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| Apr 19th, 2004 03:30 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
Cheese and crackers! I think my idiotic math flub made an excellent counterpoint to Deep Thought's ultimate answer. That's why I used it. Sorry to insult all you Hitchhiker nerds ... and, yes, I did read the books ... I sass where my towel is at! 
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| Apr 19th, 2004 01:51 PM | ||
| Pub Lover |
Kiss You!   cks
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| Apr 18th, 2004 08:21 PM | ||
| Matt Harty |
Fuck You! :kisses |
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| Apr 18th, 2004 07:19 PM | ||
| Pub Lover |
Fuck You! :matthartystyle
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| Apr 18th, 2004 07:11 PM | ||
| davinxtk | Argh. You totally missed the point of my post, jackass. | |
| Apr 18th, 2004 06:46 PM | ||
| Pub Lover |
You really are stupid, '42' is explained in the final book, & you had a clue to it by the frog guy in which ever book Adams hamfistedly slammed him in. :true hhgttg superfan
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| Apr 18th, 2004 06:16 PM | ||
| davinxtk |
There are six books. Nobody fucking gets the 42 reference. I don't think Douglas Adams himself understood why that took off so fucking well. It's such a minor fucking detail. Fucking fuck fuck. :hhgg superfan |
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| Apr 18th, 2004 04:26 AM | ||
| Jixby Phillips |
I think half the people who get the "42" reference only get it from it being referenced so fucking goddamn much and have never read the book. I get the reference, and I've never read the book. |
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| Apr 17th, 2004 11:57 PM | ||
| ArrowX | I got 12 for an answer. WOW they really must be out to get us canadians! | |
| Apr 17th, 2004 10:55 PM | ||
| davinxtk |
Thank you kellychaos. If I have to sit through the 42 bit one more time, I think I might stab someone. |
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| Apr 17th, 2004 01:47 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
Quote:
 And the answer to life, the universe, and everything is ... IS ... 42 |
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| Apr 17th, 2004 01:37 PM | ||
| ziggytrix |
i am ashamed please don't tell my math teachers
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| Apr 17th, 2004 01:19 PM | ||
| kellychaos | Aboot? I can't believe Fartin knows how to speak Canadian. | |
| Apr 17th, 2004 01:18 PM | ||
| Ghost of Fraiser |
Order of operations, jerks 30/2 is 15 15x5 is 75 75-10 is 65 65 + 60 is 125 The order of operations are Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication or Division (whichever comes first), then addition and subtraction. [whichever comes first also.] Keep in mind this was a question for fucking kids. |
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| Apr 17th, 2004 01:05 PM | ||
| FartinMowler | I can't believe you guy's are argueing aboot a math question. | |
| Apr 17th, 2004 01:03 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
(30/2) X 5 = 75 30/(2 X 5) = 3 and 75 is not equal to 3. The associative law doesn't work for multiplication and division. |
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| Apr 17th, 2004 12:58 PM | ||
| AChimp |
No, it's 125. Trust me. Just read it right to left. There's never a trick with those questions (like going into negatives). EDIT: Chances are they have a couple different "right" answers, though, just in case someone interprets the question differently. Like I said, it's a token math question. They're always powers of 2 or multiples of 5. If they meant to divide 30 by 10, they would have put brackets around the 2 x 5. |
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| Apr 17th, 2004 12:55 PM | ||
| ziggytrix |
(a*b)/c = a*(b/c), you math noob! and, yeah, the answer is 53. |
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| Apr 17th, 2004 12:53 PM | ||
| AChimp | Goes by the order. Those questions never mess with order of operations, though. | |
| Apr 17th, 2004 12:22 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
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| Apr 17th, 2004 12:02 PM | ||
| AChimp |
I'm such a ruiner.
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| Apr 16th, 2004 12:44 PM | ||
| davinxtk |
AChimp, you ruined an awesome fucking awesome with a perfectly reasonable answer.
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| Apr 16th, 2004 12:39 PM | ||
| Jixby Phillips |
Re: Do the Garbage Pail Kids hate Canadians? Quote:
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| Apr 16th, 2004 08:47 AM | ||
| AChimp |
Canadian law requires a skill testing question in order to give things away for free in a contest. If there was no skill-testing question, then it would be classified as a game of chance (ie. gambling) and subject to a whole bunch of other laws. They put simple math problems on to avoid the paperwork. EDIT: Some contests ask you the question when you go to pick up your prize rather than putting it on the entry form. |
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| Apr 16th, 2004 04:38 AM | ||
| Dr. V | Hmmm, now I just don't get that one. | |
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