From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!linus!security!wdr Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Title: Re: Hitchhiker"s Guide to the Galaxy Series Article-I.D.: security.179 Posted: Mon Feb 28 10:06:19 1983 Received: Tue Mar 1 04:56:53 1983 References: sri-arpa.494 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. BIllRicker