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From: amigo@iwpba.UUCP (amigo)
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Subject: Re: Answer to 2010 Trivia Question
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Date: Thu, 10-May-84 09:12:23 EDT
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>>	Answer to 2010 Trivia Question___________________________________
>>
>>	That's easy.  Rains was the voice of HAL 9000.
>>
>>	Here's a trivia question:  why "HAL?"
>>		<_Jym_>
>>	: Jym Dyer : Nashua, NH : ...{allegra,decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!rhea!vaxuum!dyer :

That's just as easy: Hueristicly programmed ALgorythmic computer.  

Note:  Clarke claims that he didn't realize that HAL is one letter removed
from IBM.
			John Hobson
			AT&T Bell Labs--Naperville, IL
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