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From: viralbus@daimi.aau.dk (Thomas Widmann)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: New Hitchhikers Book
Date: 4 Oct 92 17:23:25 GMT
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark

jcb7@po.CWRU.Edu (Jeremy C. Bargen) writes:


>In a previous article, sl14@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Stephen Lee) says:

>>In article <1ag6hcINNrig@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> keeper@deeptht.armory.com writes:
>>>
>>>We pretty much noted all the major changes between the UK and U.S. versions
>>>of the previous Guide books -- now we've another one to compare.
>>>
>>Does anybody still have a copy of the comparison?  It'd be interesting
>>to see what DA changed.
>>
>>Please, send me a copy,
>>
>>Stephen
>>
>Me, too.

And me, too (if people keep adding "me, too" in this way, I'm afraid this
will get a bit boring)!

Thomas Widmann (I still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea!)
viralbus@daimi.aau.dk
From: kiemschies@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: 42
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:08:17 EDT

In article <003316g.8.717728568@ace.acadiau.ca>, 003316g@ace.acadiau.ca (STEPHEN EDWARD ELLIOTT GREGORY) writes:
> 	Did anyone else notice that in BASE 13, six times nine does equal 42?
 


               ...........let's kill him.............
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From: hymowitz@whatever.cs.jhu.edu (Hymie!)
Subject: Re: Remembering all letters in Scrabble
Keywords: Scrabble, letters, Arthur, what do you get when you multiply six by
Organization: Creative Sensualities dept, Jacquie's House of Underwear
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 00:34:31 GMT

it was a home-made version of scrabble.  i don't believe that one could
actually find an 'official' selchow-righter version 2 million years ago,
unless arthur had one in the pocket of his bathrobe.

so, i doubt very much that arthur's scrabble had the same letter
distribution as the official game. in fact, it's another display of the
subconscious influence that he had just the right set of letters after
throwing one into a bush, and the letters fortytwo getting brushed away
by the not-caveman...

--hymie
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From: dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Humming Pink Floyd
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:56:49 GMT
Organization: :noitazinagrO
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Otmar Lendl (lendl@cosy.sbg.ac.at) wrote:
: In article <9209241758.AA00617@cs.utexas.edu> ST1450@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU  
: (Steve Fellows) writes:
: > 
: > The following is taken from the introduction to the More than Complete
: > Hitchhiker's Guide.
: > 
: > >broadcast but wholly new recordings of substantially the same scripts.
: > >This was done because we had used music off gramophone records as
: > >incidental music for the series, which is fine on radio, but makes
: > >commercial release impossible...
: > 
: I'd really like to hear those "censored" lines in the HHG tapes.
: Can anybody who owns a recording of the original transmission please
: digitize the missing scenes and post them in some widely known audio-
: format.
: 
The actual stuff lost is several minutes worth and would tax the
bandwidth of the Net.  I may post a transcript after I listen to
my originals.

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From: tom@uts.cc.wayne.edu (Thomas Richard Stevenson)
Subject: Re: Sixty-Nine and Forty-Two....
Organization: Wayne State Univ.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 01:37:03 GMT

cb705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason K. Green) writes:


>In a previous article, ajmorrison@happy.colorado.edu () says:

>>
>>Okay, I've heard of "69", but what in the world is a "42"????????
>>
>>   -=Amy the sexually naive at CU-Colorado Springs....=-


>I second the lack of understanding, please explain

Right, like you don't know that 42 is the ultimate answer to...
Life, the Universe, and everything. Get real!
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From: rik@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Richard Beckett)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: 42
Keywords: six times nine
Date: 2 Oct 92 16:33:52 GMT
Reply-To: rik@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Labs, Bristol, UK


	C'mon guys, it's really simple.

	FORTY-TWO and FORTY-TWO BASE 13 are two completely diffefent numbers.

	Got it ?

	Need I spell it out with letter punches on your forehead ?



