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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
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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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