I did not know that. Didn't Douglas Adams recently adjourn to the right hand of Hubble, there to claim his 42 virgins in Paradise?
Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210-581-6217 > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Gorman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:38 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: How to drop a datafile from a tablespace quickly > > Scott, > > Did you hear that Douglas Adams was asked recently (i.e. a few years ago) > how he knew the "Hubble Constant" was (roughly) 42, back when he wrote the > "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" series back in the 60s and 70s? The > Hubble Constant (having to do with the rate of expansion of the universe, > I > think) had just been discovered to be 42, sometime in the mid-90s, I > believe... > > His response was something along the lines of "Well, actually I didn't > know, > of course. It's just that I needed an answer to the question 'What is the > meaning of life, the universe, and everything?' and 42 seemed like an > appropriate answer. Just an ordinary, sort of smallish number"... > > I have to go back and re-read those... > > -Tim > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:03 PM > > > > Exactly my point. The answer is 42. > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
