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To: Frantzie
he could not use IBM

Of course, that's the story behind the acronym "HAL," each letter one before "IBM." But, if you look at the flight deck controls on the shuttle Dr. Floyd takes from the space station to the moon, the instruments are clearly labeled IBM.

23 posted on 11/16/2009 5:41:23 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: buccaneer81

Yup. And I think the pilot was American-Anglo actor Edward Bishop who became Colonel Straker in UFO who also was in two Bond films.


28 posted on 11/16/2009 5:46:52 PM PST by Frantzie (Judge David Carter - democrat & dishonorable Marine like John Murtha.)
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