jmturn (01/02/83)
Wrong. Marvin looked into Arthur's brain, and saw the answer printed there. Of course, since all those telephone sanitizers mucked it up anyway, he saw the wrong question. More importantly, did they ever do a third season of radio in England? A really cool frood, James Turner (Who know where his towel is...)
bstempleton (01/04/83)
The real question is: How does it happen that Marvin has a brain the size of a planet? Deep Thought said that only one computer would be greater than it. Clearly the answer is that this is a comedy series! |->
markm (01/04/83)
Actually, all you HHGttG fans should get the trilogy of books. There are several gaps in the TV series. Like those space police on Magrethea - they die because Marvin talks their ship into commiting suicide, and their ship controls their life support. The TV series duplicated the first book quite well, but there are holes in subsequent episodes. MSMiller GenRad, Concord, MA
jrb (01/05/83)
1. Marvin says "Its printed in the Earth-man's brainwave patterns, but I can tell you're not really interested" 2. Disaster Area occurs in the book and in the TV series, but not in the radio series. Marvin's above speech occurs on board the flagship of a Hagamenon admiral (who had been grabbing a quick bite at Milliways. John R Blaker (...!fortune!wdl1!jrb)
wdr (02/28/83)
It is not the wrong question.
6x9=42 in base 13!
6 x9 =42
13 13 13
4xthirteen+2=fifty-four=5xten+2=six x nine.
There is a reason they used Scr*bble chits: it spells numbers,
so you can't tell the base.
Obviously, DEEP THOUGHT was not HEXADECIMAL but TRIDECIMAL.
Question: do mice have 3 toes per foot? 3toesX4feet+1tail=13 to count by.
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