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The Myth Of 42 [(5-3+0+5) * (6+0) = 42]
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THERE ARE 42 CONSPIRACIES



One is the Myth of 42. Which is that all TRUE researcher Nos. can be manipulated to equal 42. Debate rages (well raged... well OK there were a couple of ideas) as to what this means. Some people thought that if any Researchers were found that could not be manipulated then they would be imposters and should be taken out and shot, others hold to the belief that those who are unmanipulatable are true saviours sent by the Mice to lead us to the QUESTION erm ...

The significance of the Answer (42) was first revealed in that ground breaking Tome "Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy" - bow down and worship the prophet DNAbiggrin winkeye Where the supremacy of Mice was also revealed yikes .

To further boost the Veracity of the Answer two facts recently came to my attention:
1. Gimli, the dwarf, slew 42 Orcs at the battle of Hornburg in the Lord Of The Rings
2. and last quarter (Summer 2001?) Microsoft's Profits dropped by 42%

For all 42ists out there I have created the first SuDoK42 for you to try out A5250601... (If you've never tried SuDoKu before check out my article about it: A5178828 first)
An idea has been fermenting in my head for the last few weeks, and finally the fermentation process overheated and the "42 Spotter's Club" exploded into being... This kind of speaks for itself, just a place to put sightings of the Answer..

This started off as an exercise in Numerical Manipulation to keep the Brain ticking over while we were stuck in H0G0 (Rupert, or whatever). But while we were using Yahoo!Groups it seemed to catch on.

Basically I took all the User Numbers I could find (fortuitously (?) someone was running a "Compo" to guess when H2G2 would be back and required peeps to quote their User Numbers) and manipulate them to Make 42 keeping the Numbers in Order. So far one has escaped successful manipulation (U109000) (without cheating, well until recently - see below!) - the exceptions to this rule seem to be the majority of The PTB.

Acceptable functions include:
x - Multiply
/ - Divide
+ - Plus
- - Minus
sqrt - Square Root (prefence not to use this)
^ - to the power of Note: a^0 = 1; 0^a = 0; 0^0 is undefined
! - Factorial (also known as Shreik) n! = 1*2*3*....*n Note: 0! is defined as 1
Also remember that the guide defines 6x9 as 42 (thanks to Guru Bear for that one)
Other standard functions on a Calculator are also allowed - including ArcTan, Sin, Cos, etc....
If you are having problems manipulating your own No. please check below or put a message in the discussion zone. If you put your number/manipulation below I will add it to the list, and add a link to your Home page (if you want)....

Compiled list


These have proven they are true researchers.

