On 14 Dec 2007 09:50:22 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Corneel Booysen) wrote: >So I wonder if it is true that the original name of "HAL" was really a >dig at IBM. (As in each letter of the name is one place higher >alphabetically than the letters in IBM. Remember the evil computer >killed all the people...
Clarke denies it, and I believe him. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
