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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?

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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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