Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:50:56 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com>, Freddie Cash <fcash@bigfoot.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Subject: Re: Origin of HAL 9000 Message-ID: <20011129125056.D8815@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.011129122103.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 12:21:03PM -0800 References: <02c801c1790f$f83d45c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <XFMail.011129122103.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 12:21:03PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote:
>
> On 29-Nov-01 Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> > John writes:
> >
> >> Do you have proof that that is not where HAL's
> >> name came from?
> >
> > The author's own repeated denial's are pretty good evidence. Of course, you
> > can't prove a negative.
>
> Well, if that's what the author claims, you can't find a more authoritative
> source. Sure makes for good folklore though. Did the author say where the
> name did come from?
Clarke has always stuck with Heuristic ALgorithm. Perhaps an oxymoron,
but that's the point.
Anyone else catch "2001: HAL's Legacy?" It was recently broadcast on
PBS stations.
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