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Old 21-09-2004, 19:17   #1
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If I had a big bag of money
So... Um....

HAL 9000 is for sale on eBay.

You know, HAL. From 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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HAL 9000 is for sale on eBay.

You know, HAL. From 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Just what I need another psychotic computer..... and it has holographic memory so an ordinary reformat wouldn't work

Still I hear it plays a good game of chess, but you wouldn't want to go to sleep anywhere near it - or leave it in charge of the front door
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HAL = IBM - 1
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HAL = IBM - 1
Or Heuristic Algabraic Logic

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HAL = IBM - 1
Always denied by the writer .....

If I had $150,000 I wouldn't buy it off ebay.
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Old 21-09-2004, 21:01   #6
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HAL = IBM - 1
Myth.

HAL stands for Heuristically programmed Algorithmic Computer.

Clarke debunked this one when he wrote "The Lost Worlds of 2001" but it's still popping up every now and again.

I could equally point out that if you shift "VMS" by one letter you get W(indows) NT...
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