From: Tian 

John Griffiths wrote:
> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen"  wrote in message
> news:da6skh$v22$1{at}domitilla.aioe.org...
>
>>For instance, did ou know that Douglas Adams invented the
>>number 42? It was a hell Before that, everyone had to count
>>direct from 41 to 43. for the mathematicians, I tell you!
>
> Piffle and tommyrot, mathematicians did have a concept of
>    forty-two-ness, just not the same 42; thats all - John
>
Are you saying the 42 than can be invented is not the real 42?


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Tian
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TO REMAIN SILENT one at the ACLU booth at a Day On The Meadow in San Jose.
The headline band was Better Than Ezra. Not bad. http://tian.greens.org

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