sjb (07/23/82)
This was just brought out to me by friends last night, so if it has been disclosed or discusses already, my apologies. Did anyone notice that in the movie 2001, if you add one letter to each letter of HAL, you get IBM?
G:wing (07/23/82)
Ain't that a kind of ancient comment, i.e. I heard it years ago...
hagemark (07/24/82)
Did anyone NOT notice that HAL+1(3x) = IBM..... -Bent Hagemark, St. Olaf College
coletti (07/26/82)
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uiucdcs!coletti Jul 26 14:57:00 1982
Re: 2001 comment (on HAL's name)
According to Arthur C. Clarke's book "The making of 2001" (or perhaps
"Lost worlds of 2001"), HAL stands for "Heuristicly programmed ALgorithmic
computer". The idea was that HAL encompased the two basic programming
techniques, giving it, so to speak, the best of both worlds.
They actually were rather embarrassed when the mapping to IBM was
discovered.text (08/05/82)
yes, that's always been known.
notes@zeppo.UUCP (10/24/83)
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zeppo!mes Jul 26 12:41:00 1982
Reference HAL +1 = IBM,
not only does it work out that way, but A C Clarke said in an interview
in 1969 that he never, ever thought of that when he planned it out (promise)...
Im not sure whether to believe him or not...
(a confirmed 2001 freak)
Mike
BTL Whippany NJ
...harpo!zeppo!mes