According to Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick, that's not true: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000#Origin_of_name
HAL stands for Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer. Also, just to be extra-pedantic, HAL is not an *anagram* of IBM. Anagrams are a scrambling of the original letters, e.g. "BMI" is an anagram of "IBM". OK. I feel better now. ;-) christopher On 2015/05/14/, 2:10 PM, "Ron Wiesen" <[email protected]> wrote: >The computer's name was HAL -- all caps. The name HAL was an inside joke >-- >an annagram of IBM. Add the next sequential letter to each letter in the >name HAL and you get IBM. > >Keeper of the Primordial Bit (mother of all bits), -= Ron Wiesen =- > >-----Original Message----- >From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Flow >gmail >Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 16:42 >To: Model 100 Discussion >Subject: Re: [M100] Fwd: Model 1000+1 > >This is Hal: are there any messages for me ! > >Gene Corrigan >[email protected] > >> On May 14, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Jan-80 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> For those that don't get the quote: shame on you! >> >> Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE >> >>> On Wed, 13 May 2015 16:01:55 -0700, John Gardner wrote: >>> I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave... :) >>> >>>> On 5/13/15, Flow gmail <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Subject: Model 1000+1 >>>>> >>>>> Or, how about a full surface keyboard with micriphone which would >>>>>fade >to >>>>> touchscreen upon "Enter" ? Solar panel would fill the obverse side >>>>>of >the >>>>> slim case. >>>>> >>>>> Gene Corrigan >>>>> [email protected] >
