In base 13, the answer really is 42 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 4:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Max # of SYS1.MAN datasets > > >The number is forty-two. > > Adams didn't even get the math right. > > The answer to 'life the universe and everything' was 42. > > But, the real question Deep Thought was answering was: > "What do you get when you multiply 9 by 5?" > > When pointed out, he said: > "What do I know? I'm an author! Not a mathematician!" > > This may seem off-topic. > > But, the real issue is the lack of education for the lay-person. > Read: Manager, for lay-person. > They don't know what their staff is doing, so they make their > own decisions. > And, we live with them. > > So, Douglas Adams made his own decisions. > > > - > -teD > > I'm an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal panacea I > believe in! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html >
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