[Ti] Very OT -- What (Who) was HAL9000 (was Re: [Ti] HAL9000 wallpaper)

[Pedro Vera]

Both Kubrick and Clarke kept insisting the HAL/IBM transposition was a coincidence. My DVD 
liner notes claim it means "heuristical algorithm" computer.

HAL was the most advanced supercomputer of its day (its sister, SAL 9000, appears on 2010). It 
was so smart that it became paranoid when its secret orders conflicted with its public mission.

Thanks,

Pedro Vera
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From: William Scammell <wscamel at pop.ici.net>
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Sent: Sat, 24 May 2003 13:26:33 -0400
Subject: [Ti] Very OT -- What (Who) was HAL9000 (was Re: [Ti] HAL9000 wallpaper)

> >
> >*scratching head*...what is Hal9000?
> 
> go watch "2001".
> 
> based on an Arthur C. Clarke short story ("The Sentinel" iirc)
> 
> directed by Stanely Kubrick iirc.
> 
> HAL9000 was the Artificial Intelligent computer that goes loopy.
> 
> inside joke on that name, btw:
> 
> convert letters to number (i.e. A = 1, B = 2, etc.)
> 
> I   -1
> B   -1
> M   -1
> 
> becomes HAL
> 
> b
> 
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