What is the meaning of life?

[Ethelred]

It was specially written as a counter irritant to the extended rant that preceeded it.

It has no other meaning and certainly nothing to do with the meaning of life.

So if some people here absolutely MUST have a serious answer then:

The meaning of life is the making of more life.

If life doesn't make more life than life ends.

So it is its own meaning.

Only inteligence worries about the meaning of life. Life exists and the maintenance of its existance is its only verifiable meaning. All other claims as to the meaning of life is mere speculation on top of speculation that there is a meaning to find in the first place.

There, is that relevant and meaningfull enough for you.

[Wraith]

--"I've always liked this little explanation from Macbeth:"

I like that one, too.

Wraith
"The meaning of life is that it stops."
--Franz Kafka

[SlowwHand]

42 is also a game played with dominos.

[Cybergod]

What if life, universe and everything was just an infinely better version of "The Sims", played by God for his personnal entertainment?

Or what if YOU, yes you reading these very words are just a brain in a tank, involved in some bizzare and unethical experiment by Provost Zakharov and all of your life has been a simulation?

Or what if this is all a dream and you'll be awake from it in 5 minutes?

Or what if...

[Thoth]

Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS
I *was* pretty upset when my idea to include the Vogons as the 17th civ was rejected...


Dan

How about including them in 1.18f?

[Imran Siddiqui]

No matter how fun that 42 thing originally was, it's been so goddamn horribly overdone that anyone who answers question "What is the meaning of life" with 42 should be charged as participant in crime against humanity.

42

*runs*

[boann]

The Secret of Life
(Gretchen Peters)

Couple of guys sittin' around drinkin'
Down at the Starlight Bar
One of 'em says, "You know I've been thinking"
Other one says, "That won't get you too far"
He says, "This is your life, and welcome to it
It's just workin' and drinkin' and dreams
Ad on TV says ‘Just Do It’
Hell if I know what that means"

The secret of life is a good cup of coffee
The secret of life is keep your eye on the ball
The secret of life is a beautiful woman
And Marilyn stares down from the barroom wall

"You and me, we're just a couple of zeros
Just a couple of down-and-outs
But movie stars and football heroes
What have they got to be unhappy about?"
So they turn to the bartender, "Sam, what do you think?
What's the key that unlocks that door?"
Sam don't say nothin', just wipes off the bar
And he pours them a couple more

'Cause the secret of life is in Sam's martinis
The secret of life is in Marilyn's eyes
The secret of life is in Monday Night Football
Rolling Stones records and Mom's apple pie

Sam looks up from his Sunday paper
Says, "Boys, you're on the wrong track
"The secret of life is there ain't no secret
And you don't get your money back"
Hey

The secret of life is gettin’ up early
The secret of life is stayin' up late
The secret of life is try not to hurry
But don't wait
Don't wait

The secret of life is a good cup of coffee
The secret of life is keep your eye on the ball
The secret of life is to find the right woman
The secret of life is nothin' at all
Oh, it's nothin' at all
The secret of life

Couple of guys sittin' around drinkin'
Down at the Starlight Bar
One of 'em says, "You know I've been thinking"
Other one says, "That won't get you too far"
"That won't get you too far"

[Adalbertus]

43

Cafe 43
Cologne, Weyertal 43.
Not too far from the Uni.
Best wishes to Mahmud if you come along.

[Sirotnikov]

Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS
Doesn't 42 factor in there somewhere?
Dan

I knew it

Sooner or later - everybody get drawn to the OT

I voted for the third option, seeing how it is "funny".

However being a born Civer, it was extremely hard to ignore the first option.

[Sirotnikov]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

No matter how fun that 42 thing originally was, it's been so goddamn horribly overdone that anyone who answers question "What is the meaning of life" with 42 should be charged as participant in crime against humanity.

42

*runs*

Good.

Now you're no better than Sharon