U1 invtan(0!x0!)-0!-0!-1 = 42 Slacker Slacker
U6 ((0!+0!+0!)!+0!+0)x 6 = 42 Jim Lynn Jim Lynn. Ten Glorious Years...
U13 InvTan(1) - 3 = 42 Mark Moxon Mark Moxon
U42 42 = 42 DNA DNA
U281 (0^0+0+2)! * (8-1) = 42 Abi Abi
U25843 2+(5*8) * (4-3) = 42 Ginger Ginger The Feisty
U27618 27+6+1+8 = 42 MadMunk MadMunk?¿
U28269 -28/2 * 6-9 = 42 Joe Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming)
-(2+8+2) + (6*9) = 42
U31911 (3!*1) * (9-1-1) = 42 Mr T shrinkwrapped
U32373 (3*2)*(3+7-3) = 42 Yeliab Yeliab {h2g2as} † now aged 42/2 (so on average only 11 years old)
3 + (3*2*7) - 3 = 42
U34006 (3+4+0+0)*6 = 42 vegiman vegiman
U34159 (-(3! -4) -1) + 5*9 = 42 Swiv Swiv (decrepit postgrad)
U34730 (3 + 4 + 7) * 3 + 0 = 42 Fnord Fnord
U35761 -3*(5-7)*(6+1) = 42 SPINY SPINY (aka Ship's Cook)
U36004 36 + ((-(0^0)+4)!) = 42 Zach Garland Zach Garland
U36314 (3!*6) + (3-1+4) = 42 Imaldris Imaldris
36 + 3 - 1 + 4 = 42
U40077 (-(40^0)+7)*7 = 42 Anonymouse Anonymouse (40077)
(-(40^0)+7)*7 = 42
U43948 (4+3) * (9 - (4!/8) = 42 Cafram cafram - in the states.
U45177 ((4-5)*1 + 7) * 7 = 42 Pastey Pastey - the ranter
U46995 46 + (9/9) - 5 = 42 Yar Kramer Yar Kramer (thinking with portals)
U47283 4 + 7^2 - 8 - 3 = 42 Trumpety Trumpety
U47349 -4 + 7 + 3 + 4*9 = 42 njan njan (afh)
U49185 4! + 9 *(-1+8-5) = 42 Merkin Merkin
U49849 49 + (8 / 4) - 9 = 42 E G Mel E G Mel
U50994 (5*0) + (9+9) +4! = 42 Amy Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents.
5*0 + 9 + 9 + 4! = 42
U53353 53-3-5-3 = 42 Jimi X Jimi X
U54754 5 + (4*7) + 5 + 4 = 42 Sus Pegasus <flollop>
U55226 (-5-5) + (2 * 26) = 42 Tube Tube - the being being back for the time being
U55279 5!/5 + 2 + 7 + 9 = 42 St. Trin St.Trin 5!/5 + 2 + 7 + 9 = 42
U55494 (5*5) + 4 + 9 + 4 = 42 Phil Phil
U55660 (5/5+6)*6+0 = 42 Bald Bloke Bald Bloke
U55669 ((5/5)+6)*((-6+9)!) = 42 MaW MaW
U55700 5+5*7+0!+cos(0) = 42 tdbiii tdbiii
U62867 (6+2-8) + (6*7) = 42 Santragenius V Santragenius V
U63974 6 + 39 -7 + 4 = 42 HM Shea Shea the Sarcastic: Play Ball!
(6+39) - (7-4) = 42
U66771 (6-6) + 7 * (7-1) = 42   
U77080 7*((7+0)-(8^0)) = 42 ME, Argon0 Argon0 [Creator of SuDoK42: A5475431](BenKOR's DAD!)(H2G2 SuDoKu @ A5178828)(7*((7+0)-(8^0))=42)(keeper of 42isms -see A53
7*(7+0)-(8-0!) = 42
U91961 -9-1-9+61 = 42 Sbwtttoascpn... some bloke who tried to think of a short, catchy, pithy name and spent five sleepless nights trying but couldn't think of one
U92580 (9-2)*(5+(8^0)) = 42 Potholer Potholer
U94957 94 -(9*5)-7 = 42 Orcus Orcus
-9 + 49 -5 + 7 = 42
U95649 9 * (-5+6) + 4! + 9 = 42 Shorty Shorty† (ACE, Keeper, Muse, MuG, Thingite)
U95721 9 + (5*7) - (2*1) = 42 Ormondroyd Ormondroyd
U96736 9 + (6*7) -3-6 = 42 Croz Zak the Duck
U96950 (9 - 6) * (9 + 5) + 0 = 42 Mund Mund
U97201 9x7-20-1 = 42 minerva minerva
U97644 9 - 7 + 64 - 4! = 42 Ermine Dancing Ermine
U97672 9 + 7*6 - 7 - 2 = 42 PurpleJenny purplejenny
U98749 -9+(8*7)+4-9 = 42 LiS Lost in Scotland
U98816 (9-(8/8)-1)*6 = 42 Dragonfly Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde
