At 01:22 PM 8/26/01 +1000, you wrote:
>At 03:45 PM 8/25/01 -0400, Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> >Of course, I've often wondered why numerologists haven't figured out
> >Adams' joke. 42 is ascii for "DB", or database.
>
>Damn! So close, so far, no cigar. But I might as well come clean. Yes, I
>wrote the `Douglas Adams' novels, leaving this clue hidden in the text.
>Anyone doubting this can compare the Hitchhiker books with my other comic
>novel STRIPED HOLES (which didn't sell nearly as well, oddly enough).
>
>DB
Last I heard, HEX 42 (0x42 for 'C' types) was ASCII for the letter "B".
"DB" would be 0x44, 0x42...
Decimal 42 translates to 0x2A, or the '*' (asterisk, or star)
character...wow...
Chuck Kuecker
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