The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything

[Welles]

I'm just a hobby programmer, so this question might be utterly stupid.

We all know that the answer to the title is 42, But that's IRL! How about this simulated galaxy of ours? More specifically, is there a single seed number used to create the milky way in E? And if so - what is it? I believe we are entitled to know since we've put so much love (and money) into this game. We need answers FD.

 

[EAGLE 5]

I disagree the answer is 17.

 

[Derthek]

[redacted]

 

[Marak]

Can confirm, 17

yup... 100 % 17...

 

[HipToss]

This: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSYXbs3Q7lU
Or this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

 

[Cody]

23 skidoo!

 

[EAGLE 5]

This: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSYXbs3Q7lU
Or this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Hmmm the sound in that first clip reminds me of the UA.... HMMMMM...

 

[Koen]

The seeds (and the algorithm) of the original 1984 Elite were reverse engineered by Christian Pinder (author of "Elite The New Kind").

• http://www.christianpinder.com/articles/pseudo-random-number-generation/
• http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Random_number_generator
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.fan.elite/gad0UyJ_rEc
• http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolite_planet_list

This does not answer the question about E: D by the OP, but the above posts do neither

 

[Parmo]

yup... 100 % 17...

100 % 17 = 15

 

[Marak]

The seeds of the original 1984 Elite were reverse engineered by Christian Pinder (author of "Elite The New Kind").

• http://www.christianpinder.com/articles/pseudo-random-number-generation/
• http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Random_number_generator
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.fan.elite/gad0UyJ_rEc
• http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolite_planet_list

This does not answer the question of the OP, but the above posts do neither

But... but... but... we Did answer!!! - It's 17.

 

[Scudmungus]

Rum. Dark rum. De answer always be rum.

If de answer aint rum?

Yuh askin wrong question

 

[parrdacc]

64. FD = 64. F = 6th letter, D = 4th letter.

 

[streki]

64. FD = 64. F = 6th letter, D = 4th letter.

So 42 = DB

 

[Koen]

64. FD = 64. F = 6th letter, D = 4th letter.

Don't be silly, FD is hexadecimal: 253

Edit:

So 42 = DB

And DB in hex is 219 in dec

 

[RebellGhost]

Hexadezimal FD = 11111101 = 253

Don't be silly, FD is hexadecimal: 253

Ninjaed me, you did

 

[Derthek]

[redacted]

 

[streki]

You did it. It has begun.

D 4
B 2
O 15
B 2
E 5

4+2+1+5+2+5 = 19 = AI

David Braben OBE = Artificial Intelligence ?

Sarah Jane created the AI !

 

[mp1963]

Why don't you simply ask the mice ?

 

[parrdacc]

So 42 = DB

yep, DB = Database. So database of life.

 

[Bomba Luigi]

Half-Life 3 confirmed!


(someone has to do it when people throw around so many numbers)