U99389 9+((9/3)*8)+9 = 42 . Researcher 99389
U99875 -(9/9) + 8 + (7*5) = 42 Mikey Mikey the Humming Mouse - A3938628 Learn More About the Edited Guide!
U100445 1 + 0 + 0 - 4 + 45 = 42 wizard wizard
U100945 1 + 0 + 0 + (9*4) + 5 = 42 The Cheese The Cheese
U101573 (1+0+1+5+7)x3 = 42 Rocket Rod Rocket Rod
U103235 ((1+0) + (3*2)) + 35 = 42 JD JD (nothing more, nothing less)
U108957 10 + 89 - 57 = 42 Lux Lux Rothchop (wouldn't it be great if people were nice to each other for a change?)
U109000 InvTan(1) + 0 - 9 ^ (0!/(0!+0!)) = 42 Jeff Jeff - Lurker <lurk>
(-1-0!+9)*(0!+0!+0!)! = 42
U109937 1*0*9+ (9-3) * 7 = 42 Pierce Pierce The Pirate (visit my ship at A579684), thingite key bearer
U110237 (1+(1*0)+2+3)*7 = 42 NotQuiteAllHere Notquiteallhere - the Conversation Assassin
U112242 1-1+2-2 + 42 = 42 Eayore Eeyore
U112626 (1+1-2)+6^2+6 = 42 Zeek Zeek, the Keeper of Intertemporal Reality Disruptions and Paradoxical Equations, Honorary Muse of Photoshop Photograph Edits &lt
(( 1 + 1) x 2 x 6 x 2) - 6 = 42
U113295 1 + ((-1 + 3) * 2 * 9) + 5 = 42 PhysicsMan PhysicsMan (11 - 3 + 29 + 5 = 42)
U113478 -1-1-(3*4)+(7*8) = 42 Clive Clive the Flying Ostrich / Thingite Warlord / Indomitable Gaulish Spirit: Sceptix
U115425 (11*5)-(4*2+5) = 42 SmartGamer SmartGamer, Keeper of That Which Breaks Down Easily [(11*5)-(4*2+5)=42] (Scout)
U115764 ((1*1)-5)+(7*6)+4 = 42 Don Alfredo Don Alfredo
U116149 (1*1+6) * (1-4+9) = 42 Bright Bright Blue Shorts
U116322 ((1-1)+6)*(3+2+2) = 42 Arthur Dent Arthur Dent
U116693 1-1+(6*6)+9-3 = 42 The Overseer Chris Tonks - The Overseer [PCT]
U117050 ((-1*1)-7)+0+50 = 42 plaguesville plaguesville
U118008 (1+1-8) * (0^0-8) = 42 Casanova Casanova the Short
U118987 1*(18+9+8+7) = 42 zaphod beeblebricks zaphod (1*(18+9+8+7)=42)beeblebricks
(-1-1+8)*((9-8)*7) = 42
U125489 1 + (2x5x4) - 8 + 9 = 42 Frankie Roberto FrankieRoberto
U127006 ((-1+2)*7) * (0+0+6) = 42 Kandyman Kandyman
U128652 1 + 28 + 6 + 5 + 2 = 42 Galaxy Babe Galaxy Babe counting down to the Hull meet
U129563 -1 + 29 + 5 + 6 + 3 = 42 One-eye One-eye, KoD, gent, MuG, randomly available
U129860 (1+2)! * (9-8+6+0) = 42 Sho Sho - If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning
U133060 (1+3+3+0) * (6+0) = 42 Courtney Courtney Patron Saint of Social Embarassment
U133478 (1x3) + 3 + (4x7) + 8 = 42 Arctica Arctica
U133566 1* (3+3) *5+6+ 6 = 42 Yelbakk Yelbakk, in and out of it
U135628 13-5+6+28 = 42 Titania Titania & [brainless]
U136122 13 + 6 + 1 + 22 = 42 Fragilis Fragilis - h2g2 Cured My Tabular Obsession
U136999 (1*3!) + 6^((9+9)/9) = 42 minerva minerva
U137209 ((-1^3)+7) * (-2+0+9) = 42 Jeremy Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner)
U137575 (13-7)*5+7+5 = 42 MDS MDS
U139689 (1x-3+9) x (6-8+9) = 42 sea sea (alive... still... sometimes popping in...)
U140161 (1+4+0+1) * (6+1) = 42 Vaughan Vaughan Prefect, (Minister for Cheese Appreciation and Time Travel)
