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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

what is six times nine, canonically

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

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

[–] meekah@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago

Eek! There's mice on the table!

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 4 weeks 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.