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For those who dont know, the number 42 is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything in Douglas Adams wonderful Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series of books.
However, this topic isnt for discussion about the books, but the number and the a number of strange coincidences involving it.

1. The age at which "The King" Elvis Presley (who appears in the Hitchhiker's Guide) died.
2. The minimum age one had to have to be elected a consul in the Roman Republic
3. The jersey number of Jackie Robinson, which is retired by all Major League Baseball teams.
4. One barrel of oil is equivalent to 42 gallons of oil.
5. Wolves and dogs (Canines) have 42 teeth.
6. The movement number of the Hallelujah Chorus in Handel's Messiah.
7. The number of perfect squares formed by the grid at a 19x19 Go board, when the "squares" are slightly rectangular with the ratio 13/12, as required by tradition.
8. The number of the French department Loire.
9. The atomic number of molybdenum
10. The number of months the Beast will hold dominion over the Earth. (Holy Bible, Revelation 13:5)
11. The number of generations recorded between Abraham and Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. (Holy Bible, Matthew 1:17)
12. There are 42 principles of Ma'at.
13. 42 BC, Second Battle of Philippi: Brutus' army is decisively defeated by Antony and Octavian.
14. 42 BC, The Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius. Although Brutus defeats Octavian, Antony defeats Cassius.
15. 42 BC, Marcus Junius Brutus, protege and assassin of Julius Caesar dies (suicide)
16. 42 BC, Gaius Cassius Longinus, assassin of Julius Caesar dies (suicide)
17. Number of Fox Mulders apartment (X-Files)
18. 1942, The first American forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
19. 1942, The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end. This is the first time in the naval history where two enemy fleets fought without seeing each other's fleets.
20. 1942, Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
21. 1942, the Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jets for the first time.
22. 1942, A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. The rocket flew 147 kilometres wide and reached a height of 84.5 kilometres and was therefore the first man-made object reaching space.
23. 1942, Below the bleachers of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction (a coded message, "The Italian navigator has landed in the new world" was then sent to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt).
24. 1942, DDT first used as a pesticide
25. 42 AD, Caligula assassinated by Praetorian Guard
26. Douglas Adams was born 1952, not quite there, but close enough :P
27. Lewis Carol (Author of Alice in Wonderland) seemed to be fascinated by the number 42, and used it alot in various poems.
28. The binary (computer code) for 42 is 101010
29. 1842, British Empire annexes Hong Kong
30. 1642, Beginning of English Civil War.
31. 1642, Blaise Pascal produces a mechanical adding machine
32. 1442, Vlad II Dracul is replaced as ruler of Wallachia by Mircea.

32 because I couldnt find 42 :P
This isnt intended to convey some sort of conspiracy theory, its merely entertainment for you people who are about to start shouting that Adams chose 42 at random.

The Star Trek series (Voyager mostly) made numerous refrences to 42.

33. Age, in Callistan years, of my predecessor when he ascended to the rank of Supreme Ruler of the Universe

34. 142 - Age, in Terran years, of me when I was nominated to be the next Supreme Ruler of the Universe

35. Myrth's ranking among the top 100 NS posters. (There could be something in that...)

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe

36. 42 = 1 x 42 :D

36. 42 = 1 x 42 :D
You're kidding me! :eek:
37. 7 x 6 = 42

38. 9 x 6 = 42

39. Square root of 42 = 6.48, 48 - 6 = 42


Just did that on a calculator right now. Even for minusing 6 from 48. ;)

For those who dont know, the number 42 is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything in Douglas Adams wonderful Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series of books.
However, this topic isnt for discussion about the books, but the number and the a number of strange coincidences involving it.

1. The age at which "The King" Elvis Presley (who appears in the Hitchhiker's Guide) died.
Also his weight in stone when he died, by the look of him.

You want to hear something really freaky? My name is D-E-S-T-I-N. The numerical equivalent of this 4-5-19-20-9-14. this equals a total of 71. 7x1=7. 7x6 (the number of letters in my name) equals 42.

