I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought: ‘42 will do.’
— DOUGLAS ADAMS · ON BEING ASKED WHY 42
ADOPTED BY L42 AS FOUNDING NOTE · LOCATION: AT HIS DESK, LOOKING AT THE GARDEN
SUBSEQUENT DOCUMENTATION: DEEMED UNNECESSARY
Deep Thought computed for 7.5 million years. L42 cached the result in 2006 and went back to work. Ask anything: the answer does not depend on the question, and it never did.