U140245 -1 * (40 + 2) * (4-5) = 42 Granny Granny (again) Weatherwax - ACE, Hell's Belle, Mother-in-Law From the Pit - Argh, Looking for a new swimsuit
U142060 (1+4+2+0)*6+0 = 42 Aurora Aurora
U142645 (1*4+2) * (6-4+5) = 42 James james
U144025 1 + 44 + 0 + 2 - 5 = 42 Wick Wick
U144292 -1 + (4*4*2) + 9 + 2 = 42 Lentilla Lentilla (Keeper of Non-Sequiturs)
U145443 (1+4) + (5*(4+4)) -3 = 42 AnnieGreenTree Anniegreentree
U145669 (1-(4-5))*(6+6+9) = 42 Bladerunner Bladerunner (the Director's cut)
U147291 (-)1 + 4 + 7^2 -9 -1 = 42 Zathras Zathras (Unofficial Custodian of H2G2 Room 101. ACE and holder of the BBC Pens)
U147884 1+4!-7+8-8+4! = 42 NexusSeven NexusSeven
1*47-(8/8+4) = 42
U147992 (14+7-9+9) * 2 = 42 Eric Haffaby Eric (not THE Eric) Haffaby { (14+7-9+9)*2 = 42 }
U150533 (1+5^0+5) × (3+3) = 42 HappyDude HappyÐude® ... "short skirt long jacket" (have you seen my coxcomb?)...a Peripatetical entity
U150740 (1+5+0) * 7 + (4*0) = 42 Ottox Ottox
U153504 (1+5)*(35/(0!+4)) = 42 Amator Amator
U154653 5*6 + 3*5 - 4+1 = 42 Kenrick Kenrick
U155058 (1+5) * ((5/(0-5))+8) = 42 broelan broelan - a figment of your imagination
U155449 -1 - 5 - 5 + 4 + 49 = 42 HolloPolle HollePolle
U156854 -sqrt(1.5/6)+85/sqrt(4) = 42 HenryS
[The first to use a Decimal point]
HenryS
U156962 -1(56-(96+2)) = 42 Don Juan Delkarnu of House Drakonis
(-(1+5)-6+96)/2 = 42
U157243 -1 + 57 - 2 - 4*3 = 42 George George (the babbling) Brooke
U157859 1+(5*7)-8+5+9 = 42 Mr Pink-Paisley Mr Pink-Paisley
U158291 (1*5*8 ) - (-2+9-1) = 42 Silly Willy Silly Willy - Archangel, PS of Silly Names, Keeper of Green
U161154 ((1*6)*(-1-1)) + 54 = 42 Hairy-legs Hairy-legs
1*6 * (-1-1+5+4) = 42
U161232 16 * (1 + 2) - (3 * 2) = 42 Swiss Future World Dictator (13)
U161997 (1 + 6 - 1 + 9 - 9) x 7 = 42 Mushroom Sergeant Mushroom
U162344 (1+6)*2*3 + (4-4) = 42 ~jwf~ ~ jwf ~
U162817 ((1+6)*-2)+(8*1*7) = 42 Niwt Niwt
-(1-6)+2*(8-1)-7 = 42
U162939 16 + 29 + (3! - 9) = 42 Batty Batty, ACE - Keeper of the Holy Tail, Pirate, Thingite, Priestess of Bleep, Born Again Tart
U163732 1+(6*3)+(7*3)+2 = 42 Eternity Eternity (Ace)
U165416 ((6+1) + (5-4-1)) * 6 = 42 Tefkat Tefkat. I called the dog "anathema" so I could say "anathema sit"
(1+6+5-4-1)x6 = 42
U165955 1+6-5+(9x5)-5 = 42 GreyDesk GreyDesk
U166033 (1+6) * 6 + 0 - 3 + 3 = 42 Infinity Infinity, Thingite Grand High Witch and wysiwyg the black cat. Please participate at A626221.South Africans to A579459
U166086 16 - 60 + 86 = 42 GTBacchus GTBacchus
1*6*(6^0)*8 - 6 = 42
U166103 -1 + 6*6 + 10 -3 = 42 omylouse the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!"
U168284 (1+6) * (((8*2)/8)+4) = 42 Parrferris Parrferris - Clot
U167550 1(6*7) + (5-5) + 0 = 42 Taliesin Taliesin
U167579 1^6 - 7 + 57 -9 = 42 Shazw Shaz* (1+6+7)*(5+7-9)=42
U169163 1x6x(9+1) - 6x3 = 42 Din'Amarth Din'Amarth, Keeper of all bad jokes, exept those which are stunningly bad.
U169327 (1*6 + 9 - (3^2)) * 7 = 42 Jack A Girl Called Jack.....muse of 6 foot green squirrels
U169885 (1+6) * 9 - (8+8+5) = 42 Raver Raver-ace...:- |
