Google Has The Answer. Err, Well, Most of the Time Anyway

I was reading a post on Web Worker Daily about underused Google tips and hacks, and was very amused at my result from trying out one of the suggestions offered by one of the commenters on the post. I should also say that if you haven't read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, or ever plan on it, you may want to stop reading this, or at least try not this suggestion. It might be slightly SPOILING.

The commenter had suggested:

Leif902 says;

August 8th, 2007 at 2:53 pm

Try googling “the answer to life the universe and everything”

http://www.google.com/search?q=the+answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everything

Yes that’s correct, google has the answer to life stored away in it’s index! (Now if only it knew the question…)

So I, being a big fan of THGTTG, did just that. Here was my amusing and somewhat fitting response:


I almost thought it was a joke on Google's part, so I got the screen shot. I tried it again and it wasn't, I got the desired integer. But it was a fortunate posting opportunity on my part. ;-)