Umm, i'm afraid 42 in binary is actually 101010 (i have a screen name, mir101010, along with my usual clouds42). I believe in base 13, although i haven't checked it in a while, 6 X 9 is 42. However, after seeing Adams in person, (if I recall correctly) he admitted that he wasn't aware of this fact when he wrote it and it was meant for humor, nothing else.
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Umm, i'm afraid 42 in binary is actually 101010 (i have a screen name, mir101010, along with my usual clouds42). I believe in base 13, although i haven't checked it in a while, 6 X 9 is 42. However, after seeing Adams in person, (if I recall correctly) he admitted that he wasn't aware of this fact when he wrote it and it was meant for humor, nothing else.