Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 02:49:48 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: "John Baldwin" <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Freddie Cash" <fcash@bigfoot.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org>, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Subject: Re: Origin of HAL 9000 Message-ID: <02f401c17941$4f3e6990$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <XFMail.011129122103.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John writes: > Did the author say where the name did come from? As I recall, they were just an abbreviation, as given in the book, for Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic computer. The HAL 9000 is about the only hard science in the novel and film that is no closer to reality today than it was when the book was written. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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