[capableweb]

Unlikely to be the source as TIFF was first released 1986 and HHGTTG initial "release" was 1978. Although I'm not sure "the answer" was mentioned in the original radio show.

[omerhj]

Right, the TIFF creators were obviously inspired by the Hitchhikers Guide.

[capableweb]

Hah, obviously, I misunderstood the intent of your comment, makes much more sense the other way around :)

[Tagbert]

Just another case of causal inversion.

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