42 may be the answer to the ultimate questions, but 23 is the holiest number after 5 and is involved in far more things.....

The Star Trek series (Voyager mostly) made numerous refrences to 42.

47, wasn't it? Based on the infamous (and amusing) '47 conspiracy'.

Damn - you got there first ;-)

Yeh, Voyager was the 47 Conspiracy

Caretaker
The USS Voyager's registry number is NCC 74656. (Also note that the last 3 digits; 656 times the speed of light is Warp 7) (Inverted 47)

The energy pulse increases by .47 seconds in frequency.
[Episode 1, Season 1]

Parallax
The Doctor notes that he is programmed with the experiences of 47 individual medical officers.

The Doctor asks Captain Janeway to switch to monitor input 47.
[Episode 2, Season 1, Teleplay by Brannon Braga]

Phage
The Doctor says that Neelix will survive another 47 minutes with a blood-gas infuser.

Kim notes that they are 547 metres away from the source of the dampening field within the asteroid.
[Episode 4, Season 1, Teleplay by Brannon Braga et al]

Emanations
The Voyager crew discovers the 247th element.
[Episode 8, Season 1, Written by Brannon Braga]

Cathexis
Paris' memory was interrupted for 1 minute, 47 seconds.
[Episode 12, Season 1, Story by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky, Teleplay by Braga]

Learning Curve
B'Elana notes that there are only 47 gel packs remaining in storage.
[Episode 15, Season 1]

Projections
The Doctor discovers that the holographic program for Captain Janeway is stored in memory block 47-alpha.
[Episode 18, Season 2, Written by Brannon Braga]

Elogium
At one stage Shields are at 47 percent.
[Episode 19, Season 2]

Non Sequitur
Kim's office is on level 6, subsection 47 of the main complex.

Kim's apartment is number 4-G (G is the 7th letter of the alphabet).

The USS Yellowstone, a prototype for a new, advanced runabout, has the registry number NX-74751. (Inverted 47)
[Episode 20, Season 2, Written by Brannon Braga]

Twisted
Kim starts counting mega-pascals of pressure; the camera cuts to the holodeck, and when it returns Kim resumes counting from 47 mega-pascals.

There are several 47s on the computer display which shows Voyager being distorted. (Look for LCARS 40274, 8-747, 4786)
[Episode 21, Season 2]

Cold Fire
Tanis initiates a subspace carrier wave, then says that it will take 47 hours for the female caretaker to respond.
[Episode 25, Season 2, Teleplay by Brannon Braga]

Maneuvers
There are 7 Kazon ships .4 light-years away from Voyager. (Inverted 47)
[Episode 26, Season 2]

Resistance
Kim says to plot a course 219 mark 47 to find the electrical storm over which Voyager can hover to avoid detection.
[Episode 27, Season 2]

Prototype
B'Elanna re-activates Automated Personnel Unit 3947.
[Episode 28, Season 2]

Threshold
Paris' twin hearts are shown on a computer display labelled Biomedical Scan 47.
[Episode 30, Season 2]

Meld
The centre of the top DNA strand shown on the computer is labelled with a 47.
[Episode 31, Season 2]

Dreadnought
B'Elanna's last access to Dreadnought was on Stardate 47582.

The readout from Dreadnought's data banks contains a single 47 amongst a stream of long numbers.
[Episode 32, Season 2]

Death Wish
The Sickbay monitor above Q2 displays the number 47.
[Episode 33, Season 2]

Lifesigns
The Doctor notes that he has performed 347 medical examinations since his activation.

The Doctor instructs Kes to set the Delta band of the holoemitter to 7MHz. (Delta is the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet)
[Episode 34, Season 2]

Investigations
Neelix and Hogan each use the code Omega 4 7.
[Episode 35, Season 2]

Deadlock
B'Elanna says that she remodulated the carrier 5 times on all 47 frequencies.

