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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

what is six times nine, canonically

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, Arthur definitely did not have the great question in him.

[–] meekah@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean the entirety of the planet earth is supposed to calculate that. Would you expect a stick of RAM to be able to do what a complete computer can?

[–] n0respect@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Also, the planet was infected by a virus. Its processes got corrupted, so of course the output is bad.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Eek! There's mice on the table!

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Except Arthur Dent wasn’t descended from the original hominids of Earth, but rather the useless humans who came from another planet, so the question was corrupted in his mind.