U169996 1*6*9 - 9 - 9 + 6 = 42 Phantom the phantom ( part time) 1x6x9-9-9+6=42 . greeblet.
U170182 (1*7+0*1)*(8-2) = 42 T.B. Falsename T.B. Falsename ACE: [stercus venio] I have learned from my mistakes, and feel I could repeat them exactly.
U170201 1*7*(0!+2)*(0!+1) = 42 Saturn Girl Saturn Girl ~ 1 of 42 (Borg Queen A761708) ~ Gollum's keeper + some ~ [1*7(0!+2)(0!+1)=42]
1*7 * (0+2+0+1)! = 42
U170775 17*0+7+(7*5) = 42 Shagbark shagbark
U170957 1 - 7 + 0 - 9 + 57 = 42 Babel Babel o' fish...back to earning a crust!
U171196 17 / 1 + 19 + 6 = 42 Zalisander Zalisander, Muse of Mayhem!
U171717 1*7*1*7*1 - 7 = 42 Bertie B. Bassett Bertie B. Bassett
U172011 1*7*(2+0+1)!*1 = 42 Mistdancer Mistdancer - X - Sporadically Coherent
1*7*(2+0!)*(1+1) = 42
U172204 -1+(7^2)-2-0-4 = 42 Tegan Tegan[-1+(7^2)-2-0-4=42]
U172570 ((17+25)+(7*0) = 42 Pander Pander, Champion of Lost Causes (17+25)+7*0 = 42
U172703 (1+7-2)*7 + 0*3 = 42 h2g2mice h2g2mice (U172703 = (1+7-2)*7 + 0*3 = 42)
U172922 (1+7+2+9+2)x2 = 42 Arthur's dent Arthur's dent
17x2+9-(2/2) = 42
U172957 (1+7+2-9+5) * 7 = 42 TomGreyBeard GreyBeard
U173372 [ 1 * ( 7 - 3 ) * ( 3 + 7 ) ] + 2 = 42 Geoff Geoff Riley --- The Universal Hitch-hiking Cursillista
U173419 1 * 7 + 3 + 4 * (-1+9) = 42 Agent002 agent002
U173471 (1*7) * (3+4) - (7*1) = 42 Mutopian mutopian
U173509 1+((7+3)*5)+0-9 = 42 Tonto Tonto BA (Hons)
U173657 1 + 7 -3 + 6*5 +7 = 42 Trinkspark Trinkspark
U173978 17*3 - 9 * (-7+8 ) = 42 Witty Ditty Witty Ditty
U174303 (1+7)*4 + (30/3) = 42 Rama Rama - now floating around the world on Her Majesty's Finest
U174478 (-1 + 7)*(4 + 4) * 7 / 8 = 42 j j
U174602 (-1+(7*4)-6+0)*2 = 42 Harry Hardy the Indecisive
U175545 (1+7-5)*(5+4+5) = 42 Oengus Oengus (1+7-5)*(5+4+5)
U175952 1 + (7 x 5) + 9 - 5 + 2 = 42 . Researcher 175952
U176272 ((1*7)*(6+2))-(7*2) = 42 TDiD TDiD - Student of Luck/Fate
U176378 1-7+63-7-8 = 42 Lifson Kofie Lifson Kofie - Lieutenant of Star Treks, Player of Bass Trombones and Coder of Websites...
U176920 (1*7*6) + (9*2*0) = 42 Catwoman Catwoman
U177637 (-1)^(7/7) + 6 + 37 = 42 Pick Pick
U178001 (-1+7) * (8+0+0-1) = 42 Tummyfish Tummyfish-[F.A.S- A568703]Zaphodista - Keeper of Fish) [1*7*(8-0!-0-1) = 42]
U178004 1+7+8+0!+0!+4! = 42 Brandy Bottle Brandy Bottle (1+7+8+0!+0!+4! = 42)
U178076 1+7-8+0+(7x6) = 42 Ku'Reshtin Ku'Reshtin (Bring the beat back!)
U178195 1*7*8*1 - 9 - 5 = 42 jrgnet jrgnet
U178834 1+7*8-8-3-4 = 42 Marjin Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking
U179189 17+9-1+8+9 = 42 The Black Racoon The Black Racoon Member of SAS, Muse of Towels and Dragon lore
U179300 -1 + 7 + 9*(3+0!) = 42 Athena Athena, Muse of Philosophy -1+7+9*(3+0!)+0=42
U179495 -1 + 7*9 - 4! + 9 - 5 = 42 Nandi Nandi
U179928 1+7+9+9 + (2x8) = 42 wobbly archer wobbly archer
U179945 1 + 7 + 9 + (9-4) x 5 = 42 Das Das Mouldy Sandwich
U179952 (-1+7) * (9/9) * (5+2) = 42 Toccata Toccata
U180229 ([1x8]-(0+2))x(-2+9) = 42 Alex A Alex A (Keeper of 7)
