To: Red_Devil 232
And of course, HAL is an homage to IBM in another way... just substitute the next letter in the alphabet for each letter in H, A, and L.
20 posted on
11/16/2009 5:35:31 PM PST by
So Cal Rocket
(I am John Galt...)
To: So Cal Rocket
“HAL is an homage to IBM in another way... just substitute the next letter in the alphabet for each letter in H, A, and L.”
Oh, come ON! “HAL” is an acronym for what??? Where does it end?
21 posted on
11/16/2009 5:41:02 PM PST by
equaviator
("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
To: So Cal Rocket
Clarke stated that was never the case but the story became so strong and embedded that he gave up fighting it.
24 posted on
11/16/2009 5:41:53 PM PST by
xp38
To: So Cal Rocket
Now that there is cool! Thanks!
25 posted on
11/16/2009 5:42:07 PM PST by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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