I always thought it was 258.... how could I be so wrong?!?42 is the answer according to the book The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
Probably stuck in hexadecimal mode.....You didn't use base 10?
walkin' in the park, talkin' after dark, and still gettin' caught in the rainblackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken, didn't know a thing about pain