U180644 (-1+8 )x(0+6) +4-4 = 42 Whisky Whisky
U180656 (18 + 0 -6 -5) * 6 = 42 Amy Pawloski Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady' --'Mufflewhump??' click here for definition...
U180800 (1 x 8 - 0!) x (8 - 0! - 0!) = 42 Kandyman Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses
U180884 (-1+ x (0+8-8/4) = 42 Fizzabert Fizzabert
U181085 (-1+8 ) x (1+ 0x8 +5) = 42 Ford Ford
U181875 (1*8-1)*(8-7+5) = 42 Caelestis Caelestis
U182021 ( -1 + 8 )*( 2 + 0! )*2/1 = 42 Psigeist Psigeist
U182062 (1 + 8 + (2+0)*6) * 2 = 42 Rat Rat, the researcher without a stupidly long bit after his name like everyone else has.
U182257 18 + 22 - 5 + 7 = 42 Angel Eyes Angel Eyes
U182309 18x2-3+0+9 = 42 Grimethorpe2k1 Grimethorpe2k1
U182712 -1-8+2+7^(1*2) = 42 WeS WeS
U182719 -1+8+27-1+9 = 42 Thorn Bush Thorn Bush, -1+8+27-1+9=42 (Total failure as a hermit) and (Keeper of Pet Peeves)
U182910 (-1+8 ) x (-2+9-1-0) = 42 Shrimp Shrimp, keeper of petty nitpicking [(-1+8)x(-2+9-1-0)=42]
U183102 18*3-10-2 = 42 Madent Madent
U183117 (1+8-3)*(1-1+7) = 42 Sp31ugx Spelugx the Beige, Wizard, Perl, Thaumatologically Challenged
U183955 1 - 8 + 39 + 5 + 5 = 42 spook spook
U185131 1+8*5-1+3-1 = 42 Kintara Kintara the Casual Observer- Dr. Bob is still operating, an easy 42 with (1+8*5-1+3-1=42)
U185164 (1*8*5)+(1*6-4) = 42 feadah feadah
U185477 (1*8 - 5 - 4 + 7) * 7 = 42 Pablo Ferral Pablo Ferral 'Thingite Distributor Of Bar Snacks'
U185613 1x8x5+6-1-3 = 42 FroodBoy FroodBoy [ACE]
U185647 1^8 * 5 + 6 + 4! + 7 = 42 custom freak custom freak
U185726 (18+5+7)+(2x6) = 42 Lurcher Lurcher
U185996 (1+8+5)*((9+9)/6) = 42 mrs. badcrumble mrs. badcrumble - my other hat's a balaclava
(1+8+5)*((9+9)/6) = 42
U186032 (1*8 )*(6+0)-(3*2) = 42 . Researcher 186032
U186705 1+(8x6)-7+(0x5) = 42 The Theory The Theory
U186880 (1^8 ) *6*(8-8^0) = 42 Chicken Soup Chicken Soup
U187148 1+8-7+(1+4)*8 = 42 Strider Evil Zombie Strider
U187415 18 + 7*4 + 1 -5 = 42 Me, Myself, I Me, Myself, I, The Old Coot In My Closet, And The Incomparable Id [Call me "Id" for short.]
U187573 -(1-8*7*5/7-3) = 42 Virabhadra Virabhadra
U187600 ( 1^8 ) ( 7*6 ) + 0 + 0 = 42 Spike Anderson Spike Anderson is sorry he can't catch up on a whole month's backlog
U188060 Smilodon Prefect = 42 (1*8 - 8^0)*6 + 0 Smilodon
U188826 (1x8+8+8 ) x2-6 = 42 Hieronymus Hieronymus, Prince of Quarkness
U189000 (-1+8) * (9-0!-0!-0!) = 42 Ripper Ripper, the Almost - recharging writer
Left in for Historical Reasons
U109000 = 10 9! 000 = 10 362880 000 = (1+0-3+6+2) * (8-(8000^0)) = 42
BIG CHEAT!! = 10(base 13)+9 = 19(Base13) + 0*0*0 = 22 = 42 (base5)
EVEN BIGGER CHEAT 10(Base 42) + (9*0*0*0) = 42!!!
10 9! 000 = 10 362880 000 = (1+0-3+6+2) * (8-(8000^0)) = 42
OR (AND THIS WORKS) U109000 = invtan(1) + 0 - sqrt(9) + 0 + 0 + 0 = 42!
Updated 5-10-2003 ((5*10)-(2+0)^(0+3))
previous last revision { 17/4/01} Argon0 [Creator of SuDoK42: A5475431](BenKOR's DAD!)(H2G2 SuDoKu @ A5178828)(7*((7+0)-(8^0))=42)(keeper of 42isms -see A53