		RIK


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From: jim@n5ial.chi.il.us (Jim Graham)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: 42 
Distribution: world
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 00:27:51 GMT
Organization: Me? Organized? Hah! :-)

In article <003316g.8.717728568@ace.acadiau.ca> 003316g@ace.acadiau.ca writes:

> Did anyone else notice that in BASE 13, six times nine does equal 42?

folks, I do believe we have a record here!  I think we've actually
gone a whole week between people asking this question!  (I could be
wrong, though....)

to the original poster here --- the answer is, yes....it has been the
subject of rather a lot of wasted bandwidth, and only a very, very short
time ago, in fact.

for the humor-impaired:  :-)

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From: mwerling@woodstock.umd.edu (Michael T. Werling)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: DA signing mostly harmless in Oxford as well
Date: 1 Oct 92 20:22:02 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Sep30.193627.1@vaxa.strath.ac.uk> cdds01@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:
>re: DA signing in Cambridge.
>
>
>DA is also signing hi book in Oxford as well.

Yes, but when is he going to be doing a signing in Washington D.C.???  I can't
seem to get away to Cambridge (or Oxford) right now.  

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From: cbruce@bnr.ca (Craig Bruce)
Subject: SPOILER: Mostly Harmless
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd., Maidenhead, UK.
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Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 10:12:38 GMT


I just had to scream this to the world at large -

I bought Mostly Harmless two days ago (as soon as I saw it was out) 
and immediately started to read it. I had been waiting with baited
breath for this book and was determined to enjoy it...I did, that is
I enjoyed it right up until the last page (which cunningly hid the
fact it was the last page by having several blank pages following it).
On reading the last word of the last page and on turning over to find
some more (he couldn't just end it like that, could he ?), I summed up
my feelings with one word: "Bas***d!"

I therefore advise anyone who holds the number 42 sacred, knows 
where their towel is and doesn't *really* want to find out what it's
like being drunk NOT to read the last page.

Sorry everyone, but I felt that you should all be warned.

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From: thompsmr@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Thompson)
Subject: Scrabble and Book Signings
Organization: Aston University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 11:05:40 GMT

	Two things. Serious one first. Is Douglas Adams doing a book signing 
anywhere in Birmingham? I'd appreciate anyone that knows Emailing me.

	And secondly, and slightly more importantly - In a very idle moment
during the holidays I happened to have a Scrabble board handy, and tried to 
spell out "What do you get if you multiply six by nine" (mainly to irritate my
parents, because it was one of those magnetic travel thingies. Anyway - you
can't. There aren't enough y's in a Scrabble set. Even if you use the blank 
provided you end up one y short.
	Oh for a touch of realism, eh? ;-)


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From: andrewa@harlqn.co.uk (Andrew Armstrong)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Mostly Harmless book signing in Cambridge, England
Date: 28 Sep 92 16:00:26 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Harlequin Limited, Cambridge, England

Douglas Adams will be signing copies of Mostly Harmless, "the fifth
book in the increasingly inaccurately named HitchHikers trilogy", in
Heffer's, Cambridge, England from 12:30 to 1:30 on October 9th. That
will teach you to not live in Cambridge (if you don't)...
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From: mallen@wyvern.twuug.com (Marc Allen)
Subject: Re: THHGTTG TV Programs
Organization: Tidewater UNIX Users Group
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 13:27:04 GMT

nivin@guadalupe.cs.tcu.edu (Jeff Nivin) writes:

>Hey froopy ones,

>   Is anyone out there who REALLY knows where there towel is able to tell me
>where I could obtain copies of the TV series of the HHG?  Also, I am
>interested in the radio programs.  I have the first two, but can't find the 
>rest.  

>  On the TV Programs, please don't tell to watch PBS late night.  I have 
>heard that for four years, but have still not seen them.  Feel free to mail
>me at my address or respond here.

I don't know about the TV shows, but I recently purchased the radio show
from Waldenbooks for about $36.

