World Towel day (1 Viewer)

[pman]

Just Letting everybody Know, this comming monday 25th may is world towel day, in commemoration of douglas adams.

6 times 9=42

 

[kara42]

o ok thank u

 

[M.T.T.]

Yeah, I'm heaps looking forwards to it. Carry a towel on a my shoulder for a whole day at school. woohoo

Should be fun.



Although, I really ought to stop my fascination with the whole 6x9=42 thing. Pisses off my maths teacher.

 

[pman]

Yeah, I'm heaps looking forwards to it. Carry a towel on a my shoulder for a whole day at school. woohoo

Should be fun.



Although, I really ought to stop my fascination with the whole 6x9=42 thing. Pisses off my maths teacher.

Just tell them the truth, its base 13

 

[Riet]

Just tell them the truth, its base 13

Its not base 13, the joke is that there is something inherently wrong with the universe.

 

[pman]

True, the thing that is wrong is that the ultimate Q is in base 13

 

[pman]

Just bumping so everybody knows the signifigance of the day!

 

[M.T.T.]

i told my teacher that there was something inherently wrong with the universe, that six times nine is forty-two.

I kept this up for a while.



Then I told him it was in base-13, but he was like, "it's not base-10, you stupid boy."


Either way, it pisses my maths teacher off - Douglas Adams style or base-13 style.

 

[Fortify]

i told my teacher that there was something inherently wrong with the universe, that six times nine is forty-two.

I kept this up for a while.



Then I told him it was in base-13, but he was like, "it's not base-10, you stupid boy."


Either way, it pisses my maths teacher off - Douglas Adams style or base-13 style.

We love the number 42.

 

[Omium]

Huh ?

What the heck is Base 13 and 6x9 = 42 ?

 

[M.T.T.]

Huh ?

What the heck is Base 13 and 6x9 = 42 ?

We count in base-10, cause we have 10 fingers. Base-10 means 10 numbers, 0-9.

If human beings had 13 fingers, we would be counting with 13 numbers.


A well known base-x that's not base-10 is base-2, which is the Binary Number system. 0, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111, ...


I don't know how to count in base-13 though.

 

[electrolysis]

We count in base-10, cause we have 10 fingers. Base-10 means 10 numbers, 0-9.

If human beings had 13 fingers, we would be counting with 13 numbers.


A well known base-x that's not base-10 is base-2, which is the Binary Number system. 0, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111, ...


I don't know how to count in base-13 though.

you're not the only one

 

[mooo]

you're not the only one

same

 

[pman]

With base thireen we usually count 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a,b,c,10,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,1a,1b,1c and so on.
The big day is tommorow!

 

[Woteva636]

right.....

I think i'll just stick to base ten for counting, base two for entertainment and base e for intergrating logs!

 

[pman]

right.....

I think i'll just stick to base ten for counting, base two for entertainment and base e for intergrating logs!

probably easier

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

True, the thing that is wrong is that the ultimate Q is in base 13

Douglas Adams had no idea that it worked in base-13 when he wrote it. It was an amusing coincidence.