Voyager was boarded by 347 Vidiians and "More were coming".

Paris says that there is a large plasma drift at bearing 4 0 mark 7.
[Episode 36, Season 2, Written by Brannon Braga]

Innocence
B'Elanna shows Planetary Scan 047 to Captain Janeway.
[Episode 37, Season 2]

Resolutions
Paris warns that shields are down to 47 percent.
[Episode 40, Season 2]

Basics Part II
A cross-section display of Voyager is labelled Vessel Schematic 4747.

A button on the panel used by Suder to sabotage Voyagers backup phasers is labelled 247.
[Episode 42, Season 3]

Flashback
The hull breach is on Deck 12, section 47.
[Episode 43, Season 3]

The Chute
The bombing that Paris and Kim are convicted of carrying out resulted in 47 off-duty patrollers being killed.
[Episode 44, Season 3]

The Swarm
Kim reports that the swarm is 40,000Km away; later Paris reports that it is 7,000Km away.
[Episode 45, Season 3]

False Profits
That Stardate at one point is 50074.3.

One of the Ferengi notes that there are 47 separate commentaries on the Rules of Acquisition.

One of the Ferengi, while counting profits, reads the number 147 then stops at 148.
[Episode 46, Season 3, Teleplay by Joe Menosky]

Future's End Part I
One of the EM signals that Voyager picks up is "..Airlines, Flight 47...".

It is noted that Southern California sank as a result of the Hermosa Quake of 2047.

The police officer chasing Captain Braxton says "This is 247...".

The schematic of the orbiting gamma emmissions include the number 274. (Inverted 47)

Rain's computer crashes displaying the message "Fatal System Error: Error #0047".

The diagram of the time ship on Starling's computer includes 4747 in a list of numbers.
[Episode 49, Season 3]

Future's End Part II
Starling's assistant is waiting for Starling's signal that he is ready to be beamed off Voyager; the computer says: "SatComm 47 activating".

Starling plans to enter the rift at penetration point 96 mark 047.
[Episode 50, Season 3]

The Q and the Grey
The shockwave from the supanova approaches Voyager from a heading of 217 mark 47.
[Episode 52, Season 3]

Macrocosm
After the Doctor beams down, he notifies the bridge that he will be proceeding on vector 147.

The antigen bomb is knocked out of Janeway's hand 40 seconds from detination; she manages to get it back when there are 7 seconds till detonation.
[Episode 53, Season 3]

Fair Trade
Biometric Gel should be stored in a Starfleet standard issue L647-X7 container.
[Episode 54, Season 3]

Alter Ego
Chakotay warns that shields are down to 47%.

The stardate at one stage in this episode is 50471.3.
[Episode 55, Season 3]

Unity
Chakotay is instructed, via a mind-link to the former Borg, to beam into section 47-Omega of the Borg ship.
[Episode 58, Season 3]

Rise
Neelix stabalises the tethers velocity at 47Kph.
[Episode 60, Season 3]

Before & After
Kim tells Kes that the current Star Date is 56947.

Kes discovers that the chronaton temporal variance has a frequency of 1.47; This figure is also displayed on Kes' tricorder.
[Episode 62, Season 3, Produced by Joe Menosky, Supervising Producer Brannon Braga]

Real Life
Tuvok says that the anomoly is at a heading of 047 mark 19.
[Episode 63, Season 3, Produced by Joe Menosky, Supervising Producer Brannon Braga]

Distant Origin
The saurian race, the "Voth", have 47 genetic markers in common with life forms from the planet Earth, including humans.
[Episode 64, Season 3, Produced by Joe Menosky]

Worst Case Scenario
Chakotay notes that there had so far been 47 accesses to the holoprogram.

Tuvok uses security clearance 'Tuvok 4774' to access the holoprogram.
[Episode 66, Season 3]

Scorpion Part 1
The Borg have named their new enemy Species 8472.