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Edited by:

Argon0 [Creator of SuDoK42: A5475431](BenKOR's DAD!)(H2G2 SuDoKu @ A5178828)(7*((7+0)-(8^0))=42)(keeper of 42isms -see A53

Referenced Entries:

42
42ismos
SuDoku
SudoK42 #1
The 42 Spotter's Club

Referenced Researchers:

Slacker
Jim Lynn. Ten Glorious Years...
Mark Moxon
DNA
Abi
Ginger The Feisty
MadMunk?¿
Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming)
shrinkwrapped
Yeliab {h2g2as} † now aged 42/2 (so on average only 11 years old)
vegiman
Swiv (decrepit postgrad)
Fnord
SPINY (aka Ship's Cook)
Zach Garland
Imaldris
Anonymouse (40077)
cafram - in the states.
Pastey - the ranter
Yar Kramer (thinking with portals)
Trumpety
njan (afh)
Merkin
E G Mel
Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents.
Jimi X
Pegasus <flollop>
Tube - the being being back for the time being
St.Trin 5!/5 + 2 + 7 + 9 = 42
Phil
Bald Bloke
MaW
tdbiii
Santragenius V
Shea the Sarcastic: Play Ball!

Argon0 [Creator of SuDoK42: A5475431](BenKOR's DAD!)(H2G2 SuDoKu @ A5178828)(7*((7+0)-(8^0))=42)(keeper of 42isms -see A53
some bloke who tried to think of a short, catchy, pithy name and spent five sleepless nights trying but couldn't think of one
Potholer
Orcus
Shorty† (ACE, Keeper, Muse, MuG, Thingite)
Ormondroyd
Zak the Duck
Mund
minerva
Dancing Ermine
purplejenny
Lost in Scotland
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde
Researcher 99389
Mikey the Humming Mouse - A3938628 Learn More About the Edited Guide!
wizard
The Cheese
Rocket Rod
JD (nothing more, nothing less)
Lux Rothchop (wouldn't it be great if people were nice to each other for a change?)
Jeff - Lurker <lurk>
Pierce The Pirate (visit my ship at A579684), thingite key bearer
Notquiteallhere - the Conversation Assassin
Eeyore
Zeek, the Keeper of Intertemporal Reality Disruptions and Paradoxical Equations, Honorary Muse of Photoshop Photograph Edits &lt
PhysicsMan (11 - 3 + 29 + 5 = 42)
Clive the Flying Ostrich / Thingite Warlord / Indomitable Gaulish Spirit: Sceptix
SmartGamer, Keeper of That Which Breaks Down Easily [(11*5)-(4*2+5)=42] (Scout)
Don Alfredo
Bright Blue Shorts
Arthur Dent
Chris Tonks - The Overseer [PCT]
plaguesville
Casanova the Short
zaphod (1*(18+9+8+7)=42)beeblebricks
FrankieRoberto
Kandyman
Galaxy Babe counting down to the Hull meet
One-eye, KoD, gent, MuG, randomly available
Sho - If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning
Courtney Patron Saint of Social Embarassment
Arctica
Yelbakk, in and out of it
Titania & [brainless]
Fragilis - h2g2 Cured My Tabular Obsession
minerva
Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner)
MDS
sea (alive... still... sometimes popping in...)
Vaughan Prefect, (Minister for Cheese Appreciation and Time Travel)
Granny (again) Weatherwax - ACE, Hell's Belle, Mother-in-Law From the Pit - Argh, Looking for a new swimsuit
Aurora
james
Wick
Lentilla (Keeper of Non-Sequiturs)
Anniegreentree
Bladerunner (the Director's cut)
Zathras (Unofficial Custodian of H2G2 Room 101. ACE and holder of the BBC Pens)
NexusSeven
Eric (not THE Eric) Haffaby { (14+7-9+9)*2 = 42 }
HappyÐude® ... "short skirt long jacket" (have you seen my coxcomb?)...a Peripatetical entity
Ottox
Amator
Kenrick
broelan - a figment of your imagination
HollePolle
HenryS
Delkarnu of House Drakonis
