Xref: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu comp.graphics:38518 sci.image.processing:2682Newsgroups: comp.graphics,sci.image.processingPath: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!a2i!sigmaFrom: sigma@rahul.net (Kevin Martin)Subject: Re: TIFF: philosophical significance of 42Message-ID: <C5sJ28.4IB@rahul.net>Sender: news@rahul.net (Usenet News)Nntp-Posting-Host: boleroOrganization: a2i networkReferences: <1993Apr10.160929.696@galki.toppoint.de> <1r0ms5$k65@ratatosk.uninett.no>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 16:27:44 GMTLines: 14In <1r0ms5$k65@ratatosk.uninett.no> joachim@kih.no (joachim lous) writes:>> Does anyone have any  other suggestions where the 42 came from?>I don't know where Douglas Adams took it from, but I'm pretty sure he's>the one who launched it (in the Guide). Since then it's been showing up >all over the place.Douglas Adams once said (paraphrased from memory): "I just picked it.  Itseemed like the sort of number you wouldn't be afraid to take home to meetyour parents.  Nice and even, perfectly normal."-- Kevin Martinsigma@rahul.net"I gotta get me another hat."