 1024!
:)
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