From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Tue Aug 26 2003 - 16:08:56 MDT
--- Dossy <dossy@panoptic.com> wrote:
> On 2003.08.27, Alejandro Dubrovsky
> <s328940@student.uq.edu.au> wrote:
> > i read, so i tested:
> > "(6 + 4)" = 6 + 4 = 10 it says
> > "radius of the earth / c" tells me "radius of
> Earth / the speed of light
> > = 21.2750516 milliseconds"
> > and then I try:
> > "G * mass of the earth / radius of the earth
> squared" gives me
> > "(gravitational constant * mass of Earth) /
> (radius of Earth squared) =
> > 9.79982305 m / s2"
> >
> > Do not utter its name in vain.
>
> Of course, the most powerful function of Google's
> calculator:
>
>
http://google.com/search?q=the+answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everything
If one were to take that mythos seriously, then this
answer has been well and thoroughly transmitted into
space already - if not literally this answer, then a
likely equivalent somewhere in the musings and
ramblings of 'Net dialogue that have been
transmitted. (If nothing else, in little bits
leaking past the satellites the data streams were
relayed through.)
Which would mean humanity has served its purpose, and
is free to do what it wants, at least until its
resources are needed for something else. One could
take that as a reward, or simply a statement that
it's not worth the bother to blow up the Earth just
yet. Regardless, it's an excuse to muse on, "So
humanity had a mission. That mission is complete,
and there are no more missions. Now what do we do?"
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