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I told you you weren’t going to like it.
What do you get when you multiply 6 by 9?
Anything that happens, happens.
Anything that, by happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.
Anything that, by happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again.
It doesn’t necessarily do it in chronological order, though.
Huh?? Ess Tee Eff You.
Thats what happens when you let Voggons
have to much time on their hands
But I thought they were too busy writing (horrible) poetry?
Um. 54.
it’s 42 in base 13
I thought I was the only one who figured it out.
OK hotshot, what’s the significance of base 13?
I’ll guess you’re referring to the Mayan calendar?
But there isn’t any significance to it in the book.
nope, douglas adams chose the multiplication sum because it didn’t equal fourty two. it’s nothing at all to do with base thirteen: that’s just a co-incidence, he said himself that he didn’t know about that when he chose it.
My favorite quote from the movie =D
My favorite quote from the books is: “Ford, you’re turning into a penguin. Stop it.”
My favorite was when Ford shouted “Kill!” at his towel, and the guy was so startled that he knocked himself out.
Life is like a grapefruit. Its orange, its got pips, its wet and squigey in the middle, and some people have half of one for breakfast
I had that penguin quote quote on a school binder for years….
You quote right, sir, madam, or thing.
Revealing the significance of 42 to anyone who hasn’t read the book yet is a crime against imagination. Don’t send this as a link to anywhere it might be read by anyone who hasn’t read the book yet!
Drat!
I thought by replying directly to the first reply, I could jump my comment to the head of the list. I guess I hadn’t noticed how the box format works.
Share and enjoy!
What is 6 of 7?
WIN!
LAME!
Dude, go read the book.
BEST GRAPH EVER.
very lame – the graph really doesnt make any sense. yes i’ve read the series, but the graph sucks.
Clearly very few people on GraphJam actually understand how to make correct graphs.
If you’ve read the series than you would know that this phrase ( the answer to life, the universe, and everything ) is all throughout the book. That’s why this IS the best graph ever. Do you even know how to read a venn diagram? It’s either that or you read the whole series and took it seriously.
But this graph implies that Life has a separate answer, the Universe has a separate answer, Everything as a separate answer, Life and the Universe have an answer, the Universe and Everything as an answer, and Everything and Life have an answer.
They may be three things in a list, but that doesn’t mean you can Venn Diagram them. A Venn Diagram implies a lot of differences with a few things in common for the center area. That’s not so in this case. It’s a horrific fail.
Your response implies that you are lame.
Well thats exactly true, Everything, without Life or the Universe would be a completely different thing, as with the Universe without Everything or Life, or Life without the Universe or Everything and so on. Only with all things, which is what our existance is, is the answer 42
Great stuff
lest there be any doubt: although not original, this graph is full of WIN. for those who don’t get it: go read the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy (a series of books everyone should read, FYI).
Rockin’!
Okay… This “42″ joke is really getting old. It was only funny the first few hundred times…
agreed
A H2G2 reference just isn’t enough. You’ve gotta take it somewhere new. This is just pandering to Douglas Adams fan (among whom I count myself.)
This just isn’t enough.
Sure – it’s getting old, but does anybody have a better answer?
meh, i thought it was only funny the first 42 times. doh
More importantly, it is still new to anyone who hasn’t read the books yet. The power of anticlimax is what makes “42″ so funny in the first place. So it really is a great disservice to place the answer and the question in a coexisting relationship and leave them sitting about where just anyone could read them.
I get the reference but I don’t think it’s funny. It doesn’t work as a Venn diagram.
Agreed. Not sure what part of “life” exists outside of the “universe”, and definitely know that both “life” and the “universe” should be contained within “everything”.
My Venn diagram would have the above diagram within “Fail”
Actually, it’s saying the answer to life, the universe, and everything. So it does work the way it is. No need to put them all inside each other.
Really guys? REALLY? You’re going to dissect the inner workings and errors in a graph that is meant to convey a joke? It’s a humorous graph. Anal-retentive much? Go take a laxative or something.
