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Scientists Discover Meaning of Life Through Massive Computing Project

Posted by samzenpus on from the bring-a-towel dept.

First time accepted submitter Rabbit327 writes In a stunning announcement today scientists have announced that after millions of cycles of computing time on some of the largest super computers that they have discovered the meaning of life. On April 1st 2015 at approximately 03:42 GMT scientists discovered that a long running program had finished. The results stunned scientists who were having tea in the other room when the alarm went off. According to the scientific team the answer was stunning yet confusing. Quoting one scientist "It's amazing. It worked! But what does it mean?!? For heaven's sake we spent all this time calculating the answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe, and everything. This is the answer we get?!? This is the bloody answer we get?!?!??!?" after which the scientist promptly threw a keyboard across the room. According to inside sources the answer given by the computer was "42". What this means will be announced later according to a research representative.

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  1. Lame, lame, lame by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not even funny. Someone please make it STOP!!!

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    1. Re:Lame, lame, lame by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you complain, you get /. beta.
      - Dice.moc

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    2. Re:Lame, lame, lame by shentino · · Score: 2

      Dice.moc?

      Oh great, Dice is using Qt

    3. Re:Lame, lame, lame by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 4, Funny
      It would have been better if the story was:
      Scientists Discover Meaning of Life Through Massive Computing Project - And It's Not 42!

      Because the real answer is "potato".

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    4. Re:Lame, lame, lame by dudpixel · · Score: 2

      I agree.

      Someone didn't THINK too DEEPLY about this...

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  2. Bit late aren't you ? by MarkTina · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's April 2nd here ....

    1. Re:Bit late aren't you ? by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 3, Informative

      There is always a place on Earth where it's not April 1st, if only for an infinitesimal amount of time.

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  3. And the answer is: by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    41.9999999999999387

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  4. You're fucking fired. by BitZtream · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You fucked this spoof of so ridiculously, I'm surprised you even got 42 right.

    Stop. Seriously, Just fucking stop.

    JUST STOP, NO ONE WANTS YOU TO POST THIS CRAP, READ THE GOD DAMN COMMENTS ON EVERY STORY POSTED TODAY.

    If you're going to post this shit, you at least have to have read the book before you start making shit up.

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  5. We got it... by x0ra · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You, Dice's editors, all love SF, and spam /. with all the legends, but ENOUGH is fracking ENOUGH. Maturity is about knowing when to stop, and I think we've way beyond reason...

  6. Time for more subtle April fools? by Twinbee · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm sorry guys - this is a little OTT, and a trillion miles away from subtle or funny. You want a proper April fools? Try the one I saw at a subreddit within Reddit: https://twitter.com/TeslaMotor...

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  7. Filled up the page by steveg · · Score: 3, Insightful

    OK, now that the whole front page is non-fool gags, are we done now?

    Either post some actual April-fool type stories, or go back to regular news.

    Please?

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  8. white mice? by aklinux · · Score: 2

    What did the little white mice have to say about it? Any comments there?