What does Marvin the Paranoid Android say?
“Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway so I don’t know why I bother to say it, Oh God, I’m so depressed.” “I won’t enjoy it.”
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What does Marvin the Paranoid Android say?
“Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway so I don’t know why I bother to say it, Oh God, I’m so depressed.” “I won’t enjoy it.”
What is the ultimate question?
The Ultimate Question is the actual inquiry behind the Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything. The Ultimate Question was sought after the supercomputer Deep Thought revealed the Ultimate Answer to be 42. When Deep Thought asked, Loonquawl and Phouchg were unable to say what the actual question was.
What are you supposed to do if you are a manically depressed robot?
“You think you’ve got problems,” said Marvin, as if he was addressing a newly occupied coffin, “what are you supposed to do if you are a manically depressed robot? No, don’t bother to answer that, I’m fifty thousand times more intelligent than you and even I don’t know the answer.
What does Slartibartfast mean when he says that he prefers being happy over being right?
By contrast, Slartibartfast is interested in the little things and in being happy rather than worrying about the big things. As he says to Arthur, “I’d far rather be happy than right any day” (30.11). He doesn’t care about absurdity; he just wants to be the opposite of sad.
Why is 42 the answer to life the universe?
It seems that Douglas Adams was right after all: the answer to Life, the Universe and everything, is 42. Cambridge astronomers have found that 42 is the value of an essential scientific constant – one which determines the age of the universe.
Why is 42 the secret of life?
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, advanced alien beings create a supercomputer, called Deep Thought, to figure out the answer to the so-called Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. After calculating for 7.5-million years, Deep Thought determined the answer was the number 42.
How does Marvin feel about the ship’s doors?
When we first meet Eddie, he (or it, if you prefer) is relentlessly cheery—which is totally annoying. For instance, the doors on the ship thank people for using them: “‘Thank you,’ it said, ‘for making a simple door very happy'” (13.15). Marvin is especially annoyed by these doors, and we can’t blame him.
How fast is heart gold?
Heart of Gold is played at 86 Beats Per Minute (Andante), or 22 Measures/Bars Per Minute.
Why do the mice need Arthur’s brain?
They had belonged to an Earthling known as Trillian. They were rather keen to remove Arthur Dent’s brain to reveal the ultimate question, which they had devoted a lot and time and money to finding.
What is Deep Thought in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?
The great supercomputer Deep Thought is the most powerful computer ever built, with one exception. It was designed by hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings, who wanted to know the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everthing.
