title: The answer to life the universe and everything
link: http://jj.isgeek.net/2006/12/the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/
author: Jj
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post_id: 222
date: 2006/12/04 21:51:45
created_gmt: 2006/12/05 02:51:45
comment_status: open
slug: the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything

![42](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Answer_to_Life.png/220px-Answer_to_Life.png)Have you ever wanted to know the answer to life, the universe and everything?, well [ask Google](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=the+answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everything&btnG=Google+Search) (Surprisingly, the calculator gives you the answer) ;)

Right after Google's answer, [Wikipedia comes to the recue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything) for a more throughout answer :). What I found really interesting about the computer who first answered this is the comeback to the surprise:

> and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is