Well, I couldn't get to that site. I got a cannot display message. However, the official Kubrickfilms/Warnerbros site here http://kubrickfilms.warnerbros.com/video_detail/2001/ verifies that in their FAQ section saying this.
What do the letters HAL stand for? HAL stands for "Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer," "heuristic" and "algorithmic" being the two primary processes of learning. According to Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, the IBM connection (where the three letters in HAL happen to be exactly 1 letter before each letter in IBM in the alphabet) was strictly a coincidence. Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jon Brock > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 12:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: The future of PDSs > > No, they denied it. See here: > http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/faq/index.html#slot7 > > Jon > > > > <snip> > > I don't know if it was a dig, but Arthur C. Clark and Stanley Kubrek did > admit HAL was based on IBM's name. > > </snip> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
