Strange coincidence. I went to wikipedia.org, to check the marathon thing. Todays feature article (on the main page) is about Douglas Adams! Still its obvious that a 42 cube "marathon" is based on Kilometers in a marathon.
However It Turns out that Deep Blue actually was based on Deep thought from Hitchhiker's guide. In fact, the predecessor to Deep Blue was called deep Thought. in the book, Deep thought was the computer that spit out 42. here's the link http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/deepblue/watch/html/c.10.shtml Jason K PS. speaking of ibm, has anyone heard of this supposed correlation??? IBM- International Business Machines HAL- Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer --- In [email protected], Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The 42 cube marathon number I think came out because someone did 42 > cubes in 15 minutes. It's an irrelevant number today because there are > many sub-20 cubers now who could all break that record. > > Tyson Mao > Astrophysics '06 > California Institute of Technology > > On Feb 12, 2006, at 11:14 AM, kovacic81 wrote: > > > - > > > > Just to Ease some fears, > > > > I had the same misconception about 3 months ago > > > > Message 23705: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: kovacic81 > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 9:22 PM > > Subject: [Speed cubing group] 42 Cube Marathon > > > > > > What are the rules for the 42 cube Marathon? Do you just add up > > solve > > times for 42 consecutive cubes? Do you preinspect? > > > > Someone in the WC1982 mov said something about a 42 cube marathon > > in > > 15 minutes. Thats 21.43sec/cube. Where did this category come > > from? > > And did 42 come from Douglas Adams' book? > > > > Jason > > > > > > "" > > > > So you're not the only one who thought that... :) > > I still like to think that the cube marathon is based on 42. A > > marathon is like 26 miles... What the hell is a kilometer anyway? > > > > just kidding.. > > > > That book is one of my favorites, and the movie's good too... > > They preserved the english accents from the original BCC shorts. > > > > Jason K > > > > > > PS How many people here know what a Ford Prefect is ? > > PPS isn't DEep Cube named after deep thought? > > > > > > > > > > -- In [email protected], sgowal <no_reply@> > > wrote: > >> > >> It worries me that someone would think that the 42 came from "the > >> hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy"... I really hope that this was some > >> kind of joke! > >> > >> Please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon. > >> > >> Thank you Gilles for bringing a little knowledge to the group. > >> > >> Sven > >> > >> > >> --- In [email protected], Gilles van den > >> Peereboom <gillesvdp@> wrote: > >>> > >>> yeah, there are 42 kilometers between Marathon and Athens. > >>> (go back to your history course to know why it's important) > >>> > >>> Gilles. > >>> > >>> > >>> 2006/2/12, bmcgaugh49 <bmcgaugh49@>: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> --- In [email protected], Sapan Upadhyay > >>>> <cubekid@> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> read the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Nah, I think the 42 for the cube marathon came from the > >>>> runners marathon being about 42 kilometers...but I could be > > wrong ;-) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Yahoo! Groups Links > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