The monitor the Doctor uses to display the Borg nanoprobes is labelled 'Image Enhancement 047'.
[Episode 67, Season 3, Produced by Joe Menosky, Written by Brannon Braga and Menosky]

The Gift
The communication node that Seven of Nine sees is labeled '59S47B Starfleet Communications Node'.

The Doctor notes that Kes underwent 17.4 seconds of cellular flux. (Inverted 47)

Annika Hansen (now Seven of Nine) was born on stardate 25479.
[Episode 69, Season 4]

Day of Honour
Hull integrity of the Tom and B'Elana's shuttle is at 53%; therefore 47% of the hull integrity has been lost.
[Episode 70, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky]

Nemesis
Chakotay joins the 4th regiment of a resistance movement, who are searching for the 7th regiment.
[Episode 71, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky]

Scientific Method
The Doctor uses a type 4 phase variance on Seven of Nine.

Tom Paris views Vessel Schematic 4747.

Seven of Nine reports hull breaches on decks 4, 7, 8 and 12.
[Episode 74, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky]

The Year of Hell [Part 1]
One of the days shown is Day 47 (captioned on screen).

Seven notes that the chronaton temporal variance has a frequency of 1.47.
[Episode 75, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky]

Concerning Flight
It is noted that the computer on Voyager is capable of accessing 47 million channels simultaneaously.

Kim discovers that the location of the holoemitter is 4.7 kilometres outside the city.
[Episode 78, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky]

Waking Moments
The stardate at the conclusion of the epsiode is 51471.3.

B'Elana wakes up Tom at 0740 hours. (Inverted 47)
[Episode 80, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky]

Message in a Bottle
Captain Janeway sends the Voyager's current coordinates to the Prometheus; they are 18 mark 204 mark 47.

When the Romulan commander uses the Prometheus' multiple vector attack mode, he orders attack pattern Beta 4 7.
[Episode 81, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky] Hunters
Harry notes that the relay station is on a heading of 274 mark 3. (Inverted 47)

Seven of Nine reports that the Borg knew of a 'similar' species to the Hunters, designated Species 5174. (Inverted 47)
[Episode 82, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky]

Prey
The Doctor recommends that Seven of Nine read page seventeen of 'Bridge Bantor for (4) Beginners'.
[Episode 83, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky]

The Killing Game Part I
Seven of Nine tells Janeway that the night's takings were 1247 Francs, 81 Reichmarks.

Two numbers on Janeway's message decoding grid are 4 and 7.
Janeway access a panel in sickbay that is labeled Auxiliary Systems 0470. Kim accesses this same panel later.
Seven requests that the annular confinement beam be narrowed to .47 terahertz.
[Episode 93, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky]

One
Seven of Nine orders Nutritional Supplement 14 Beta 7 from the replicator.

Seven and the Doctor examine "Vessel Schematic 4747" in order to explain the malfunctions.

Seven later adjusts the ships heading by .347 degrees starboard.
[Episode 94, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky]

Hope & Fear
At the end of their game of Velocity, Janeway notes her score is 6, and Seven's 4.

The Voyager crew note that the launch date for the USS Dauntless was Stardate 51472.

The Starfleet admiral says that the Dauntless' developers had run 47 successful trial runs of the slipstream drive.

Seven examines a display which contains the label "Energy Path Simulation 2473".
[Episode 95, Season 4, Produced by Joe Menosky]

Night
The HoloDoc shows Janeway and Chakotay a computer display of the void-alien's status. Under the text 'Patient Biomedical Status' is the Cellar Degredation rate which is 13.47. Below this is the Theta Radiation Level, this number changes rapidily but starts at 267.47, and returns to this number several times.

Tom announces that the time to intercept the Vortex is 47 seconds.
[Episode 95, Season 5, Produced by Joe Menosky, Screenplay Joe Mensky et al]

Drone
'One' announces that he has assimilated 47 billion teraquads of information on a vast array of subjects.
[Episode 96, Season 5, Produced by Joe Menosky]