The Answer: 42 = Ordinal 7 * Nominal 6 - sad anniversary

The number 42 appears in many pieces of Oracle and is a popular number among Oracle professionals and others.

In fact, some even seem obsessed with this number.

http://wedonotuse.blogspot.com/2006/02/lex-de-haan.html
http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/04-jan/o14tech_perf.html
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2007/05/they-do-have-sense-of-humor.html#comments
http://www.oaktable.net/getChallenge.jsp?id=70

If you didn't know, the number, at least in this context, refers to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Hitchhiker%27s.

Today is the 6th anniversary since Douglas Adams passed away. Received on Fri May 11 2007 - 14:53:05 CDT