Marc
From: kiemschies@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Wanted -- _Hitchhiker's Guide to Star Trek:TNG_ text file
Date: 28 Sep 92 19:45:28 EDT

In article <14025.2ac75445@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>, kiemschies@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
> In article <1992Sep22.190016.389@vela.acs.oakland.edu>, swbaker@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Texas Bob or Eddie Froman depending on the moon) writes:
>> 'Allo again folks...
>> 
>> This is a simple plea for the frequently-distributed and often-requested
>> ASCII text file "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Star Trek: The Next Generation".
>> (It's a wonderful fan-club item featuring the cast and crew of both
>> Hitchhiker's Guide (Arthur, Ford, Marvin, Zaphod, etc) and ST:TNG (Picard,
>> Data, Geordi, Worf, Wesley, etc) together -- good stuff!)
>  
> Sounds funny, send it to me too.
Never Mind I just got one so DON'T send it to me.            
> 
> 
>                                           ollie
>                                    kiemschies@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
>
From: quendor@hardy.u.washington.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Censorship: Kneebiter
Date: 2 Oct 92 20:24:10 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

aproden@ac.dal.ca (Andrew P. Rodenhiser) writes:


>I have two copies of Life, the Universe, and Everything (one
>as part of the Complete Hitchhiker's Guide- 4 books plus the
>Zaphod story) and there is blatant censorship in one version.
>At the very start, on the second page, an alien accosts Arthur
>and calls him an asshole.  In the other version, it's changed
>to "kneebiter".  Anybody know why?

   As I understand it, the kneebiter version is the American release
whereas the asshole version is the briitish release and as Adams
intended it in the first place. Additionally, the entire essay on the
word "belgium"(excuse my vulgerity) was intirely for the benefit of
amreican publishing companies so they wouldn't have to print the word
"fuck".

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From: marc@vieta.math.uni-sb.de (Marc Conrad)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: 42
Keywords: six times nine
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:29:06 GMT
Organization: U of Saarbruecken, Dept. of Computational Linguistics

003316g@ace.acadiau.ca (STEPHEN EDWARD ELLIOTT GREGORY) writes:

>	Did anyone else notice that in BASE 13, six times nine does equal 42?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa................ *sigh*

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From: jcb7@po.CWRU.Edu (Jeremy C. Bargen)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Don't Panic GIF
Date: 26 Sep 92 19:28:22 GMT
Reply-To: jcb7@po.CWRU.Edu (Jeremy C. Bargen)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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In a previous article, danaf@bray1a.its.rpi.edu (Frank R. Dana Jr.) says:

>In article <Bv45GA.HG1@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>, djesimps@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Darel J. Simpson) writes:
>
>|> (and no more 42 debates!!!)
>
>Speaking of the 42 debate...
>
>There's a million explanations for the 42 thing. I've never met DNA, so I have
>no idea if he's the sort of person to do this, but one explanation I've heard 
>revolves around the meanings of "a 69" and "a 42". Decorum prevents me from
>telling more, but let's just say that followups should be posted to alt.sex.
>
>9)
>
>|> 	--Darel J. Simpson
>

A good friend of mine once decided that 69 was the second most profound
number in the universe (the most profound being, of course, 42), and the
third most profound number was 111, the sum if 69 and 42.  This is proved
by the fact that the sum of the digits of 111 is 3, the average of the
digits of 42 is 3, and 9-6=3.  Also there are 3 numbers.  Therefore, all
the numbers share a certain fundamental relation. (I believe 3 was the 4th
most profound number; he's a very numerically-oriented person.)
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From: igor@access.digex.com (Dan White)
Subject: Re: I got it!!! I got it!!!
Organization: Society for the Prevention of Paronomastic Defenestration
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 13:23:33 GMT

In article <BvGAsG.7FI@news.udel.edu> kyraan@bach.udel.edu (Stephen Ch Litterst) writes:
>Finally found a copy of Don't Panic. Cool Book. 
>

Would you care to divulge where / how, please ?
From: martinw@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (martin warnett)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 07:52:29 GMT
Subject: Meaning of Liff - Taffy orientated racism???
Organization: Hewlett-Packard ISG-SBU-PWD, UK.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams

Has liff really got a meaning, and if so, why did da and john lloyd use a lot of welsh place names?
From: jfreund@mindvox.phantom.com (Jim Freund)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: I got it!!! I got it!!!
Keywords: CD box set
Date: 30 Sep 92 20:02:40 GMT
Organization: [Phantom Access] / the MindVox system

umehn@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Paula M. Ehn) writes:

> Yes, I am happy to announce that I just got the six CD
> box set of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in the mail
> today!  I was pleasently surprised at how fast it arrived.

Congrats!  Since it's 6 CDs, I assume it covers both volumes (12 episodes
total)?

