a propos of nothing again.................

The tenth of October next month will be 'Life, The Universe, and Everything' day for me. Go on, ask me why.

OK, since you ask. In both European and US terminology it will be 10.10.10.................so far so good you think. Now this is where clever people get ahead of the game.........................in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy the answer to the Ultimate Question, of Life, The Universe, and Everything, is forty two (42). Following so far?

Right. Convert 101010 from binary to decimal................................and...........?


(If I've got this wrong I will look a serious idiot!)

I also have another theory about old age in the Bible - but that can wait.........................