Programme should have been smothered at birth (if statement not too offensive!), bad tech choices, over engineered, over priced gravy train for some, not future proofed, meters with ‘kill switch’ help circumvent civil protections -let alone bring risk of “accidental” cut off, keep refusing to have one fitted (gas or electric) and regularly advise others to avoid like the plague!..
Good news being push out/delayed bad news inevitable increase in cost to us consumers…industry will just find ways to pass on…
Called out in Para 6 f the “Hitchhikers Guide…” portion of the D_A entry
“The books formed the basis for other adaptations, such as three-part comic book adaptations for each of the first three books, an interactive text-adventure computer game, and a photo-illustrated edition, published in 1994. This latter edition featured a 42 Puzzle designed by Adams, which was later incorporated into paperback covers of the first four Hitchhiker’s novels (the paperback for the fifth re-used the artwork from the hardback edition).[28]”
And, of course, for anyone playing catch up 42 & the Diophantine Equation from a few days ago: