[TheForge] Re: Fw: Anvil repair

[Mike Spencer]

pf> Ask 30 smiths how to do something and you are sure to get 29
pf> conflicting directions.

D-ski> No, if you ask 30 smiths how to do something, you will get
D-ski> 35-40 conflicting directions.

pf> Do i hear 42?  Anyone offer 42?

42 is not only the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the
Universe and Everything, it's also the sum of 19 and 23.  19 & 23 are
both odd and prime, so we're on the right track.  23 is the sacred
number of Eris, goddess of discord. [1] Looking good, eh?  19 is the
sum of 17 and 2.  17 is the "least random number" [1] among other
exciting and mind-boggling properties. [2] Okayyyy. And 2, well, in
any congregation of blacksmiths there's always at least 2 opinions on
any conceivable topic, even if the congregation in question consists
of a solitary blacksmith.

Oh, and 42 in binary is 10 10 10, which is a kind of fertilizer.

So yeah, peter, I'll go for 42.


- Mike


[1] http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/R/random-numbers.html

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17_(number) See also [1]

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