What do you get when you multiply six by nine?
54. As in: not 42.
Any thoughts on what the question is?
look in the trivia section
Base 13, my friend
share"It was later pointed out by readers that 6 × 9 = 42 if the calculations are performed in base 13, not base 10". Douglas Adams [the author] has averred that he was not aware of this at the time, and repeatedly dismissed this as an irrelevant concoction, saying that "nobody writes jokes in base 13 [...] I may be a pretty sad person, but I don't make jokes in base 13."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything
^This quote can be found in the book "Salmon of a Doubt", and in some prefaces in certain copies of HHGG.
sharethe same as you would get if you multiplied nine by six...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_13
Normally we count in Base 10, or decimal, system: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (ten numerals). After that we have 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 etc.
In Base 13 it would look like this: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C (or any other three characters of your liking, as long as there is thirteen numerals), and then 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C 20 etc.
See if you get this one. Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because OCT 31 = DEC 25.
31 counted in base 8 (OCTal) is equal to 25 counted in base 10 (DECimal).
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