History of October 10: 42 Day

Bill Petro
4 min readOct 10, 2021

HISTORY OF OCTOBER 10: 42 DAY

  • Question: What is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
  • Answer: 42

Question: What does that mean?

I met Douglas Adams about 30 years ago when he spoke to Sun Microsystems, where I was working at the time. I have never heard anyone…

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Bill Petro

Writer, historian, technologist. Former Silicon Valley tech exec. Author of fascinating articles on history, tech, pop culture, & travel. https://billpetro.com