[TheForge] Fw: Anvil repair

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

  Yea!!!!

On 10/17/2010 10:19 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:
> 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]
>