U said it, segaphile, if you want serious graphs, boys and girls, go work with engineers like I do…you’ll be begging for HG2G graphs…and people with a sense of humor.
In space, the numbers are awful.
Agreed. Not sure what part of “life” exists outside of the “universe”, and definitely know that both “life” and the “universe” should be contained within “everything”.
My Venn diagram would have the above diagram within “Fail”
Douglas Adams WIN!!!
ugh im tired of this 42 IS NOT the answer to life,the universe,and everthing. its the answer to the Ultimate Question which they THOUGHT was life,the universe, and everything
indeed the answer is 42 deep thought was created to find the question to the ultimate answer but its program never finished those damn hairdressers!!
although it may be What do you get when you multiply 6 by 9?
Good job guys. I was wondering if I was going to have to explain this myself. Way to nerd out all over the place. Good form.
Indeed… accurate quote FAIL.
you sir have it mixed up
Earth was created to find the question
Deep Thought was used to find the answer
idiot
Yay, Diagram Fail.
this was probably one of the worst movies ever made. Although it was one of the most random and funny quotes.
I agree that the movie was terrible, but the books are amazing!
This quote really has nothing to do with the movie.
what’s the question?
what do you get when you times 6 by 9?
…i always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe
I should think you would know, Mr. Dent…
Massive Venn diagram FAIL. Go back to 9th grade math.
Look, if you look at this Venn diagram while using a computer powered by a bistromathematics drive then it makes perfect sense, as you have to divide each of the circles by the amount of people in your party and add 3 pounds sterling for an ample gratuity in which case the total bill comes out to the exact number of 6 pounds by 9 pounds which in this and all other cases equal 42 pounds. Any questions?
Justification … win.
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DONT PANIC !
cheers on the hitchhikers reference.
So, if in all good logic this equation is correct, and if what is explained in the Bible is correct (for sake of argument at the very least), then is Jesus the Christ 42?
…
But wasn’t He 33 when they put Him on the cross? I’m so lost….
doesn’t mean that Jesus Christ was 42 just that Jesus Christ is equal to 42
Dig the reference!
What was the question? I just read the whole trilogy (in 5 parts) and missed the question.
god bless the trilogy in 5 parts and there was no question that is what deep thought i.e earth was designed to find out but earth was destroyed before it had time to finish the question… either that or its because of the hairdressers!
Hitchhiker’s Guide ties with the Monty Python for being over-quoted. But I guess this graph had to be made sooner or later.
I would be happier if there had been humourous examples labelled for the intersections of life/everything, everything/universe and universe/life. Obviously, being a critic, I lack the intelligence to provide the humourous quotes myself.
42nd!
I thought for sure the 42 TPS reports was fake. Alas, I am 43rd.
I lift my Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster to your graph.
Actually, deep thought was wrong from the start since the answer to everything is four (4).
Since the answer given in this graph is 42, lets take that number as an example… 42 = 4+2 = 6, six is written with three letters, three with five and five with four letters.. (yes you could also do forty two = 8 letters, 8 is 5 letters and 5 is 4 again).
Since 4 is also written with 4 letters, you cannot go on anymore after this, therefor: Everything is 4.
Old meme is OLD.
lol, just watched that movie thursday.
honestly, given the culture of LOLs im surprised this didnt show up before
yes! the nerds unite with this one.
I SAW THIS AND DIED!!! Hate them damned Vogons. Is it surprising that a 13 year old read all the books at age 11 and got it as much as your average Earthling got it? I scream 42 randomly and see who gets it. Time to go watch Star Trek!!!
So, life, the universe and everything is the same as 42? I thought it was the answer to them all.
H2G2 WIN.
Does this mean, though, that the answer to life is different from the answer to the universe, which is also in turn different from the answer to everything, but all needs can be satisfied by the solution “42″?
Meh. I’m still waiting for the Ultimate Question. Which, if my needs are fulfilled, will NOT be answered by Colfer.
I KNEW IT!