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Antipode Map.

loquacious — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:49:35 -0800

Antipode Map. Find where the other side of the planet is instantly. Note that if you if you actually do manage to dig a tunnel through to the other side and jump in it will take you 42 minutes to get there.

42 + 1?

crossoverman — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:48:48 -0800

And another thing... Author Eoin Colfer (best known for the Artemis Fowl books) has been commissioned to write a sixth Hitchhiker's Guild to the Galaxy novel. So far, the Guide has nothing to say on the matter.

...almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

loquacious — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:32:01 -0800

"...the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is..." "Yes? Yes!?" "...42."
via Dyson, Montgomery, Princeton, a cup of tea - as presented by Seed Magazine.

42

Elmore — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:12:03 -0800

Lost Numbers. I won't get to see any of the second season of Lost until summer 2006 'cause I live in Ireland. I also didn't care enough about the first season to use the "numbers" as my lottery numbers. I should have, they (almost) came up in the National Lottery on November 19. I say almost, instead of 42 it was 24 (sorry Douglas).

Hooft

Gyan — Sat, 01 May 2004 03:48:02 -0800

Essence of Everything? According to Zuse, cellular automata (PDF). He's not alone.

And, well, everything ...

feelinglistless — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:35:52 -0800

Stunned to see that a Tertiary Phase of the radio series of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy is going into production and everyone (apart from the obvious) is back for it. It'll be a dramatisation of the third novel Life, The Universe and Everything. A fourth series covering everything else will follow. It's being produced by Dirk Maggs who's worked with Douglas Adams before and has rejected one my own radio scripts in the past. Not that I blame him. It was pretty awful. It's going to be odd not hearing Peter Jones as The Book, but his seat is being filled by William Franklyn. I was hoping for Oliver Postgate if anyone was going to do it. Anyone have a sample of how Mr. Franklyn's voice sounds?

Hole through the earth

batboy — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:00:02 -0800

Have you ever wondered... Just how long would it take to travel through a theoretical hole to the other side of the earth? Apparently 42 minutes.