Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:21:03 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: Freddie Cash <fcash@bigfoot.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Subject: Origin of HAL 9000 Message-ID: <XFMail.011129122103.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <02c801c1790f$f83d45c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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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? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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