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From: ensalada@cats.ucsc.edu (Kevin Charles Rubio)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: New Hitchhiker's Book
Date: 2 Oct 1992 00:53:00 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
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In article <1992Oct1.132752@aifh.ed.ac.uk> ianf@aifh.ed.ac.uk (Ian Frank) writes:
>It's OUT! I saw it in the shops here today (Edinburgh, UK).
>Dunno when it`ll make it across the pond, though...

...and, to bring up a subject discussed a couple months back, what edits
will the American release have?

We pretty much noted all the major changes between the UK and U.S. versions
of the previous Guide books -- now we've another one to compare.

I suppose I'll get a UK version sent over, but that won't be until about
February at the earliest.

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From: danaf@bray1a.its.rpi.edu (Frank R. Dana Jr.)
Subject: Re: Scrabble and Book Signings
Reply-To: danaf@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 04:31:55 GMT

In article <OKES.92Oct6004738@SunLab42.essex.ac.uk>, okes@essex.ac.uk (Oke S) writes:
|> In article <BvnyEK.4y@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> djesimps@lambert.uwaterloo.ca (Darel J. Simpson) writes:
|> | In article <1992Oct5.110540.836@aston.ac.uk>, thompsmr@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Thompson) In article <1992Oct5.110540.836@aston.ac.uk>, thompsmr@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Thompson) writes:
|> | > 
|> | > 	And secondly, and slightly more importantly - In a very idle moment
|> | > during the holidays I happened to have a Scrabble board handy, and tried to 
|> | > spell out "What do you get if you multiply six by nine" (mainly to irritate my
|> | > parents, because it was one of those magnetic travel thingies. Anyway - you
|> | > can't. There aren't enough y's in a Scrabble set. Even if you use the blank 
|> | > provided you end up one y short.
|> | > 	Oh for a touch of realism, eh? ;-)
|> | > 
|> | Okay, I thought there were _two_ blank tiles in a Scrabble set.. At least there
|> | are in mine.
|> 
|> Ah, but Arthur pulled _ALL_LETTERS_ out of the towel, didn't he? But then, I
|> expect it would be too much for most people to be able to remember the exact 
|> distribution of letters in a Scrabble set after so much travelling in time and
|> spece.

Well, y'see, if Arthur really does have the Question encoded into his brain
cells, it's gonna affect everything he does. So, if he tries to do some simple
everyday activity like, say, create a Scrabble set out of memory (for instance)
that nasty Question is going to slip right in there and scream "notice me!" so
loud that it will affect Arthur's thinking. So, therefore, while he THINKS he's
remembering all of the letters in the typical Scrabble set, he COULD actually
be remembering all of the letters in the Question.

So there!     8)

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|> 	do next. But he would think of something.

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From: v122kzkw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (A FROOD WHO SURE KNOWS WHERE HIS TOWEL IS)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Answers for the game of the same name
Date: 30 Sep 92 15:01:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Greetings.
I will only say this once (Why? 'cause I'm stupid.)
If enough posts are put here, responding to this post, I will post both
complete answer solutions, that are available, for the wonderful Infocom game
(which can now be purchased with "The Lost Treasures of Infocom" - available
in Amiga, IBM and Mac formats {don't ask me where to get them, find that out
yourself}) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I've seen more than enough
posts asking for the answer to such and such a solution (ie. How do I get the
babel fish? How do I get past the screening door? What do I do when I become
Marvin? etc, etc), and I feel it's high time that someone does something.
Reply back.
T.

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From: leonp@cs.kun.nl (Leon Pillich)
Subject: Program: the guide??? for atari?
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 20:17:49 GMT

Yo 42's

I've heard something about a program called 'the guide' for
msdos pc's. What is it? Is it pd? 
Is there an Atari-ST version? Or is the source pd so I can port it?

Thnx for any answers....

Leon Pillich
University of Nijmegen, Holland
email: leonp@cs.kun.nl
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From: siemerin@cs.utwente.nl (Ben Siemerink)
Subject: So, what's the title?
Keywords: New Hitch Hiker book
Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 16:58:51 GMT

Hi Folks!


I've read so many messages about the new Hitch Hiker's book, but no one mentioned
the TITLE! So, what's the title? PLEASE!


Ben.
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