George (the babbling) Brooke
Mr Pink-Paisley
Silly Willy - Archangel, PS of Silly Names, Keeper of Green
Hairy-legs
Future World Dictator (13)
Sergeant Mushroom
~ jwf ~
Niwt
Batty, ACE - Keeper of the Holy Tail, Pirate, Thingite, Priestess of Bleep, Born Again Tart
Eternity (Ace)
Tefkat. I called the dog "anathema" so I could say "anathema sit"
GreyDesk
Infinity, Thingite Grand High Witch and wysiwyg the black cat. Please participate at A626221.South Africans to A579459
GTBacchus
the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!"
Taliesin
Shaz* (1+6+7)*(5+7-9)=42
Parrferris - Clot
Din'Amarth, Keeper of all bad jokes, exept those which are stunningly bad.
A Girl Called Jack.....muse of 6 foot green squirrels
Raver-ace...:- |
the phantom ( part time) 1x6x9-9-9+6=42 . greeblet.
T.B. Falsename ACE: [stercus venio] I have learned from my mistakes, and feel I could repeat them exactly.
Saturn Girl ~ 1 of 42 (Borg Queen A761708) ~ Gollum's keeper + some ~ [1*7(0!+2)(0!+1)=42]
shagbark
Babel o' fish...back to earning a crust!
Zalisander, Muse of Mayhem!
Bertie B. Bassett
Mistdancer - X - Sporadically Coherent
Tegan[-1+(7^2)-2-0-4=42]
Pander, Champion of Lost Causes (17+25)+7*0 = 42
h2g2mice (U172703 = (1+7-2)*7 + 0*3 = 42)
Arthur's dent
GreyBeard
Geoff Riley --- The Universal Hitch-hiking Cursillista
agent002
mutopian
Tonto BA (Hons)
Trinkspark
Witty Ditty
Rama - now floating around the world on Her Majesty's Finest
j
Hardy the Indecisive
Oengus (1+7-5)*(5+4+5)
Researcher 175952
TDiD - Student of Luck/Fate
Lifson Kofie - Lieutenant of Star Treks, Player of Bass Trombones and Coder of Websites...
Catwoman
Pick
Tummyfish-[F.A.S- A568703]Zaphodista - Keeper of Fish) [1*7*(8-0!-0-1) = 42]
Brandy Bottle (1+7+8+0!+0!+4! = 42)
Ku'Reshtin (Bring the beat back!)
jrgnet
Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking
The Black Racoon Member of SAS, Muse of Towels and Dragon lore
Athena, Muse of Philosophy -1+7+9*(3+0!)+0=42
Nandi
wobbly archer
Das Mouldy Sandwich
Toccata
Alex A (Keeper of 7)
Whisky
Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady' --'Mufflewhump??' click here for definition...
Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses
Fizzabert
Ford
Caelestis
Psigeist
Rat, the researcher without a stupidly long bit after his name like everyone else has.
Angel Eyes
Grimethorpe2k1
WeS
Thorn Bush, -1+8+27-1+9=42 (Total failure as a hermit) and (Keeper of Pet Peeves)
Shrimp, keeper of petty nitpicking [(-1+8)x(-2+9-1-0)=42]
Madent
Spelugx the Beige, Wizard, Perl, Thaumatologically Challenged
Argon0 [Creator of SuDoK42: A5475431](BenKOR's DAD!)(H2G2 SuDoKu @ A5178828)(7*((7+0)-(8^0))=42)(keeper of 42isms -see A53
spook
Kintara the Casual Observer- Dr. Bob is still operating, an easy 42 with (1+8*5-1+3-1=42)
feadah
Pablo Ferral 'Thingite Distributor Of Bar Snacks'
FroodBoy [ACE]
custom freak
Lurcher
mrs. badcrumble - my other hat's a balaclava
Researcher 186032
The Theory
Chicken Soup
Evil Zombie Strider
Me, Myself, I, The Old Coot In My Closet, And The Incomparable Id [Call me "Id" for short.]
Virabhadra
Spike Anderson is sorry he can't catch up on a whole month's backlog
Smilodon
Hieronymus, Prince of Quarkness
Ripper, the Almost - recharging writer



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