[bert]

Many believe that the written word forty-two is commonly misinterpreted as 42.

Deep thought returned the answer forty-two which is actually not 42 but 38.

The answer to the ultimate question is 38

[UCANSEE2]

Deep thought returned the answer forty-two which is actually not 42 but 38.

Doesn't the whole thing depend on which base numbering system Deep Thought was using ?

Since Deep Thought was a computer, my first guess would be Hexadecimal.

IIRC 42 base-sixteen would be 66 base-ten.

The answer is 66.

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