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Subject: Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey. . .
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Date: Thu, 13-Oct-83 14:17:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 13 14:17:18 1983
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"Clarke denies the "trick" of the choice of HAL's name. He used it to
mean "Heuristic and ALgorithmic." But it's still an interesting
coincidence."
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I won't buy that.  If it's true, how does he explain the "HAL" appearing
on a blue & gray monster in an almost exact copy of the IBM logo, with
nothing changed but the letters?

Stan