[net.movies] 2001 Comment

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...

text (08/05/82)

yes, that's always been known.