I think you mean Life, the Universe and Everything! Steve 2009/10/7 Don Latham <[email protected]>: > Magnus! 42 is most certainly not arbitrary. It's the answer to God, the > Universe, and Everything! > Don > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Magnus Danielson" > <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:27 AM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711 > > >> Mike S wrote: >>> >>> At 08:39 PM 10/5/2009, Magnus Danielson wrote... >>> >>>> I think others can share similar experiences when they think back a >>>> little... >>>> >>>> The tidying up in the lab seems more and more sensible. >>> >>> I've more than once blown a $7 fuse in a Fluke multimeter by overloading >>> the Ampere range. :-) >> >> As long as you did not try to measure how many ampere the outlet would let >> you have, then I still have some hope for you. ;) >> >>> 4711? Isn't that an Eau de Cologne? >> >> Yes, and it is a prime number, so it is used as "large arbitrary number" >> at some universities here in Sweden. An "arbitrary number" is 17. Another >> common arbitrary number is 42. The reason the number got in swing is, >> according to the tale as I heard it, that one lecturer was fond of that Eau >> de Cologne and referenced it in that fashion in his lectures. The number >> itself comes from the street address of the manufacture, again according to >> the tale I have heard. >> >> Cheers, >> Magnus >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >
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