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Damm, Sotaudi,that sounds familiar. I should know that reference, but I'm drawing a blank here!
What is "42" from?
My new accomplishment!
Muon patches!
A patch that constantly feeds muon to yuor organism !
*small letters* may cause temporary or permanent damage to the nervous system ,but hey we can rock their world till that happens *small letters end*
Sotaudi wrote:
Yeah, it is from "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy," specifically, from "Life, the Universe, and Everything," the second or third book of the (last I checked) five book "trilogy."
For those who have not read any of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxies books, Douglas Adams, the author, is very Monty Pythonish in his humor. In "Life, the Universe, and Everything," one of the subplots of the book is that a race of beings on some planet somewhere in the universe decide they want to figure out "the ultimate answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe, and everything." They expend tremendous effort to build a super computer to compute the answer for them. It takes thousands of years to compute the answer, and when their descendents gather to finally get "the ultimate answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe, and everything," the computer responds, "42." They are confused, so they ask it, "then what was the question," and it informs them it will take several thousand more years to compute that.
So, for all the difficult questions in life, the answer is always "42."
Case of Muon Gold to beamstalk for getting it completely right. 4/5 of a case of Muon Gold to Shrik for having it right, but being a little off on the name, and 1/5 of a case to Wayne for recognizing the reference, but not knowing where it came from (after all, it was a pretty obscure reference).
Heh, I just got released from the spice mines at Kessel. The storm trooperscame in here slaped all my Reb rifleman brothers on the wrist and proceeded to arrest all the Imp Riflemen. We got sentanced to one week in Kessel Hard labor(Got out early for good behavior), the Rebels got a 20 cedit fine and a warning. I never knew the Empire was cracking down on Corrupt Imperial officers.
Oh well, wheres the moun? I got over 500 extra FP and need a hit.
Anyways, yes, the question is 6 x 7. Oddly enough, if you calculate that out with a base-13 numbering system, you get 42. Is Douglas Adams trying to tell us the Universe is built upon 13, the unluckiest number ever? Reading his books, that might work...
Hmm... I had a similar AoE problem with my 2h Sword attacks, so I guess it ain't just rifles. Only problem was, it was delivering ALL the damage to one target (no AoE).
I guess that's great when you're going after an AT-ST... less great when you justblew the hell out of a nest full of rot mites - **edit**, those things are FAST 
Oh, BTW - on my way in, I noticed some really blissed-out-looking rats climbing out of your drains... you guys might wanna get the exterminators in...